The Physical Space of the Public Theater

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-68
Keyword(s):  
Physical Space ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Theater

Knowledge in the Shrinking Commons

2016 ◽  
pp. 358-379
Author(s):  
Luke Bassuener
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Face ◽  
Directed Learning ◽  
Market Driven

Libraries and Open Access function in a variety of ways to make information freely available to the public, but the current era of market-driven globalization has reshaped the economic environment, and threatens to undermine their principle mission. The defining characteristic of this threat is the treatment of knowledge as a commodity. The idea of open access and the institution of the library exist as sources of self-directed learning and as representatives of the shrinking commons in the face of encroaching market forces. Libraries face challenges of relevance in regard to technology, budgets, privatization, and physical space. Open Access must find ways to define itself coherently—as publishers, researchers, libraries and businesses all try to manipulate the concept to fit their needs. This chapter looks at the shared obstacles and objectives of libraries and the open access movement, and analyzes some of the efforts being made to address current challenges and work toward a future of collaboration and continued relevance.

A Web of Snowflakes: Meditations on the Memory Lab Network Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-45
Author(s):  
Siobhan C. Hagan
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Digital Archiving ◽  
The Public ◽  
Network Project ◽  
Ongoing Project

AbstractThis article introduces the DC Public Library’s Memory Lab, designed to bring personal digital archiving to the public, and its inspiring the IMLS-funded Memory Lab Network project. This ongoing project will bring the Memory Lab model to fourteen other public libraries across the country. However, a prefabricated Memory Lab handed out to each partner library is proving to be impractical and impossible. The Memory Lab Network’s project manager shares recommendations, considerations, and key takeaways on equipment, purchasing, and physical space for anyone wishing to build a personal digital archiving lab themselves.

scholarly journals Religion, the Public Good, and the Research University

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-155
Author(s):  
Richard A. Rosengarten
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Research University ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
The Public ◽  
World Community ◽  
American Model ◽  
Form Of Government ◽  
Intellectual Interest ◽  
American Experiment

I am delighted to be with you today and to have this opportunity to sharewith you some thoughts about “Religion, the Public Good, and the ResearchUniversity.” Of course it is important to acknowledge at the outset that anyone of these terms probably merits at least the full thirty-five minutes of thisspeaker’s time and also the fifteen minutes allotted today for discussion. SoI am not going to attempt to do justice to any one of the three. Rather I aminterested in their intersection and what that might itself create.Is there a place where religion, the public good, and the research universityintersect? I believe that there is; and I propose in what follows totry to describe that place for you. As an intellectual location, what I will bedescribing is a mental rather than a physical space. It is attitudinal. Nonethelessit most emphatically is a space. It is of interest itself, but it is also, toresort to metaphor, the “core” for what makes civil society possible. So thismental space has purely intellectual interest, and getting it right is in importantways a matter of thinking clearly and well – it is a fun puzzle to workout. But it also is absolutely vital to how we live together. Its magic is thisdual character, and its existence is a matter of preserving both parts of thatcharacter.I need to note two qualifications about what follows. My frame of referencein this talk will explicitly concern the American experiment in civilsociety. I am aware that this is a limitation. I also fear that it could be a danger.It is a limitation that I am insufficiently versed in other versions of civilsociety. For that I can only acknowledge my ignorance and invite those whoknow more to contribute. It is a danger in that it provides an opening for misunderstanding.I hope I shall not risk this danger in what follows, but let mesay here that none of what follows is meant to imply in any simple sense acommitment to the American model of democracy for the entire world community. I love American democracy and consider myself privileged to be acitizen under its governance. But the world is a complex place, and I amunwilling to operate on the assumption that the form of government I enjoyand deeply love is axiomatically the best for all peoples in all places ...

scholarly journals Ambivalent Architecture: The Architecture Of “Distraction” The Influence Of Tele-Technology On Architecture And Urbanism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad M. Ghiyaei
Keyword(s):  
Communication Networks ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
The Public ◽  
Decisionmaking Process ◽  
Architectural Element ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The Media ◽  
Effects Of Media

