“A Detroit Hum Ending with Bones”: Poetry and Radical Urban Transformation
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Course Information
| Nr. | Kursbezeichnung | Typ | Zeit | Raum | DozentIn |
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| 154667 | “A Detroit Hum Ending with Bones”: Poetry and Radical Urban Transformation | 2 HS | Mi 10:15 – 11:45 | digital | Sattler |
Course Description
In recent years, post-industrial landscapes from the Ruhrgebiet to the US Rust Belt have become subject of vivid
debate in literary and cultural studies, in economics, in architecture and urban planning. Building on the idea of
productively using the existing interdisciplinary dialogue, this class focuses on poetry as a resource for
addressing processes of urban transformation and reinvention.
Poetry enables the open expression of conflict over space and its multiple interpretations; the poetry of radical
urban transformation points to the gaps de-industrialization has left behind and fills them with new life beyond
economic investment, and beyond tearing down structures. Its language and form go beyond the well-known
narrative of decline, neglect and deficit. Poetry here is a resource for survival – under intense economic and
other pressures it is, to speak with Audre Lorde, “not a luxury.” Building on this understanding, this class
addresses writings about the post-industrial landscape as negotiations of space but also as – at times daring –
inquiries into personal identity, social justice, and well-being.
While the main focus of this class is on poets from Detroit, MI, students are encouraged to bring own suggestions
for writings to discuss to class, and to develop their voices by writing their own pieces. Readings include
established poets such as Philip Levine and Melba Joyce Boyd, but also emerging voices as Jamaal May, Kristin
Palm and Dunya Mikhail.
Reading List
A reader including poems and some theoretical material will be made available at the beginning of the semester.
Modules
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| 2009 | 703, 704 | 602, 1001, 1002 | 602, 701, 702, 1002, 1003 | 703 | |
| 2016 | 602, 703, 704 | 602, 701, 702, 1002, 1003 | 602, 701, 702, 1002, 1004 | 703 | |
| Angewandte Sprachwissenschaften/Angewandte Literatur-/Kulturwissenschaften: | |||||
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