Mun Hee Lee

In the texts by Poe, Benjamin and Wilson, the trivial and fragmented aspects of the city, particularly the street life, have been explored and romanticized. In this context, the flaneur's endless and circular journey through the labyrinth(the city) becomes a telescope through which the audience can take a peek at the lives of people. As Wilson explains, "it was the trivial,... more

In the text “The Right to the City,” Don Mitchell uses “People’s Park” in Berkeley as a case study to explain the role of public space and the variables that influence the discourse. As he explains the history of struggle over People’s Park, among the University of California, City and Government officials, activists, students and residents (and the homeless), Mitchell illustrates the stance... more

Fainstein uses “investigative journalism” as the primary method of gathering information, by interviewing individuals she found through word of mouth. This attempt, to reveal the cultural, political and economic landscape behind the hardscape that we see on the streets, seems to have issues of misrepresentation and under-representation. How are these individuals or narratives selected... more