The Right Not to Be Known
Reflecting on Marc Augé’s concept of "Non-Place" and its application to Barcelona, I realize there is a kind of God’s eye view inherent in Augé’s theory. This realization has haunted...
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Barcelona: The Non Non-Place
A contrast between the concept of "non-places" as defined by French anthropologist Marc Augé—transient, anonymous, and standardised spaces that lack identity—with the vibrant, identity-rich urban landscape of Barcelona. The city,...
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In Praise of Loitering
It's so wonderful to work designing systems and websites and creating things in code, to think about how things fit together and the craft of doing that beautifully, and then...
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