Week 9: Public third space

Week 9, genuinely shared public space, and what a phone does to the noticing it requires

26 April 2027

Outline#

• what makes a public space actually everyone’s, rather than nominally so
• phones and the erosion of ambient noticing in public
• claiming space quietly: laptops, bags, “reserved” tables
• reading before Week 10: how much of this is culturally specific