Urban Humanities av Dana Cuff, Anastasia (Professor UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs) Loukaitou-Sideris, Todd (Chair University of California Los

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<b>Original, action-oriented humanist practices for interpreting and intervening in the city: a new methodology at the intersection of the humanities, design, and urban studies.</b><p>Urban 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.</p><p>Urban humanities views the city through a lens of <i>spatial justice</i>, and its inquiries are centered on the microsettings of everyday life. The book''s case studies report on real-world pro