Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Master Plans and Model Communities: Rationalities of Planning in Contemporary Urban China
Dr. David Bray, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies from the University of Sydney, speaks on urban planning in China
When:
December 4, 2008 12:10pm to 1:00pm
The demise of the planned economy in China has been accompanied by an increase in the influence of town planners, architects and urban designers. In part this is due to the dramatically enhanced wealth of city governments. But it also speaks to an alignment of governmental and professional commitment to purposefully shape the urban environment.
Under the influence of city “master plans” and highly standardized policies on residential development, the spatial structure of the Chinese city has been significantly reconfigured as it has been rebuilt over recent years. However, while many observers have focused on the negative impacts of redevelopment few have sought to document or understand the social and political implications of new urban formations.
What are the governmental rationales which underpin contemporary transformations of urban China?
What kinds of cities and types of communities do governments, planners and architects think they are creating?
Cost:
Free
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Phone Number:
(510) 643-6321
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.