Street Culture vs. Car Culture: Creating Places of Meaning
This talk, "Street Culture vs. Car Culture: Creating Places of Meaning," is part of the "Peripheral Vision: Exploring the Intersections between Art and the Economy" project of the UMass Arts Extension Service. National consultant Tom Borrup's presentation begins with the premise that streets and sidewalks are basic building blocks for community life – the most essential of public spaces. Borrup will detail ways they are used for a wide variety of human activities and examine how streets and sidewalks have given way to the needs of automobiles – taken over by “car culture.” As creative and resilient beings, Borrup will show how people have “taken back” the streets in some imaginative ways – sometimes through the vehicle of arts organizations.
Hosted by the UMass Arts Extension Service and Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Department, each lecture will take place in Flavin Auditorium at the School of Management. Admission is free and interested students and faculty are invited to attend these lectures on a first come first served basis.
The Peripheral Vision project is supported through grants from the UMass Arts Council, Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
