“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 2--- 1/14


  • Share your "Home" presentation. (Please have presentation on a jump-drive or emailed to yourself. You will use my laptop.)
  • Class discussion on Reading #1 (Lippard & Bachelard). Turn in worksheet after discussion.

 Homework Assigned--Due Week 4:
You will receive a letter grade for each assignment.


  • Read Handout #2 (Lefebvre and Habermas) and complete the accompanying worksheet. Print and bring both documents with you to next class meeting (Week4).
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