Explore Philadelphia! It’s a city of neighborhoods, each one distinct in its own way. In this course we will visit local areas, focusing our attention on the buildings and amenities that enhance urban life.
We will observe the role of public spaces in cities – streets, boulevards, parks and squares – and consider their social uses. Following the flaneur tradition of Baudelaire and Benjamin, we will walk the city to experience and understand the myriad environments that comprise it.
Spring 2027
When we read autobiographies, diaries or memoirs we expect the writing to be all about the individual writer. This Life Writing as a Dialogue course will use several autobiographical genres (autobiography, memoir, diary and auto fiction), to support students’ understanding of how relational dialogic processes are used in such genres to construct self and group identity.
Spring 2026