{"id":24047,"date":"2025-10-08T14:53:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/?page_id=24047"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:37:26","slug":"program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/pedestrian-space\/program\/","title":{"rendered":"Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/humanities\/files\/2025\/12\/Pedestrian-Space-screensgraphics-Medium-Banner-US-Landscape-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"6912\" height=\"3456\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24436 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2025\/12\/Pedestrian-Space-screensgraphics-Medium-Banner-US-Landscape-1-1.png 6912w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2025\/12\/Pedestrian-Space-screensgraphics-Medium-Banner-US-Landscape-1-1-636x318.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2025\/12\/Pedestrian-Space-screensgraphics-Medium-Banner-US-Landscape-1-1-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2025\/12\/Pedestrian-Space-screensgraphics-Medium-Banner-US-Landscape-1-1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2025\/12\/Pedestrian-Space-screensgraphics-Medium-Banner-US-Landscape-1-1-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2025\/12\/Pedestrian-Space-screensgraphics-Medium-Banner-US-Landscape-1-1-2048x1024.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/files\/2025\/12\/Pedestrian-Space-screensgraphics-Medium-Banner-US-Landscape-1-1-800x400.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6912px) 100vw, 6912px\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #7b98a8; width: 720px; height: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/pedestrian-space\/\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Pedestrian Space<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/pedestrian-space\/art-installations\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Featured Events &amp; Installations<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/pedestrian-space\/speakers\/\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Participants<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/pedestrian-space\/abstracts\/\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Abstracts<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/pedestrian-space\/agenda\/\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div title=\"Page 3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-top: 154.5455%; padding-bottom: 0; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px 0 rgba(63,69,81,0.16); margin-top: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.9em; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 8px; will-change: transform;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0; border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAHEzD-zExE\/BnAZxX-AozW1IXij-dZ7cQ\/view?embed\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"fullscreen\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Day #1, March 26, 2026<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"column\">8:45am <em>Coffee, Welcoming Remarks<br \/>\n<\/em>Juliet Floyd, Philosophy, Boston University, BU Center for the Humanities<br \/>\nMuhammad Zaman, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Center on Forced Displacement<\/h3>\n<h2><em>I. Art and Art History: Sandback and Pedestrian Space <\/em><\/h2>\n<p class=\"column\">Chair, Juliet Floyd<br \/>\nPhilosophy, Boston University, BU Center for the Humanities<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"column\"><span>9:00\u20139:50 a.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Edward A. Vazquez<br \/>\nHistory of Art &amp; Architecture, Middlebury College<br \/>\n&#8220;A More Complex Situation: Fred Sandback\u2019s Spaces&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"column\"><span>9:55\u201310:45 a.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Chair, Juliette Kennedy<br \/>\nMathematics, University of Helsinki, <span>Founder, MA Collective<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nComments on Vazquez, Sandback and pedestrian space<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Edward A. Vazquez (History of Art &amp; Architecture, Middlebury College)<\/li>\n<li>David Gray (Fred Sandback Archive)<\/li>\n<li>Gregory Williams (History of Art &amp; Architecture, Boston University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"layoutArea\"><span>10:45\u201310:55 a.m. <em>Coffee Break<\/em> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><em>II. The MA Collective: Mathematics in Pedestrian Space<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3><span>11:00\u201311:05 a.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><em><br \/>\n<\/em>Chair, Juliette Kennedy<br \/>\nMathematics, University of Helsinki, Founder, MA Collective<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3><span>11:10\u201312:00 p.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Transits: from factual to critical: a conversation between Mathematics and Art.