digital image of the city: public space
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The Digital Image of the City Digital & Computational Studies Bowdoin College September 29, 2014 Professor Gieseking Lecture Slides "Public Space"TRANSCRIPT
Public Space
September 29, 2014 The Digital Image of the City
Digital& Computational Studies Initiative Bowdoin College
Jack Gieseking
Outline
1. The public sphere 2. The right to the city (Mitchell) 3. Qualities of public space (Low) 4. Privatization of public space 5. Technology & public spaces !6. Selecting our research sample
What is public space !
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In a world defined by private property, then, public space…takes on exceptional importance.
- Don Mitchell (2003)
The public sphere
Overview of the Odeum on the East side of the ancient agora in Thessaloniki, seen from the North East. 2nd c. AD. Wikipedia.
François Joseph Heim - Charles V Distributing Awards to the Artists at the Close ofthe Salon of 1824. Wikipedia.
Central Park, New York City.
The right to the city
Hyde Park, London. WIkipedia.
Central Park, New York City.
NY Examiner 1989
NYTimes 2014
Central Park, New York City.
http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-62724,00.html
[name intentionally left off] Wikipedia.
Henry Ray Abrams. 11/15/11. Zucotti Park.
Qualities of public space
Qualities of Public Space
(Low)
Uses “rights” model that focuses on both social and material space similar to Mitchell 1. Freedom of access 2. Freedom of action 3. Freedom to claim 4. Freedom of change 5. Freedom of ownership
Privatization of public spaces
Google Maps
Wikipedia
mappery.com
1900 bryantpark.org
NYC Parks Dept 1930s
Wikipedia
bryantpark.org
bryantpark.org
bryantpark.org
bryantpark.org
wichcraft.com
Privatization of public spaces (part II): Militarization of public spaces
Technology & public spaces
Implicit in much theorizing about the public sphere is the assumption that the provision of an adequate space
(or in some renderings, adequate technology) will perforce create a vibrant public sphere.
- Don Mitchell (2003)
<— How can we go beyond these?
Defining our research sample for mental mapping
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Length of residence Residence location
Age Occupation
Gender …?
!Assignment:
Blog Post #3 due Wednesday, Oct. 1st by 8 p.m. !!!
Reading for Wednesday, Oct. 1st: Housing: Smith, Fields & Uffer, Crowley
DIOTC 10/1
