Month: April 2006

What very sad news. Jane Jacobs has died at age 89. She was especially known for her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, which had a far-flung impact. Other works, like The Economy of Cities, are cited by people like Ed Soja as being incredibly forward-thinking, for as much as they were… Continue reading Jane Jacobs has died

When I wrote the paper on women and mobility a few weeks ago, it put me on track to doing what I’d come to Yale to do. I wanted to look at mobile and ubiquitous technology from within a spatial, urban, architectural framework. For a variety of reasons, I’ve decided to pursue my Berlin and… Continue reading The excitable crowd: characterizing social, mobile space

Three hours ago, I handed in my thesis chapter for the semester. I even managed to get five hours of sleep last night (2:30 a.m. till 7:30 a.m.) and did include Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau and Bruno Latour in my thesis. More soon. Now? I nap.

Well, that was fun. Sean and I just presented our final boards for our project on Berlin, which examines Richard Rogers’ Daimler-Chrysler Headquarters on Potsdamer Platz, Potsdamer Platz within Berlin, and Berlin within its broader relationship to water. We’ve been working on it for a while, getting benign feedback from critics. Though we presented a… Continue reading My watershed moment

Maybe spring for you But I’m inside at my desk Thesis chapter due

Almost two weeks ago, I wrote a paper on mobile technology, gender and cities. It’s called Mobile Space is Women’s Space: Reframing Mobile Phones and Gender in an Urban Context. After looking at different examples of mobile technology and cities in interaction with each other, I’ve concluded that mobile space is women’s space–and not gender… Continue reading Mobile space is women’s space

Yesterday, one of my students stopped by my desk to discuss her paper. At the end of our meeting, she said, “I found your blog. I felt it’d be dishonest if I didn’t tell you.” I guess that I’m in luck because the majority of my blog is still missing: Ben still hasn’t gotten the… Continue reading Grups and students who find your blog

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