Reading Summary and Bibliography: **Read For Week 2: From the Situationist City: Sadler, Simon. The Situationist City. Cambridge: MIT Press, parts of Chapters 2 and 3, pp 76-122. Click here for pdfs, divided into three files for downloading convenience: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. From Koolhaas: Koolhaas, Rem. "The Generic City," in Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau (eds). Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large. New York: Monacelli Press, 1995, 1248-1264. From Design Research: Fogg, B. J. "Conceptual Designs: The Fastest Way to Capture and Share your Idea." Design Research:
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Methods and Perspectives. Ed. Brenda Laurel. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003, pp. 200-211. **Read For Week 3: From Situationists International Anthology (one scan): Debord, Guy. "Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography." Situationists Internationa Anthology. Knapp, Ken. (ed). 5-8 Debord, Guy and Wolman, Gil. "Methods of WIKI Detournement."(1956) Situationists International Anthology. Knapp, Ken. (ed). pp. 8- 14. Situationists. "Preliminary Problems in Constructing a Situation." Situationists International Anthology. Knapp, Ken. (ed). pp. 43-46. Martin, J.V., et al. "Now the SI [1963]." Situationists International Anthology. Knapp, Ken. (ed). pp. 134-147 From the Everyday Life Reader: Madge, Charles. "Mass Observation: Two Leters and 'They Speak for Themselves' [1936-7]". In Highmore, Ben (ed.) SYLLABUS The Everday LIfe Reader. New York: Routledge 2002, pp 145-152. **Read For Week 4: From Paulo Friere: Friere, Paulo. The Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Trans Myra Bergman Ramos. New York: Continuum, 2000. From deCerteau: de Certeau, Michel. The Practice of Everyday Life. Trans. Steven Rendall. Chapter 7: Walking in the City. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984, pp.91-110. **Read For Week 5: From Jane Jacobs: Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York: Vintage, 1961, pp 55-73; pp. 372-448. Click here for pdf part 1; part 2. **Read For Week 6: From Lefebvre: Lefebvre, Henri. Writing on Cities. Trans Eleonore Kofman and Elizabeth Lebas. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1996, pp. 205-215. Click here for pdf. From Brookhart Beyer and Dawsey: Brookhart Beyer, Melissa, and Dawsey, Jill (curators). Walking in the City (Exhibition and Catalog). Apex Art. Available Online: http://www.apexart.org/images/dawseybrookhart/walkinginthecity.pdf **Read For Week 7: From the Everyday Life Reader: Debord, Guy. "Perspectives for Conscious Alterations in Everyday Life [1961]". In Highmore, Ben (ed.) The Everday LIfe Reader. New York: Routledge 2002, pp.237-245. **Read For Week 8: From Augusto Boal: Boal, Augusto. Theater of the Oppressed. From Balmori + Morton Transitory Gardens, Uprooted Lives by Balmori + Morton **Read For Week 9: From Campo: Campo, Daniel (2002). "Brooklyn's Vernacular Waterfront." Journal of Urban Design 7:2, 171 - 199. From Debord: Debord, Guy. The Commodity as Spectacle **Read For Week 10: From Calvino's Invisible Cities: Calvino, Italo. Invisible Cities. Various pages. From Gibson: Gibson, William. Idoru. pp. 107-117, 229-236 From Mitchell: Mitchell, William J.City of Bits. "Space, Place, and the Infobahn". Cambridge: MIT Press, 1998, pp. 115-133. **Read For Week 11: From Davis: Davis, Mike. Planet of Slums. London/New York: Verso Press 2006. pp 121 - 150 (Chapter 6, Slum Ecology); Lynch, Wasting Away. Pp 81 - 111 **Read For Week 12: From Verne: From Flanagan: Flanagan, Mary. "Play and Politics" **Read For Week 13: From The Interventionists: Selections. Essays on William L. Pope: Barbara Pollack "The art of public disturbance: William Pope.L consistently provokes visceral responses from viewers, especially with his street performances. A traveling survey of his work titled "eRacism" arrives this month in Portland, Ore - Critical Essay". Art in America. May 2003. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_5_91/ai_101010684 Meghan Dailey "William Pope.L: Artists space/the project/mason gross Art Galleries at Rutgers University". ArtForum. April 2004. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_8_42/ai_n6080072