[The Graduate Center - THE LIFE OF THE MIND IN THE HEART OF THE CITY] "Why Public Space Matters" A Lecture by Dr. Setha Low Graduate Center Professor of Anthropology, Environmental Psychology, Geography and Women's Studies; Director of the Public Space Research Group Wednesday, March 09, 2016 6:15 p.m. Lecture The Graduate Center | Segal Theatre | First Floor | 365 Fifth Avenue ________________________________________________________________ How do we create a more just and democratic city? One strategy explored in this talk is to improve our public spaces by increasing diversity and providing safe places for all New Yorkers to talk, relax and play. Professor Low suggests that a broader understanding of social justice reflected in her five propositions for public space can provide a more inclusive future. Dr. Setha Low trains Ph.D. students in the anthropology of space and place, urban anthropology, the anthropology of the body, and cultural values in historic preservation. She is also director of the GC's Public Space Research Group. She has been awarded a Getty Fellowship, an NEH fellowship, a Fulbright Senior Fellowship, and a Guggenheim for her ethnographic research on public space in Latin America and the United States. She was president of the American Anthropological Association from 2007 to 2009. Her current research is on the impact of private governance on New York City co-ops and condominiums, and she recently completed her new book titled "Spatializing Culture: An Anthropological Theory of Space and Place" which will be published August 2016. In 2009 she began a collaborative project on spatial methods and public practices, funded by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, and in 2010 she was a fellow in the Center for Place, Culture and Politics. In 2011 she became co-chair of the Public Space and Diversity Network. Professor Low is widely published, with more than a hundred articles and chapters, and lectures internationally. Her books include Politics of Public Space (2006), with Neil Smith; Rethinking Urban Parks: Public Space and Cultural Diversity (2005), with S. Scheld and D. Taplin; Behind the Gates: Life, Security and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America (2004); The Anthropology of Space and Place: Locating Culture (2003), with D. Lawrence-Zuniga; and On the Plaza: The Politics of Public Space and Culture (2000). She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. Advance reservation required. RSVP to Jim Cronin | jcronin@gc.cuny.edu<mailto:jcronin@gc.cuny.edu> [Follow us on Facebook]<https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fGraduateCenterPublicPrograms&srcid=64388&srctid=1&erid=3399534&trid=b3b01f8e-e61a-49b2-9ada-8a3325dc803d> [Follow us on twitter] <https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2ftwitter.com%2fGC_PublicProgs&srcid=64388&srctid=1&erid=3399534&trid=b3b01f8e-e61a-49b2-9ada-8a3325dc803d> THE GRADUATE CENTER | 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street) Support the Graduate Center<https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gc.cuny.edu%2fSupport-the-GC&srcid=64388&srctid=1&erid=3399534&trid=b3b01f8e-e61a-49b2-9ada-8a3325dc803d> Graduate Center Home<https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gc.cuny.edu%2f&srcid=64388&srctid=1&erid=3399534&trid=b3b01f8e-e61a-49b2-9ada-8a3325dc803d> | More Graduate Center Events<https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gc.cuny.edu%2fPublic-Programming%2fGC-Keynote-Events.aspx&srcid=64388&srctid=1&erid=3399534&trid=b3b01f8e-e61a-49b2-9ada-8a3325dc803d> Email Preference<https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.aspx?pid=188&srctid=1&erid=3399534&trid=b3b01f8e-e61a-49b2-9ada-8a3325dc803d> | Privacy Policy<https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cuny.edu%2fwebsite%2fprivacy.html&srcid=64388&srctid=1&erid=3399534&trid=b3b01f8e-e61a-49b2-9ada-8a3325dc803d> <https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.aspx?pid=187&srctid=1&erid=3399534&trid=b3b01f8e-e61a-49b2-9ada-8a3325dc803d> [https://community.gc.cuny.edu/smtp.mailopen?id=3399534]