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Shannon Mattern | Spring 2017 | Wednesdays 4pm – 6-45pm

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Comparative Zoning: Looking to Other Cities

When: Thursday, April 6, 6:30pm Where: Museum of the City of New York New York City’s groundbreaking 1916 Zoning Resolution … More

Catalogue – Adding Intelligences

The building of our catalogue of spatial intelligences is an ongoing one. Below is the link to the template to … More

January 25 : Enlightened Urban Futures

To be enjoyed/endured in class (you needn’t review in advance!): Cisco’s Smart + Connected Communities IBM Smarter Cities Kohn Pederesen … More

February 1 : Visit to Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs

Field Trip: Sidewalk Labs, 10 Hudson Yards, 26th Floor  Enter at 30th Street and 10th Ave., and take the “L’Oreal … More

February 8 : What are smart cities?

…And why are they often so dumb and scary? Anthony Townsend, “Urbanization and Ubiquity” in Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic … More

February 15 : Urban Intelligence before “Smartness”

Lab: 4-4:30pm: Making Center Tour with Mick Hondlik: meet @ Tool Checkout Discussion: Predecessors to Smart Cities Shannon Mattern, “Of … More

February 22 : What’s “smart”? And how do we know it when we see it?

Lab: Kate + Jack share their work.    Activity: Developing metadata schemes for next week’s cataloguing exercise: what criteria are … More

March 1 : Other Actual + Potential Urban Intelligences

…or Thinking Beyond “Smart” Discussion: Other forms of intelligence  Aparna Piramal Raje and Saskia Sassen, “Redefining Notions of Urban Intelligence,” Live … More

March 2 : Event | Post-Democracy

Post Democracy: Indigeneity, Stack, Sovereignty View event Thursday, March 2, 6:30 – 8:30 Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street With … More

March 8 : Observing + Operationalizing Spatial Intelligence

Info about our Women’s Strike week schedule here. You needn’t read all of these texts closely; you’re welcome to skim … More

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