Political Ecology of Housing
Description
So far in class, we’ve focused largely on how policy impacts housing at a collective, rather than individual level. At the same time, policy and regulations reach inside our individual homes, typically in order to address fundamental issues of health, safety, and welfare. In this session, we’ll examine the application of theories of political ecology to our undersrtanding of the regulation of pests in residential environments.
Learning Goals
- Become familiar with household-scale regulations and regulatory institutions.
- Think critically about the relationship between nature and the residential environment.
Readings
Permeable Homes: A Historical Political Ecology of Insects and Pesticides in Public Housing
They’re Back: Municipal Responses to the Resurgence of Bed Bug Infestations