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Lecture by Martin Murray: Panic-City: Agoraphobia, Capsular Architecture, and the Triumph of Post-Public Space in Johannesburg after Apartheid

April 7, 2010
6:30pm - 8:00pm

FREE        

Columbia School of International and Public Affairs

420 West 118th Street, Rm 1512 New York, NY 10027 

 

Martin Murray, professor of sociology and urban planning at the Tubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, will discuss contemporary Johannesburg and it's preparation for the World Cup this coming June. The talk is entitled Panic-City:  Agoraphobia, Capsular Architecture, and the Triumph of Post-Public Space in Johannesburg after Apartheid

This talk is a part of the Museum's lecture series entitled Timelines: New Perspectives on African Architecture and Urbanism, which explores contemporary African cities as unique built environments. 

This program is supported, in part, by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in parternship with the City Council, and the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation.

 

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