“Marc Augé coined the term non-lieux [non-places] to describe specific kinds of spaces, chiefly architectural and technological, designed to be passed through or consumed rather than appropriated, and retaining little or no trace of our engagement with them. These spaces, principally associated with transit and communication, are for Augé the defining characteristics of the contemporary period he calls ‘supermodernity,’ the product and agent of a contemporary crisis in social relations and consequently in the construction of individual identities through such relations.”

5.1.13

Week 16--- 4/22

Evaluations

Intro to Final Cumulative Paper:

Reflect on all of our readings, discussions and films.  Explore your thoughts about the "charting exercises" and what they revealed to you about how much time you spend in Non-places, Places, and Heterotopic spaces. Consider how these types of spaces make YOU feel when YOU are in them.

Now, let's put all of these theories to the test.
In your paper, you should address how learning about these theories changed the way you see YOUR world, if at all. Discuss both the value of these ideas, and the limitations of them, as they pertain to YOUR life. Discuss if these ideas have influenced your choices about how and where you choose to spend your time.  Discuss how much of it is choice and how THAT makes you feel.

While this paper is expected to be personal and from your perspective, it is expected that you will write it using academic language and grammar. Cite your sources, support your ideas, write in a professional tone, and wrap it up in 5-8 pages.



PARTY on the Green in front of Building 82. Let's turn a Non-Place into a place, together, one last time! Everyone bring food to share and a picnic blanket.



Final Paper Due Via email by Midnight on 4/29. We will NOT meet in class.
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