{"product_id":"urban-humanities-isbn-9780262538220","title":"Urban Humanities","description":"\u003cb\u003eOriginal, action-oriented humanist practices for interpreting and intervening in the city: a new methodology at the intersection of the humanities, design, and urban studies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrban humanities is an emerging field at the intersection of the humanities, urban planning, and design. It offers a new approach not only for understanding cities in a global context but for intervening in them, interpreting their histories, engaging with them in the present, and speculating about their futures. This book introduces both the theory and practice of urban humanities, tracing the evolution of the concept, presenting methods and practices with a wide range of research applications, describing changes in teaching and curricula, and offering case studies of urban humanities practices in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrban humanities views the city through a lens of \u003ci\u003espatial justice\u003c\/i\u003e, and its inquiries are centered on the microsettings of everyday life. The book's case studies report on real-world projects in mega-cities in the Pacific Rim—Tokyo, Shanghai, Mexico City, and Los Angeles—with several projects described in detail, including playful spaces for children in car-oriented Mexico City, a commons in a Tokyo neighborhood, and a rolling story-telling box to promote “literary justice” in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDana Cuff is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA, where she is also Director and Founder of cityLAB. She is a leader of the Urban Humanities Initiative, a UCLA program sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is Professor of Urban Planning and Associate Provost for Academic Planning at UCLA. She is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSidewalks: Conflict and Negotiation over Public Space \u003c\/i\u003e(MIT Press) and other books. She is a leader of the Urban Humanities Initiative, a UCLA program sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTodd Presner is Ross Professor of Germanic Languages, Chair of the Digital Humanities Program, and Associate Dean of Digital Innovation at UCLA, where is is also a leader of the Urban Humanities Initiative, a UCLA program sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaite Zubiaurre is Professor and Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Humanities Division, at UCLA and a leader of the Urban Humanities Initiative, a UCLA program sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Crisman is Assistant Professor in Public and Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona and a leader of the Urban Humanities Initiative, a UCLA program sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44867193995493,"sku":"NP9780262538220","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262538220.jpg?v=1767743331","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/urban-humanities-isbn-9780262538220","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}