Detropia, documentary Social Sciences Movie Review
You need to watch the Detropia documentary (It's free for amazon prime ,If you are not a prime member, you can rent this video online to watch it and I will pay you extra money ,about $ 3.99), Attached word document is the main concepts of this course, and you need to combine some of those concepts into this documentary review article
Your task is to watch: Detropia, about how Detroit is shrinking.
-The analysis in three paragraphs in length:
---Par. #1: Summarize the documentary
---Par. #2: Relate it to one of the chapters/themes/theoretical frameworks/concepts/etc. from this course. Use sociology to explain what the documentary covers in a deeper and broader way. What does sociology allow us to understand about what we're viewing that we wouldn't without it?
--Par. #3: Use the sociological tool(s) you used in par. #2 to come up with one key takeaway anyone who has not viewed the documentary should know ("This documentary teaches us the importance of X and how we should Y and Z in response"). Example: What important questions does the documentary raise for you?
These three paragraphs should result in one to one and a half pages.
Chapter One
Urban-rural continuum
Economies of scale
Economies of agglomeration
Central place functions
Defining cities
Urbanized areas
Urban clusters
CBSAs & MSAs
Micropolitan areas
Census statistical areas
Chapter Two
Urban Ecology
Urban Political Economy
F. Tonnies
Gemeinschaft
Gessellschaft
E. Durkheim
Mechanical solidarity
Organic solidarity
The Chicago School [the entire section]
K. Marx
Use value
Exchange value
Commodities
Emergence of Urban Political Economy [the entire section]
Chapter Three
Early Cities
Growth of Capitalism and the Industrial City
Chapter Four
A Brief History of Cities of the United States
Commercial, industrial, and corporate periods
Explaining Urban Patterns
Processes of Urban Growth and Change
Rentiers
Leveraging
Speculators
Corporations
Regional Differences in Economic Growth
Chapter Five
[Entire Chapter]
Chapter Six
Comparisons with North American Cities
Factors Affecting Western European Cities
Technological Change
Changing Government Policies
Emerging Problems in Western European Cities
Immigration
Socially Excluded Groups
Globalization and Global Cities
Chapter Seven
Characteristics of Cities in the Developing World
Urban Population Trends
Explaining the Divergent Paths of Urban Development
Development Perspectives
Uneven (Marxist Theories only)
Chapter Eight
Old and New Immigration (entire section)
Contemporary Immigrant Lifestyles
Ethnic Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Enclaves
Do Cities Lose or Gain from Immigration?
Detropia Documentary
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Detropia Documentary
Part 1: Documentary Summary
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s documentary Detropia documents the slowly crumbling Detroit. The documentary focuses on the economic decline of Detroit due to the changes that have occurred in the automobile industry, and how the decline in the industry has adversely affected the residents of the city. The film mainly focuses on three residents and includes clips containing historic footage of the city. The three residents reflect on their experiences and the observations they can make on the city including both challenges and opportunities (Ewing and Grady, 2012). They lament about the status quo and protest against the powerful and recall on the city’s glory days. The documentary moves from a union hall to another, focuses on the negotiations entailing contentious plans to transform the wasteland into urban farms.
Part 2: Relationship to Chapter 6
Chapter 6 discusses the concepts of socially excluded groups and globalization and how they affect cities. Regarding social exclusion, the growth of cities has tended to lead to an emergence of a group of people who are unable to access resources, goods and services that are available to the rest of the individuals in the society. Social exclusion means that a group of people does not enjoy the benefits that the rest of the members have. The group is isolated from participating critical activities and decisions affecting society. The documentary demonstrates how social exclusion has increased over the years. Initially, Detroit was an industrial utopic ...
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