<\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9s Villaveces<br \/>\nMathematics, <span>Universidad Nacional de Colombia (attendance via zoom)<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nMar\u00eda Clara Cort\u00e9s<br \/>\nArt, Art History, Video Artist, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (attendance via zoom)<\/p>\n<h3><span>12:05\u201312:55 p.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span>Klaske Havik<br \/>\nDelft University of Technology, Architecture, Urban Place, Writing, Poetry, Design<br \/>\n&#8220;Urban Tapestry. Weaving timelines of pedestrian experience in The Hague&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3><span>1:00\u20131:45 p.m. <em>Catered Lunch at KCILSE Building<\/em> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><em>III. <b><i>Architecture, Art, and Repairing Pedestrian Space<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Chair, Daniel M. Abramson<br \/>\nHistory of Art &amp; Architecture, Boston University<\/p>\n<h3><span>1:50\u20132:40 p.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Margaret Crawford<br \/>\nUC Berkeley, Built Environments, Everyday Urbanisms of Design in US and China &#8220;Pedestrians, Spatial Practices, and the Right to the City&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><span>2:45\u20133:35 p.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span>Ana Mari\u0301a Reyes<br \/>\nHistory of Art &amp; Architecture, Boston University<br \/>\n&#8220;Staging Vulnerability: Artivism and Public Space in Colombia\u2019s Fragile Peace Process&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span>3:40\u20133:50 p.m.<em> Coffee Break<\/em> <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span>3:55\u20134:45 p.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span>Marta Gutman<br \/>\nCity College of New York, Women, Children, Just Spaces in Urban Design, Schools<br \/>\n&#8220;Pedestrian Space, School Children, and Racial Justice in Harlem&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><em> IV. <\/em><span><em>BU Lecture in Criticism, 2026<\/em> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Chair and Introduction, Susan Mizruchi<br \/>\nEnglish, Boston University<\/p>\n<h3><span>5:00\u20136:00 p.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span>Susan Stewart<br \/>\nEnglish, Princeton University<br \/>\n&#8220;Far-fetched: On the Poetry of Walking&#8221;<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span>6:30\u20137:30 p.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span>Reception, KCILSE. Conference Dinner Afterwards, Eastern Standard<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Day #2, March 27, 2026<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3>9:45 a.m. <i>Coffee, Welcoming Remarks<br \/>\n<\/i>Carrie Preston, English, Boston University, Center on Forced Displacement<\/h3>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h2><em>V. <\/em><span><em>Politics and Action in Philosophies of Pedestrian Space<\/em> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Chair, Juliet Floyd<br \/>\nPhilosophy, Boston University, BU Center for the Humanities<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3><span>10:05\u201310:45 a.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Heba Alnajada<br \/>\nHistory of Art &amp; Architecture, Architecture of Refugee Camps, Boston University<br \/>\n&#8220;The Street as a Ruin of Informalization in Palestinian Refugee Camps&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><span>10:50\u201311:30 a.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Darien Pollock<br \/>\nPhilosophy, Street Philosophy, Boston University<br \/>\n&#8220;<span>Intellectual Refuge: Street Knowledge, Higher Education, and Democratic Communities<\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><span>11:35\u201312:15 p.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Liisa Bourgeot<br \/>\nHistory, Philosophy, Art Studies, Russian Philosophy and Street Dissidents, Helsinki University\/NYU Fulbright<br \/>\n&#8220;Stalin-era logicians: a quest for intellectual freedom in a totalitarian state&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><span>12:20\u20131:00 p.m.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Roundtable on Politics and Action (Speakers from Session V)<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3><span>1:05\u20131:55 p.m.<em> Catered Lunch in KCILSE<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h2><em>VI. <b><i>Vulnerability, Embodiment and Placement in Pedestrian Space<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><span>Chair, Juliet Floyd<br \/>\nPhilosophy, Boston University, BU Center for the Humanities<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3><span>2:00\u20132:50pm<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Sandra Laugier<br \/>\nPhilosophy, Univ. of Paris 1, Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne<br \/>\n&#8220;<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">New Coordinates of Public Space<\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><span>2:55\u20133:45pm<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Liam Biershenk<br \/>\nSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Psychoanalyst; 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