The physical environment is being transformed by tele-technology and the emerging space of communication networks. Wireless tools, our instruments to engage with the emerging space of media, distribute our attention and dynamically switch between two distinctive operating logics to deal with the media and physical space. In addition to distracting us, they allow the users agency and fluidity of function in the physical space. Through synthesized research into the socio-technical effects of media space and cybernetic architecture influenced by this emerging space, this thesis aims to find an architectural approach that approximates the simultaneous and distractive aspects of virtual space(s) we inhabit through our devices. An ambivalent architecture is proposed which reflects this pseudo-hyperconnectivityof cyberspace in the physical collective space, and promotes this socio-spatial transparency and gives agency to the inhabitants to engage with the space in different ways. In this architecture, the architect is the initiator of the spatial decisionmaking process which allows the public to constantly transform the nature of the architectural element with their active participation.

scholarly journals Ruptured space and spatial estrangement: (Un)making of public space in Kathmandu

Urban Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 2780-2800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urmi Sengupta
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
The Public ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
The Common ◽  
The City

Public space is increasingly recognised to be central to spatial discourse of cities. A city’s urbanism is displayed in public spaces, representing a myriad of complex socio-cultural, economic and democratic practices of everyday life. In cities of the Global South, especially those with nascent democracies, different values attached to a space by various actors – both material and symbolic – frame the contestation, making the physical space a normative instrument for contestation. Tundikhel, once believed to be the largest open space in Asia, is an important part of Kathmandu’s urbanism, which has witnessed two civil wars popularly known as Jana Andolans, and the subsequent political upheavals, to emerge as the symbolic meeting point of the city, democracy, and its people. The paper argues that the confluence of the three modalities of power – institutionalisation, militarisation and informalisation – has underpinned its historical transformation, resulting in what I call ‘urban rupturing’: a process of (un)making of public space, through physical and symbolic fragmentation and spatial estrangement. The paper contends that unlike the common notion that public spaces such as Tundikhel are quintessentially public, hypocrisy is inherent to the ‘publicness’ agenda of the state and the institutional machinery in Kathmandu. It is an urban condition that not only maligns the public space agenda but also creeps into other spheres of urban development.

From Birth to Death

2020 ◽  
pp. 230-320
Author(s):  
Alejandro Vera
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Royal Family ◽  
Music Participation ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Public Theater

This chapter deals with music participation in the public fiestas, both religious and secular, and other public spectacles during the colonial period. The first section studies “Nativity celebrations,” such as Christmas, the birth of members of the royal family, and others. The analysis of two villancicos, composed for some of these occasions, shows how the genre was integrated into these festive contexts and how it interacted with other genres and styles. The second section is dedicated to different kinds of fiestas, in both the city itself and its margins, also dealing with official prohibitions to non-official music. Along with civic and religious ceremonies, this section considers the stage as a privileged space for the performance of music and dance, in spite of the absence of a public theater during most of the period studied. The final section examines music presence in burials and, in a broader sense, the relationship between music and death, showing that the former was frequently considered as a tool to reach the supernatural life.

Smart libraries for smart cities: a historic opportunity for quality public libraries in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 26-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheshagiri Kulkarni ◽  
M. Dhanamjaya
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Library System ◽  
Service Staff ◽  
Average Size

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study globally successful public library systems with reference to their infrastructure, physical space, services, collection, processes, finances and best practices and recommend models, structure and minimum standards for smart public libraries of the upcoming 100 smart cities of India. Design/methodology/approach An email with 14 questions was sent to 50 public library system across the world. A sample of n = 18 responses were received. Findings The finding suggests that all the libraries have a central library and a good network of branch libraries across respective cities with adequate staff and collection to cater to the needs of the public. The size of the central library varied from 8,000 m2 (Cologne Public Library) – 86,000 m2 (Boston public library) and average size of the branch library varied from 200 m2 (Aarhaus) – 1,582 m2 (Barcelona). Monthly average users varied from 96,000 (Moscow) – 1.5 million (Toronto). Social implications The Indian public library system remains uneven throughout the country with varying levels of legislation, financing and quality of library services. Even a room with few books is considered as a library. The results of this study will help develop a quality public library system of global standard and ensure that libraries are transformed into knowledge hubs. Originality/value This study is a unique exploration in which different types of libraries are defined in terms of physical space, service, staff, collection based on a global model which ensures uniform growth and development of public library systems in upcoming smart cities of India.

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