Critical Theory

Week 12: Contemporary Critical Theory: Place & Space

Place/Space and Power

• "Man Arrested for Wearing Peace T-Shirt in a Mall" CNN March 6 2003
  • Fox News version of story
  • Socialist Worker version of story

Place/Space and Modernity

• Fragments of the Passagenwerk (Benjamin, Arcades Project)
• Modernity and the Flâneur
• The Flaneur

Sprawl and Planning (Dolores Hayden, A Field Guide to Sprawl)

• Asphalt Nation
• Clustered World
• Privatopia
  • Privatopia Blog
  • "The Myth of Privatopia"
• Zoomburg
• Bourgeois Dystopias
• "Comprehensive Look at Sprawl in America"

Postmodernism and Architecture

• Robert Venturi
  • Ducks & Decorated Sheds 1
  • Robert Venturi, "Disney Goes Pop"
    
    
• Frederic Jameson
  • Jameson notes on Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
  • Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism excerpts, more excerpts
  • Jameson's passage on the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles
    • exterior of the hotel
    • interior of the hotel
      
      
• Frank Gehry
  • Hollywood's Frances Howard Goldwyn Regional Branch Library.
  • Vontz Center for Molecular Studies.
  • Gehry's house.
  • Experience Music Project.
  • Venice Beach House.
  • Guggenheim Bilbao.
    
    
• Charles Jencks
  • Charles Jencks Site.
  • Charles Jencks on Postmodern Architecture.
    
    
• Diller + Scofidio
  • Dia Center webcam exhibit
  • Blur
    
    
• Postmodernism and Architecture
  • Postmodern Commercial Architecture.
  • Postmodern Residential Architecture.
  • Detroit's Renaissance Center (Portman).
  • Edmonton Attractions.
  • Western Postmodern Architecture.
  • Pomo Architecture in Taipei.
  • Postmodernism and Urban Space.
  • Pompideiu Center