Resiliency In Communities

Posted by on Mar 31, 2016 in Uncategorized | One Comment

Often when one thinks about gentrification, the thought of displaced people, escalating rents and a change in culture is the first thing that pops up in mind. Although still horrifyingly true, the idea of gentrification also brings the idea of resiliency and a communities’ desires to stay until the very end. It is easy to […]

Waze and the Politics of Public Spaces and New York Has Solved the Problem of Public Art. But at What Cost?

Posted by on Feb 25, 2016 in Uncategorized | No Comments

In his article, Waze and the Politics of Public Spaces, Wells recalls an incident that happened where a socially driven GPS app, Waze, navigated him the wrong way in reaching a destination. Throughout his piece, he expresses his bewilderment on both the functioning of the app and the motives that drove the inhabitants of the […]