{"product_id":"9781942884163","title":"The Future of Public Space: SOM Thinkers Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoutine discussions on public space typically omit a gamut of possibilities ripe for critical discussion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, the latest in the \u003ci\u003eSOM Thinkers\u003c\/i\u003e series, aims to address these questions. Here, Rachel Monroe challenges American preconceptions of the wild, wide-open West by addressing issues of surveillance; the series’ first fictional piece, by China Miéville, covers an under-examined area of public space under the guise of detective fiction; a study of public art by Ben Davis sheds light on the myths and stigmas that have accrued to public art, also asking what it can become; Christopher DeWolf shares a sensory navigation trip through a directionless Hong Kong; at a tea ceremony in Nevada's Red Rock Desert, Terry Tempest Williams and a group of neighbors reflect on the plight of public lands when their politics of place is shaken; while Jaron Lanier meditates on the idea of public space online, linking the prevailing, free-for-all model of the internet with a characteristically American yearning for freedom and repudiation of rules and structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metropolis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044415652080,"sku":"9781942884163","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942884163_p0.jpg?v=1763756364","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942884163","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}