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The "City in Transition" is a three-year initiative
at Emerson College that promotes and supports events, activities, courses,
and programs that address issues of urban life, urban culture, and the
relationship of the College to its surrounding communities.
Emerson College is located in the Theater District at the center of
the city of Boston. This initiative recognizes the importance of "place" within
the life of the College, and the need to understand and articulate Emerson's
emerging role within the constantly evolving social, cultural, and political
fabric of the city of Boston.
This theme will be addressed from a variety of different standpoints,
including questions of urbanization, immigration, the history and politics
of urban communities, civic engagement and citizenship, representations
of the city, emerging media and public information, documenting urban
life, ethnic, racial and cultural difference, and the rise of the global
city.
The City in Transition invites the Emerson community to propose projects
or events about the influences that shape the city so that the program
grows and changes over time.
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