Places and Spaces

This is the course description I found in the syllabus for a class I'm taking this semester. Enjoy.​"This multidisciplinary Quest 1 course examines how places and spaces are important components of our personal, social, and cultural identities. Various perspectives, especially those whose views are often overlooked, will fuel this journey examining how we define spaces and places, how they are made and experienced by those with and without power, and the consequences thereof. Ultimately, we will examine how the spaces and places of our world are subject to relationships of power based on identities. By considering the complexity of human connections to places and spaces, we will recognize how they have influenced who we are, how we live, how we behave, and how we connect with others. We will ask the following questions to explore how places and spaces affect how humans live and share their lives: How do the places we inhabit contribute to our sense of self? How and why do we make places? How do places and spaces reflect our relationships with others? How does knowing (or not) the history of space or place contribute to our present-day use, understanding, and identification with the space/place?Through primary and secondary texts, films, recordings, and personal experiences, you will examine how the places and spaces we inhabit are shaped for us, shaped by us, and shape us." via /r/funny http://bit.ly/2C74ldN