This class will explore the issue of homelessness through an examination of academic literature and exposure to the innovative approaches of local community activists. The research on homelessness will be approached topically, and will include readings, guest lectures and discussions about: the history and causes of contemporary homelessness, homeless women and youth, treatment of the homeless by social service providers, repression of and resistance by the homeless community and self-help housing.

This coruse deals with the social ramifications of new technology, primarily as a result of the mainstreaming of the Internet and the proliferation of personal computers. We will be looking at theories that seek to explain both the social effects of these technologies, as well as inherent politics that surround their dispersion. Much of theory dealt with in the class is recent and in direct response to those social phenomena, but we will also consider theorists whose ideas can be reified in a modern context to help explain the effects of these innovations on society.