ANTHR-130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Public Space, Achieved Status, Antonio Gramsci
24 Nov 2020
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Architecture as political control: dangerous space, private space, where we want to live in the future, where we live now all of these go hand in hand with physical places we want to inhabit in the future. We associate different places with different memories. How does the built, or torn down, environment contribute to individual. Note how life histories and architecture are intertwined. This isn"t a spot this is a house. For ex: la doesn"t have a lot of public benches, downtown: bum proof benches so people cant sleep . Public space^ but not public enough that ppl can sleep. Fear or the idea you might be watch, you change and control your behavior. Complex sociopolitical system that administers a territory and populace with substantial contrasts in occupation, wealth, prestige, and power. An independent, centrally organized political unit; a government. A form of social and political organization with a formal, central government and a division of society into classes.
