Searching for Cosmopolis: Living Together, Apart

Joseph Heathcott, Professor of Urban Studies, Parsons School of Design

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September 14, 2020
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Tags - 2020, Cities, Video

(Im)migration and Urban Politics

April 27, 2022

How do migrants shape the cities we live in? How do migrants’ presence and agency relate to pressing urban challenges, such as gentrification and lack of affordable housing? In this event, Ayşe Çağlar and Sophie Gonick reflect on these and other questions that bring the migrant experience to the center of how we understand urban

Migration, Displacement and Citizenship in an Urban World

December 14, 2021

More than ever, the city is the locus of human mobility. The majority of the world’s migrants and forcibly displaced live in urban areas. Migration continues to be a fundamental process to the development and growth of cities. The role of cities in shaping mobility and that of migrants in shaping cities have been increasingly

History of Race, History of Immigration

May 5, 2021

So a verdict is in in the Derek Chauvin trial. Of course, he’s on trial for the murder of George Floyd. That means that the judge has been informed that the jury has reached unanimous verdict. The verdict will actually be announced sometime between 4:30 and 5:30 sometime during this class, probably. And I must

Biden’s Immigration Agenda

February 5, 2021

Event Recap Immediately after the election in November, the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility and the Center for Migration Studies (CMS) released a report presenting 40 recommendations for immigration policy reform. In the first week of his Administration, President Biden signed a number of Executive Orders, reversing many of the more drastic immigration policies put in