Event

This day long symposium will run from 9:00 am to 5:15pm.

The symposium will discuss how the use of public space for political or social purposes is contested or rendered illegitimate, and how alternatives arise. How does the magnified role of social and digital media affect methods of communication and assembly? How does pubic space emerge in different urban, cultural, or political conditions? What is the evolving relationship between urbanism, media, and public space?

International scholars will present on a myriad of topics including but not limited to:

• Urban design and rethinking public space: Examples from the Arab Spring, Iran, and beyond
• New technology and urban culture: Sentient cities and new forms of public space
• Religion, public space, and the state
• Art and media as defining and enriching public space
• Politics and protests as modes of legitimizing or delegitimizing public space

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