Beyond Zuccotti Park: Freedom of Assembly and the Occupation of Public Space

Fisyak, Anastassia [Primary Contributor]; Venkataraman, Anusha [Primary Contributor]; Shiffman, Ronald [Editor]; Bell, Rick [Editor]; Brown, Lance Jay [Editor]; Elizabeth, Lynne [Editor]; Kimmelman, Michael [Foreword];

ISBN 10: 1613320094 / ISBN 13: 9781613320099

Verlag: New Village Press, 2012

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1613320094-11-33220091

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Beyond Zuccotti Park: Freedom of Assembly and the Occupation of Public Space
• Verlag: New Village Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1613320094
• ISBN-13: 9781613320099
• Einband: paperback
• Zustand: New
• Gewicht: 24 Unzen

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Inhaltsangabe

In the wake of the Occupy Wall Street movement, leading planers and social scientists examine public space today and freedom of assembly.
The Occupy Wall Street movement has challenged the physical manifestation of the First Amendment rights to freedom of assembly. Where and how can people congregate today? Forty social scientists, planners, architects, and civil liberties experts explore the definition, use, role, and importance of public space for the exercise of our democratic rights to free expression. The book also discusses whose voice is heard and what factors limit the participation of minorities in Occupy activities. This foundational work puts issues of democracy and civic engagement back into the center of dialogue about the built environment.
Beyond Zuccotti Park is a collaborative effort of Pratt Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, City College of New York School of Architecture, New Village Press and its parent organization, Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility. The book is part of an open civic inquiry on the part of these organizations. The project was seeded by a series of free public forums, Freedom of Assembly: Public Space Today, held at the Center for Architecture in response to the forced clearance of Occupy activities from Zuccotti Park and public plazas throughout the country. The first two recorded programs took place on December 17, 2011 and February 4, 2012.

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Roland Anglin is faculty fellow at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, and directs the Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation (IRCT). He is the coeditor ofResilience and Opportunity: Lessons from the U.S. Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita(2011) and Katrina's Imprint: Race and Vulnerability in America (2010), and the author ofPromoting Sustainable Local and Community Economic Development (2010).
Caron Atlas is a Brooklyn-based consultant working to support and stimulate arts and culture as an integral part of social change. She directs the Arts & Democracy Project of State Voices and also leads the Arts & Community Change Initiative and Place + Displaced, a community mapping project of Fractured Atlas.
Thomas Balsley is the principal designer of Thomas Balsley Associates. Among a number of local and international works, his notable projects include Leeum Museum in Seoul, Gate City Park in Tokyo, Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, and Gantry Park, Riverside Park South, and Chelsea Waterside Park in New York City.
Rick Bell is executive director of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). He was instrumental in the creation of AIA’s New York New Visions design and planning coalition.
Marshall Berman is distinguished professor of political science at the City College of New York. His books includeThe Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society (2009),On the Town: One Hundred Years of Spectacle in Times Square (2009), and the groundbreaking All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity(1988).
Julian Brash is assistant professor of cultural anthropology, geography, and interdisciplinary urban studies at Montclair State University. He is the author ofBloomberg's New York: Class and Governance in the Luxury City(2011). His work has been published inUrban Anthropology, Critique of Anthropology,Social Text, andAntipode.
Wendy Brawer is a designer, social innovator, consultant, and public educator. Based in New York and focused on sustainable design since 1989, Wendy has led the development of the nonprofit Green Map System, now active in over 700 diverse cities in 55 countries.
Paul Broches is a partner of Mitchell-Giurgola, an architectural firm in New York that focuses on developing solutions that minimize the use of non-renewable energy sources, reduce the production of pollution, and conserve energy expenditures. He is active on AIA’s Committee on Architecture for Education and Committee on Urban Design, as well as a member of the Board of Advisors of the Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility.
Lance Jay Brown is distinguished professor in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York and was elected inaugural chancellor of the College of Distinguished Professors of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) in 2011. His publications include Urban Design for a New Century: Placemaking for People (2009).
David Burney is the first architect to hold the title of commissioner of the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC). At Mayor Bloomberg’s direction, Burney launched a Design and Construction Excellence Initiative with the goal of raising the quality of design and construction of public works throughout New York City. Prior to joining DDC, Burney was director of design and capital improvement at the New York City Housing Authority.
Susan Chin is executive director of the Design Trust for Public Space. Prior to this, she served as the assistant commissioner of Capital Projects at the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs for twenty-three years. She is an American Institute of Architects Public Architec