A Finer Flagey
Department, Center, or Institute
Communication Studies
Presentation Format
Individual Oral Presentation
Presentation Type
Study away
Description
As a final assignment for a course entitled, Public Spheres and Spaces, the three presentations of this panel represent the work of students who participated in the Fall 2017 Brussels study abroad program sponsored by the Political Science Department. Their assignment was to redesign Place Flagey, a public space near their apartments in Brussels, where they and many others shopped for groceries, caught transportation, and socialized, often over drinks and food. In the last few weeks of the course, students studied the main principles, functions, and design elements of effective public spaces throughout the world. The class was then divided into three groups of five students. Each group member was delegated a task such a researching the history of area, analyzing Place Flagey’s strengths and weaknesses, designing the space and implementing that design via a computer program often used by city planners. The three presenters of this panel are the original spokespersons for their group. The class voted on which design they thought was best. Perhaps the audience gathered for the panel would like to do the same?
Is This Part of a Department Organized Oral Session?
Yes
Department Organized Oral Session Title
Re-Imagining the Public Sphere in Brussels: Three Proposals
Moderator/Professor
Brandon Inabinet and Rich Letteri
Session Number
2
Start Date and Time
4-10-2018 11:15 AM
Location
Furman Hall 127
Recommended Citation
Christensen, Colleen, "A Finer Flagey" (2018). Furman Engaged!. 130.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/furmanengaged/2018/all/130
A Finer Flagey
Furman Hall 127
As a final assignment for a course entitled, Public Spheres and Spaces, the three presentations of this panel represent the work of students who participated in the Fall 2017 Brussels study abroad program sponsored by the Political Science Department. Their assignment was to redesign Place Flagey, a public space near their apartments in Brussels, where they and many others shopped for groceries, caught transportation, and socialized, often over drinks and food. In the last few weeks of the course, students studied the main principles, functions, and design elements of effective public spaces throughout the world. The class was then divided into three groups of five students. Each group member was delegated a task such a researching the history of area, analyzing Place Flagey’s strengths and weaknesses, designing the space and implementing that design via a computer program often used by city planners. The three presenters of this panel are the original spokespersons for their group. The class voted on which design they thought was best. Perhaps the audience gathered for the panel would like to do the same?