Monthly Archives: December 2009

Theorizing the ‘sociology of public space’.

December 15, 2009 – 10:17 am

The ‘sociology of public space’ is a research area still rather unknown and unexplored. Until recently, most social sciences conventional wisdom was that the public realm was inhabited and asocial (Simmel, 1903, Wirth, 1938). Their essential argument was always that public spaces of the city were densely filled with visual and sounds stimulus overload and [...]

By Patricia Simoes-Aelbrecht | Posted in Books, Public space | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

‘Lonely Planners’ at the Bartlett

December 14, 2009 – 4:37 pm

This month a new initiative was launched at the Bartlett School of Planning. The ‘Lonely Planner’ series consist of informal talks given by Bartlett Planning PhD students on places they are very familiar with, followed by questions and discussion. The aim of these talks is to learn and discuss about certain places through the speakers’ [...]

By Diego García Mejuto | Posted in Events, Planning | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Writing PAD

December 7, 2009 – 8:23 pm

Now in it’s 7th year, Writing-PAD – ‘Writing Purposefully in Art and Design’ – offers art and design institutions an arena in which to explore and develop the notion of ‘thinking through writing’ as a parallel to visual discourse in art and design practice. Writing PAD has not only brought together tutors from across the [...]

By Anne Hultzsch | Posted in Events | Tagged , | Comments (0)