# Calendar

Course calendar.
SES # | TOPICS
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| Initial Work: Diagnostic by Universidad Tecnológica de Bolivar (UTB)
1 | Introduction to the Seminar and the challenges of food provisioning in global south cities
2 | Food markets and development policy
3 | A discussion on informality, economic development and mobility in developing countries
4 | What does food market modernization look like?
5 | The contradictions of food marketing in developing cities
6 | Developing policy to improve food supply
7 | A discussion on planning
8 | A discussion on mobility in the global South: Led by Ralph Gakenheimer, co-director of Mobility and Air Quality in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, and is a Developing Countries Specialist in the MIT Cooperative Mobility Program. A discussion on economic change: Led by Martha Isabel Bonilla, MIT Global Program Coordinator for the Green Hub Initiative at the Community Innovators Lab.
9 | A discussion on participation and challenges for planning
10 | Introduction to qualitative research as a tool for planning and field work agenda and preparation.
11 | Best practices report on market efficiency cases
| 16-Day Trip to Cartagena Colombia over January Break Students conduct three weeks of field work Presentation to the Cartagena City Mayor and community leaders
12 | Reflection meetings and final presentation at MIT