We are the Public Space Research Group
The Public Space Research Group (PSRG) was founded in 1995 by Professor Setha Low and doctoral students at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), within the Center for Human Environments. The objective was to create a center for ethnographic research, theory, and policy that focuses on the relationship of public space to people and communities within the context of legal, political and economic forces. The PSRG offers an integrated framework for examining the social processes that transform spaces into places, the conflicts that emerge over access and control of space, and the values and meanings people attach to places. We address local cultural and spatial resource problems and their evaluation, remediation, and revitalization through social policy, urban planning, management strategies and environmentally-sensitive design. The PSRG has rapidly grown in size and scope as faculty, graduate students and community associates research city parks, urban national parks, plazas, beaches, market areas, tourist areas, gated communities, co-operative housing, and historic preservation sites. Read More
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PSRG Members Submit Proposal for EDRA Presentation in May 2019
December 14, 2018 - 0 Comments
The PSRG members Erin Lilli, Troy Simpson, Evie Klein, Javier Otero Pena and Setha Low have submitted a proposal...

Setha Low to give Luskin Lecture April 23, 2019
December 14, 2018 - 0 Comments
Setha Low will give the Luskin Lecture in Urban Policy at UCLA on April 23, 2019 (l) This entry...

Setha Low Celebrates Her Latest Book, The Handbook of Anthropology and the City
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A book party and celebration of Setha Low’s latest book, The Handbook of Anthropology and the City (Routledge 2019)...

PSRG Research Team Presenting on Public Space Guidelines in Iceland, May 2019
December 5, 2018 - 0 Comments
Setha Low and the PSRG research team including Erin Lilli and Troy Simpson will be presenting on the CFP...

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