1. Public/PrivateSpaces: Pullingthings togetherMathias Klang@klangablemklang@sju.edu

2. The Average White AmericansSocial Network is 1% BlackThree-quarters of white Americans havent had ameaningful conversation with a single non-white person inthe last six months. 3. early examples Athens democracy (late 6th or early 5th century BC)Roman Republic had freedom of speech.In Islam 7th century AD (Rashidun period by the caliph Umar) 4. Who steals my purse stealstrash; 'tis something, nothing;'Twas mine, 'tis his, and hasbeen slave to thousands;But he that filches from memy good nameRobs me of that which notenriches him,And makes me poor indeed.Shakespeares Othello(Act 3, scene 3, 155161) 5. We hold these truths tobe self-evident; that allmen are created equal,that they are endowed bytheir creator with certainunalienable rights, thatamong these are life,liberty and the pursuit ofhappiness.Declaration (1776)6 6. The free communication of ideas and opinions is one ofthe most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may,accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, butshall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom asshall be defined by law.Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French Revolution, 1789) Article 11 7. Men are born and remain free and equal inrights. Liberty consists in the freedom to do everythingwhich injures no one else. Law is the expression of the general will No punishment without law Presumtion of innocence Free opinions, speech & communicationThe rights of man (1789)8 8. Would any politician be against itTruth (Mill)Tolerance (Bollinger)Democracy (art xix) 9. Highpoint 1948 10. Everyone has the rightto freedom of opinionand expression; thisright includes freedomto hold opinionswithout interferenceand to seek, receive andimpart information andideas through anymedia and regardless ofUNDHR, 1948, Article 19 frontiers. 11. - The right to express, ordisseminate,information and ideas- The right to seekinformation and ideas- The right to receiveinformation and ideas- The right to impartinformation and ideas.John Milton (1608 1674) 12. What is freedom of expression? Without thefreedom to offend, it ceases to exist Salman Rushdie 13. Offended stephen fry 14. PrivatepublicDistinction 15. Surveillance: The rise of the anti-facialrecognition movement 16. What isactuallyhappening isthat yourecreatingdisinformationLeo Selvaggio 17. Public1. Freely accessible places where everything that happens be observed by anyone, where strangers are encounteredwhether one wants to or not, because everyone has free rightof entry2. Places where the spotlight of publicity shines, and so mightnot just be public squares and market places, but politicaldebating chambers where the right of physical access limited but informational access is 3. common goods like clean air and water, public transport, so on; as well as more particular concerns like crime or raising of children that vary in their content over time space, depending on the current state of a particular societysvalue judgments.4. Things which are owned by the state or the people in and paidfor out of collective resources like taxes: governmentbuildings, national parks in most countries, military bases equipment, and so 18. 1. Places that are not freely accessible, andhave controllers who limit access to oruse of that space.2. Things that primarily concern individualsand not collectives3. Things and places that are individuallyowned, including things that arecognitively our own, like our thoughts,goals, emotions, spirituality,preferences, and so onPrivate 19. Private orpublic? 20. Public or private? 21. The law locks up the manor woman who steals thegoose from off thecommon but let thegreater villain loose whosteals the common fromThe Commonsthe gooseAnonymous 22. A commons arises whenever a given community decides that it wishes tomanage a resource in a collective manner, with a special regard forequitable access, use and sustainability. It is a social form that has longlived in the shadows of our market culture, but which is now on the riseDavid Bollier 23. The Commons &its tragedy 24. Ostrom on the Myth of the tragedy 25. WikipediaComedy of the commons 26. Manufacturing public spaceNew York City's 1961 Zoning Resolution introduced the conceptof Privately Owned Public Space (POPS), allowing developersbonus floor area in exchange for providing spaces for the publicwithin or outside their buildings. There are more than 80 acresof POPS in 520 locations throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn andQueens 27. Urban spaces are technology 28. Personal Private space in public 29. Publicspace inPrivate 30. Mathias Klangwww.klangable.comImage & licensing info in the notessection of slides.Images at www.flickr.com (orspecifically stated).This ppt licensed:Creative Commons BY-NC-SADownload presentationwww.slideshare.net/klang