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Analysis of Metropolitan Detention Center Protests

November 20, 2019
  • « Assessing the Green New Deal
  • Eco-prisoner Abolition »

Analyze the protests of conditions at MDC in February 2019. Who were the protestors, what were they protesting against, what were they protesting for, how was the event covered by the media, and how did the arrangement of space influence the trajectory of events? Class readings from 11/12/19; 11/14/19; 11/19/19; and 11/21/19 should be used to support your response.

Due WEDNESDAY 11/20/19 at 12am

Revisions due by SUNDAY 11/24/19 @ 12am

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Media Perspectives

  • https://theintercept.com/2019/02/16/metropolitan-detention-center-mdc-brooklyn-jail/
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/02/nyregion/brooklyn-federal-jail-heat.html
  • https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/02/brooklyn-mdc-prison-heat-protest.html
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47107326
  • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/03/protest-brooklyn-jail-clash-guards-heat-power
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  • Date: November 20, 2019
  • Event Category: Critical Thinking Paper Due

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Syllabus

Class Meetings in Kiely Hall, Rm 312
Tuesdays & Thursday
10:45am – 12pm

Office Hours held in Room 250J
in Powdermaker Hall
Thursdays 12:00 -1:00pm and by appointment

Professor Kristen Hackett
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Queens College, Urban Studies Dept
65-30 Kissena Blvd Flushing, NY 11367

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