The articles i provided below are the course material, please make sure to use them well in the research paper. Thank you.
A guide for final paper (about 2500 words)
– research questions;
– concept/theoretical foundation (draw from readings/discussion);
– objects for analysis: a case study, could build from an event, a builder, a corporation, a politician, a plan, a program, an initiative, a design, a monument, a discourse, or a group or a movement related to planning and politics;
– References
you are required to develop a case study that links politics to urban space or urban planning. The paper should at least consist of the following parts: 1). Introduction: Critical questions and issues which must be developed from one of the themes learned from the course materials; 2). Theoretical foundation: consider concepts of power & politics (as manifested in terms such as colonialism, dependency, postcolonialism, neoliberalism, informality, among others) to help understand urban form & space or urban planning. You are encouraged to connect concepts and ideas from several reading materials. 3). Analysis: Go in depth at a more local level of scale to examine issues of how politics is involved in urban change in one or more areas that you have identified, show illustrative materials, such as a vision, an artwork, a design, a program, a building, a space, a household, a neighborhood, a community, a zone within the city. 4). Concluding remarks/Reflections; 5). References.