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Day #1, March 26, 2026
8:45am Coffee, Welcoming Remarks
Juliet Floyd, Philosophy, Boston University, BU Center for the Humanities
Anita Patterson, Associate Dean of the Humanities, BU
I. Art and Art History: Sandback and Pedestrian Space
Chair, Juliet Floyd
Philosophy, Boston University, BU Center for the Humanities
9:00–9:50 a.m.
Edward A. Vazquez
History of Art & Architecture, Middlebury College
“A More Complex Situation: Fred Sandback’s Spaces”
9:55–10:45 a.m.
Chair, Juliette Kennedy
Mathematics, University of Helsinki, Founder, MA Collective
Comments on Vazquez, Sandback and pedestrian space
- Edward A. Vazquez (History of Art & Architecture, Middlebury College)
- David Gray (Fred Sandback Archive)
- Gregory Williams (History of Art & Architecture, Boston University)
10:45–10:55 a.m. Coffee Break
II. The MA Collective: Mathematics in Pedestrian Space
11:00–11:05 a.m.
Chair, Juliette Kennedy
Mathematics, University of Helsinki, Founder, MA Collective
11:10–12:00 p.m.
Andrés Villaveces
Mathematics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (attendance via zoom)
María Clara Cortés
Art, Art History, Video Artist, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (attendance via zoom)
12:05–12:55 p.m.
Klaske Havik
Delft University of Technology, Architecture, Urban Place, Writing, Poetry, Design
“Urban Tapestry. Weaving timelines of pedestrian experience in The Hague”
1:00–1:45 p.m. Catered Lunch at KCILSE Building
III. Architecture, Art, and Repairing Pedestrian Space
Chair, Daniel M. Abramson
History of Art & Architecture, Boston University
1:50–2:40 p.m.
Margaret Crawford
UC Berkeley, Built Environments, Everyday Urbanisms of Design in US and China “Pedestrians, Spatial Practices, and the Right to the City”
2:45–3:35 p.m.
Ana María Reyes
History of Art & Architecture, Boston University
“Space and Artistic Processes of Reparation and Peace in Colombia”
3:40–3:50 p.m. Coffee Break
3:55–4:45 p.m.
Marta Gutman
City College of New York, Women, Children, Just Spaces in Urban Design, Schools
“Pedestrian Space, School Children, and Racial Justice in Harlem”
IV. BU Lecture in Criticism, 2026
Chair and Introduction, Susan Mizruchi
English, Boston University
5:00–6:00 p.m.
Susan Stewart
English, Princeton University
“Far-fetched: On the Poetry of Walking”
6:30–7:30 p.m.
Reception, KCILSE. Conference Dinner Afterwards, Eastern Standard
Day #2, March 27, 2026
9:45 a.m. Coffee, Welcoming Remarks
V. Politics and Action in Philosophies of Pedestrian Space
Chair, Juliet Floyd
Philosophy, Boston University, BU Center for the Humanities
10:05–10:45 a.m.
Heba Alnajada
History of Art & Architecture, Architecture of Refugee Camps, Boston University
“The Street as a Ruin of Informalization in Palestinian Refugee Camps”
10:50–11:30 a.m.
Darien Pollock
Philosophy, Street Philosophy, Boston University
“Intellectual Refuge: Street Knowledge, Higher Education, and Democratic Communities”
11:35–12:15 p.m.
Liisa Bourgeot
History, Philosophy, Art Studies, Russian Philosophy and Street Dissidents, Helsinki University/NYU Fulbright
“Stalin-era logicians: a quest for intellectual freedom in a totalitarian state”
12:20–1:00 p.m.
Roundtable on Politics and Action (Speakers from Session V)
1:05–1:55 p.m. Catered Lunch in KCILSE
VI. Vulnerability, Embodiment and Placement in Pedestrian Space
Chair, Juliet Floyd
Philosophy, Boston University, BU Center for the Humanities
2:00–2:50pm
Sandra Laugier
Philosophy, Univ. of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne
“Forms of Life and Democratic Space”
2:55–3:45pm
Liam Biershenk
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Psychoanalyst; Mathematical Creativity, Art, Therapy, and Education
“Pedestrian Space conceived as a K (knowledge) Space: from negative to positive hallucination and symbol formation”
3:45–3:55pm, Coffee Break
4:05–4:55pm
Laura Roush
Anthropology, El Colegio de Michoacán
“On the insomnia in Zamora: what we don’t speak of, but the night lets us show”