The UCLA Public Space group presents, Fostering Intergenerational Public Spaces in Disinvested Neighborhoods.
The PUBLIC SPACE RESEARCH GROUP welcomes, the UCLA Department of Urban Planning Public Space group featuring Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris with Chris Giamarino, Claire Nelischer, Andres Ramirez, and Gus Wendel presenting, Fostering Intergenerational Public Spaces in Disinvested Neighborhoods. We discuss the potential for intergenerational public spaces in one disinvested Los Angeles neighborhood. Through observations, focus groups, interviews, thick mapping, and participatory […]
PSRG Network Meeting
The Public Space Research Group serves as a networking hub connecting academics, practitioners, and students of public space from around the world. In addition to our monthly online seminars, we organized a special meeting to bring together partners, active in our network, to create a space for us all to share current research projects and exchange ideas around the study […]
*CANCELLED** Clare Rishbeth presents, Refugee inclusion in urban greenspace: strategies for inclusive practice
The PUBLIC SPACE RESEARCH GROUP welcomes, Clare Rishbeth presenting, Refugee inclusion in urban greenspace: strategies for inclusive practice This presentation examines how asylum seekers and refugees experience urban greenspaces. Whilst often overlooked in a focus on support services and integration, I argue that critically exploring the importance of urban greenspaces has wider implications for understanding how asylum seekers and […]
The Future of Public Space in NYC
The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us, in person or virtually, on April 26th at 6:30 pm when we will hear from both Commissioners of Parks and Recreation for New York State (Erik Kulleseid) and New York City (Susan Donoghue) and the issues that they are facing. This is an event for Setha Low's new book, Why Public Space Matters, and highlights ethnographic research-based responses […]
AIA NY Book Talk – Why Public Space Matters to New York
AIA NY: Join us for a discussion to mark the occasion of Setha Low's new publication, Why Public Space Matters (Oxford University Press, 2022), in conversation with Ya-Ting Liu, Matthew Clarke, and Quilian Riano. This program presents powerful, recent findings about the importance of public space in the creation of a more just city. The discussion will focus on the contributions of […]
Disability and Public Space by Pedro Jaramillo, Visiting Research Scholar
The Graduate Center - CUNY, room 9207 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesDisability and Public Space—in person and via Facebook on Tuesday, December 5th by Professor Jaramillo. This event can be attended in person at The Graduate Center - CUNY, room 9207 or via Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/CLACLSGC7 Info and booking: DISABILITY AND PUBLIC SPACE. A way to understand the social production of space – CLACLS (cuny.edu)
WUF12: Food in the City Connecting Livelihoods, Culture, and Sense of Home for Newcomers
The PSRG announces that they will co-sponsor the following session on "Food in the City Connecting Livelihoods, Culture, and Sense of Home for Newcomers" on November 5th, from 13:00-14:30 pm Cairo time. Members of the PSRG who register for WUF can attend in person or through the live recording on the website/app. Session title: Food in the City Connecting […]
WUF12: Public Space Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals
The PSRG announces that they will co-sponsor the following session on Public Space Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals on November 6th, from 5-6:30 pm Cairo time. Members of the PSRG who register for WUF can attend in person or through the live recording on the website. Session title: Public Space Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals - Local cases of success […]
WUF12: Sensing the City New ways of understanding public space through photography, mapping, soundscapes, attachment, and feeling
PSRG Sponsored Training Event Accepted for WUF 12 in Cairo on November 7th, from 9am-12pm in Multipurpose Room 14. Director Setha Low along with PSRG member Nehal Amer will run a training on “sensing the city”. Members of the PSRG who register for WUF can attend in person or through the live recording on the website/app. Session title: Sensing […]
Trapped: Does the Security Industry Make Us Less Safe
The Graduate Center, CUNY, Segal Auditorium 365 5th Av., New york, NY, United StatesCan security be bought? At this moment when people are nervous about their safety, authors Setha Low and Mark Maguire discuss how security has become a commodity, causing both those with and those without it to live in fear.
