Dear Roman Readers,
For Friday, January 23, please do the following:
(1) Download, print out, and read "City Imaginaries" by Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson, the lead essay from their edited volume, A Companion to the City (Blackwell 2000). The authors lay out some theoretical approaches to the urban experience that will inform our study of Rome, and we'll be returning to them again and again this spring. Don't get hung up on references to every last theorist, but follow the main threads. Please note any questions and come prepared to discuss the essay.
(2) Read the first page-and-a-half of the Blue Guide's introductory "Historical Sketch" (pp. 8–9). As you proceed, and see if you can determine where on Bridge and Watson's city spectrum the Guide is situating itself.
DC
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