Week 7
Race, Protest and Public Space
Moderated by Ali Reza Shahbazin
Required readings
Julia Jacobs. “The ‘Black Lives Matter’ Street Art That Contains Multitudes.” New York Times, July 16, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/arts/design/black-lives-matter-murals-new-york.html.
Sarah Ratzlaff. “The Connections between Public Art and Activism.” Spacing Toronto (blog), July 22, 2020. http://spacing.ca/toronto/2020/07/22/the-connections-between-public-art-and-activism/.
Tali Hatuka. “Public Space.” In Protest Cultures: A Companion, edited by Kathrin Fahlenbrach, Martin Klimke, and Joachim Scharloth, 284-93. Berghahn Books, 2016.
Amro Yaghi, Doina Petrescu, and Krzysztof Nawratek. “Performative Interventions to Re-Claim, Re-Define and Produce Public Space in Different Cultural and Political Contexts.” Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 13, no. 3 (January 1, 2019): 718–35.
Further readings
Jeffrey Hou. “Emplacing Equity and Social Justice.” In Beyond Zuccotti Park: Freedom of Assembly and the Occupation of Public Space, edited by Ron Shiffman, 87–98. Oakland, CA: New Village Press, 2012.
Susana Torre. “Claiming the Public Space: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.” In Gender Space Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction, edited by Jane Rendell, Barbara Penner, and Iain Borden, 140-45. London; New York: E & FN Spon, 2000.
Donatella Della Porta. “Putting Protest in Place: Contested and Liberated Spaces in Three Campaigns.” In Spaces of Contention: Spatialities and Social Movements, edited by Walter Nicholls, Justin Beaumont, and Byron A Miller, 27-46. Surrey, 2013.
Ipek Türeli. “Small Architectures, Walking and Camping in Middle Eastern Cities.” International Journal of Islamic Architecture 2, no. 1 (2013): 5–38.
