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Shannon Mattern
@shannonmattern.bsky.social
director of creative research @ the metro ny library council; faculty @ a 🫣 conglomerate (2004-22: @thenewschool) architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++ nyc + philly wordsinspace.net
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I wrote the keynote article for the July/Aug issue of The Architectural Review. It's about campus protests, campus surveillance, + the history of universities as defensible spaces (spreads in part 2 ⬇️) www.architectural-review.com/essays/lette...

Double-page spread depicting a campus map with the title "Surveillance Space."
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KYmurakamiwood.bsky.social

Excellent, Shannon!

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SMshannonmattern.bsky.social

Also: AR isn't the kind of publication that uses footnotes, but I tried to squeeze in as many references as possible. Here's a list of all the people and resources that informed this relatively short piece:

Student Protest Surveillance + Campus Defensible Architecture
Student Protest Surveillance + Campus Defensible Architecture

STUDENT PROTEST SURVEILLANCE & CAMPUS DEFENSIBLE ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA POLICING+ PROTEST ACTIVITY CAMPUS / PROTEST SURVEILLANCE DEFENSIBLE SPACE DEFENSIBLE CIVIC SPACES + SCHOOLS ...

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SMshannonmattern.bsky.social

(I was told the issue theme was surveillance — hence my topic— but it turns out it's "publics!" Okay! Also, I was sent proofs w/o notice and given 3hrs to respond, yet they went to press before that deadline — so there are typos in here 🙄)

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ARaltibel.bsky.social

📌

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GBginatb2.bsky.social

What an honor! Congratulations! (Most people won’t even notice the typos)

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Shannon Mattern
@shannonmattern.bsky.social
director of creative research @ the metro ny library council; faculty @ a 🫣 conglomerate (2004-22: @thenewschool) architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++ nyc + philly wordsinspace.net
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