CITIES OF WAR:BEIRUT, CAIRO, NYC, Ramallah, ‘Iraq’

Lecture 3

Space is a fundamental category for any form of power.

- Anselm Franke (2003) ‘Territories’ in Territories: Islands, Camps and Other States of Utopia

‘Crisis Cadence’Hot Flash - earthquakeSlow Burn - pollution

Glacial - cultural difference

- Chris Blow, Meedan & Ushahidi

‘That story is not one merely about Egypt.It is a story of how transnational networks bred the interconnectivity that helped spark and sustain the

revolution across the region.’

- Jillian York ‘Arab Swell’

‘[As] the Internet spreads, information “cascades” –not just because there is information to be had but also because “people assess an opening and a reasonable

chance of success.”

- Zeynep Tufekci, sociologist from North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Case Study #2 - Beirut

Case Study #3 - TOR

Case Study #4 - Maale Edumim & ‘5 Broken Cameras’

Case Study #5 - Chicago

‘Everything that happened,happened here first, in rehearsal.’

Case Study #6 - Ramallah

Case Study #7 - Virtual Iraq

1. RESISTANCE - Arab Swell- How does information travel and get shared? - What skills and conditions are needed to trigger information ‘cascades’?

2. CONSUMPTION - Running in Ramallah- Where is the author running? What are his limits? What information does he consume?- What is the significance of the street names and naming places in general?

3. NETWORK - The Evil Architects Do- How would international law function as the ultimate architectural critique?- What is the nature of architectural crime? How do architects execute crimes?

Case Study #1

Case Study #3 - Union Square (2010)

Union Square - 1913

FIELD EXERCISEMapping Union Square

Part 1 - Map1. RESISTANCE2. CONSUMPTION3. NETWORK

Part 2 - DesignPlan a demonstration of 100K people for 10 days.3-5 minute presentation next week.

FIELD EXERCISE #2Consumption