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| Sunday, May 4, 2008 9:58PM | | | | The Secret Lives of Cities Revealed | Tags: cities, femicide, censorship, crime, murder, representation, Riyadh, Guatemala, Minneapolis, El Paz
| | | The Secret Lives of Cities
Thursday, May 1st, 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Instituto Cervantes New York
Juan de Recacoechea, Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Francisco Goldman & Joshua Furst. Moderated by Matt Weiland
Riyadh. Minneapolis. La Paz. Guatamala City. As Paris Review editor and panel moderated Matt Wieland rightly pointed out, this is likely the first time on earth that the four aforementioned cities have been yoked together on a panel.
Urban spaces are reflective of the denizens who constitute its population and there's often a sociological symbiosis that takes place between the inhabitants of a city and its culture and climate. Whether consciously or unconsciously we attribute the qualities of a city - its architecture, cuisine, and pace of life - to the personalities... | | | | | |
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