Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fall 1998
Schedule
Note: All sessions (except as indicated) will meet Mondays, from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Sam Bass Warner and Larry Vale will conduct a seminar for advanced graduate students that is linked to the colloquium on Wednesdays, 4:30-6:30.
Part I: The Mediated City
Monday, September 14
Process and Form, Work and Place
Richard Sennett
University Professor of the Humanities, NYU and Centennial Professor of Sociology, LSEImage Construction in Pre-Modern Cities
Julian Beinart
Professor of Architecture, MIT| About the speakers | Abstract | Session |
Monday, September 21
Tales of Manhattan: Mapping the Urban Imagination Through Hollywood Film
Henry Jenkins,
Professor of Literature, MIT
Director, Master's Program in Comparative Media Studies| About the speaker | Abstract | Session |
Monday, September 28
The City in Cyberspace: Representation of Community and Place
Tom Campanella
Anne Beamish
Doctoral Candidates, DUSP, MIT| About the speakers | Abstract | Session |
Monday, October 5
Ephemera, Temporary Urbanism, and Imaging
Mark Schuster
Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT| About the speaker | Abstract | Session |
Tuesday, October 13
Place-Marketing: Using Media to Promote Cities
Briavel Holcomb
Professor of Urban Studies and Community Health, Rutgers University| About the speaker | Abstract | Session |
PART 2. Imaging Cities: Opportunities for Urban Designers
Monday, October 19
Negotiating Conflicting Images
Eugenie Birch
Professor of City Planning, University of Pennsylvania| About the speaker | Abstract | Session |
Monday, October 26
Fabricating Heritage Narratives: Locale, Region, Nation
David Lowenthal,
Professor Emeritus of Geography, University College, Londonand
Designing Local and Regional Heritage Narratives
Dennis Frenchman
Professor of the Practice of Urban Design, MIT| About the speakers | Abstract | Session |
Monday, November 2
Re-imaging the Rust Belt: The New Cleveland Campaign
Edward Hill, Cleveland State University
Patricia Burgess, Cleveland State University
Ruth Durack, Kent State University
| About the speakers | Abstract | Session |
Monday, November 9
Architectural Mega-Projects in Asia: New City Images and New City Form
Larry Ford
Professor of Geography, San Diego State University| About the speaker | Abstract | Session |
Monday, November 16
Rating Place-Ratings
John de Monchaux,
Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, MITNOTE: The time for session will be 5:30-7:00 pm.
| About the speaker | Abstract | Session |
Monday, November 23
Inner Cities and Outer Cities
Dolores Hayden, Professor of Architecture and American Studies, Yale University
Alex MacLean, architect/aerial photographer, Cambridge, Mass.| About the speakers | Abstract | Session |
Monday, November 30
The Images of Commonplace Living in Modern City Regions
Judith Martin, Professor of Geography, University of Minnesota,
Sam Bass Warner, Jr., Visiting Professor, MIT| About the speakers | Abstract | Session |
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