David Fleming discusses the end of the redevelopment era due to a shift in politics during the end of the 1990s and the continuation of polarization in society based on identity. But Fleming reiterates: “As I have tried to suggest here, considering more carefully our metropolitan lives together and thinking more creatively about our civic […]
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Reading Analysis 5
In his book City of Rhetoric, at the end of the ninth chapter, Fleming states “I hope the answers offered in this book can be of use as the twenty-first century unfolds” (210). These answers offered in the book respond to Fleming’s questions: “What lessons do we learn from our cities today?” and “Can they […]
Linguistics, Civic Education, and Designs
In the last chapter of his book, City of Rhetoric David Fleming, challenges the reader to think about how he/she can be now humbled by the understand of the built world and the built environment hat surrounds us. Fleming points out that we need to understand that the level to which we flourish and survive […]
Reading Analysis #5: Fleming Chapter 9: Cities of Rhetoric
In his book City of Rhetoric, in chapter 9: Cities of Rhetoric, David Fleming argues that creating environments that are helpful to human development are a difficult task, yet we keep trying. “But designing for people is not just about ensuring decent housing for the poor and disadvantaged; it is about designing for human beings […]
New Sociospatial Dialect
In Chapter 8 of section 3 of his book The City of Rhetoric, David Fleming describes how segregation and the location of specific demographics of populations matter in the realm of public discourse. Earlier in the text the author breaks down exactly how rhetoric functions in public discourse, human landscape, and what environments mean to the […]
A New Sociospatial Dialectic
In chapter eight of his book City of Rhetoric, David Fleming argues that different environments in which people live are a key factor in influencing individuals opportunities and thus their participation in public life. To prove this claim, Fleming provides indirect and direct examples of where the place in which people live determines their behavior. […]
Place Matters: RA4
RA4: Place Matters Within “Toward a New Sociospatial Dialectic” in his City of Rhetoric, David Fleming proposes a new ideal of thought towards “place and community”. Fleming continues to ponder this thought by reevaluating the main case study that lies at “the heart of this book”, referring to the strong evidence for a close relationship […]
RA #4: Fleming 3.8
In his book City of Rhetoric, Chapter 8: Toward a New Sociospatial Dialectic, David Fleming discusses the rhetorical implications of public discourse and civic education. Fleming believes “we need to look at how the scenes just examined—a low-income African-American ghetto, an affluent white suburb, a mixed-income “urban village,” a high-rise inner city housing co-op, as […]
“Ghetto”
03/23/17 “Ghetto” In part one of, City Rhetoric, by David Fleming, we are introduced to what a “true U.S. Citizen” is and how through history of race, gender, and economic background takes importance in determining a full “U.S. Citizen. Fleming argues that individuality is the base to democracy, without conflicting points of view and differences […]
RA: Ghetto
In chapter four of his book City of Rhetoric, David Fleming explains how American Ghettos were intentionally created and used to systematically oppress racial or ethnic groups through the example of African Americans in Chicago. Chicago is used to illustrate Flemings arguments because the city’s “extreme spatial manifestation of [its socio economic] subjugation” makes […]