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Detropia, documentary Social Sciences Movie Review

Movie Review Instructions:

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?


 


 


 


Movie Review Sample Content Preview:

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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