Space and Culture

cityofsound: City states and global federalism

“It’s actually an attractive idea as there’s a genuine sense of meaningful, local, civic value involved at the scale of the city – and thereby rejecting individualist or libertarian politics.”

Design Observer: The Golden Age of American Commercialism

“In the book’s most famous passage, Jesus is portrayed as the ultimate businessman: ‘He picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organization that conquered the world’.”

Mute: Transformative thresholds: Braidotti, Butler & the ethics of relation

“Braidotti’s ethical project does not end with one persons encounter with another person, it extends to animals, the environment – the vital life forces she calls zoe – as well as the technological machinery of the 21st century.”

Paul Dourish: Re-Space-ing Place: ‘Place’ and ‘Space’ Ten Years On (pdf)

“Wireless and mobile technologies have given us new sites at which to examine the issues of space, practice, and mobility.”

Fragments from The Library

“The fact that most library books seldom circulate is part of the mystery and power of libraries.” (via)