{"c_title":"[M0.009400] Multicultural Society and Urban Planning","c_info":"3 credits | Lecture\/Seminar | Master | Dept. of Environmental Planning","c_summary":"The experimentation of multiculturalism as an alternative ideology for social integration and policy to assimilation has a long history in many Western countries where immigration and ethnic diversity triggered social debates on nation-building. Asian countries have joined this process as late participants, among which South Korea emerged as one of the fastest transformers. Although multiculturalism as political thought and social movement has drawn much attention in academia and pedagogy, its spatial aspects were rarely incorporated into the curriculum in higher education. The spatial approach sheds light on the co-presence of difference, the reconstruction of borders, and the hybridization of cultures. The course introduces the spatial approach to multiculturalism and theoretical, ethical, and policy issues related to the production of multicultural spaces. The first half of the course reviews international migration research that has driven the multicultural turn, focusing on local and national differences. The second half consists of theoretical and policy discussions around the \u2018spaces of multicultures,\u2019 including student field research on selected Korean sites. This course critically reflects the implication of multicultural spaces and their challenges to urban and regional planning."}