LAWS 3903 A/T – Introduction to Policing
Early Summer (May-June), Professor George Rigakos
Prerequisite: third-year standing
An introduction to the theory and practice of policing. Students will learn about the social, political, and legal context of the broad project of police science.
LAWS 3903 B – Graffiti and Legislating Aesthetics
Late Summer (July-August), Instructor Deborah Landry
Prerequisite: third-year standing
The purpose of this course is to critically examine the socio-political context in which graffiti and its management becomes a concern for contemporary municipalities in the UK, Australia, USA and Canada. Indeed, in asking “what is graffiti”, we will explore the phenomena of hip-hop graffiti as a complex cultural production, a manifestation of material conditions and social order, which poses challenges to even the most creative governing bodies. We will consider the epistemological foundations of formal and informal management strategies directed at producing the aesthetics of security (and risks). We will also consider formal definitions of graffiti (and its management) in terms of urban ‘blight’ and dysfunction, defining who is a worthy citizen, in what Baudrillard calls ‘reconnaissance battles’ over the aesthetics of the city. The praxis based approach to learning used in this class will require students to make several visits to graffiti walls and sites of contestation in the City of Ottawa’s War on Graffiti.
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Anna Kim
Undergraduate Administrator
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Office: C473 Loeb
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