- Between weeks 8 and 14, each student should provide a weekly reflection (500 words) on the data you have collected to date.
- What data did you collect?
- What is your initial impression of the data?
- How have the data you have collected this week changed/progressed your thinking about your research project?
- What challenges did you encounter while collecting the data?
- What are your next steps?
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This week I have been reading a bunch. I plan to use around 4 -5 sources in my project, along with the data I collect. Here is a recap of what I have read so far. I have not decided if I will use it yet, however, I think it is important to put them here to save.
1. Don T. Luymes, Ken Tamminga, “Integrating public safety and use into planning urban greenways”, Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 33, Issues 1–3, 1995, Pages 391-400
– This article talks about public safety as it relates to the construction of greenways in urban spaces. The authors talk about the tension between public use and the desire to create these greenways. There is a desire to increase green space in urban spaces, but also do so in a way that makes these green spaces “safe”, such as adding lights or clearing visible paths. However, making these modifications may alter the ecological integrity of the green ways. What is interesting about this article is that it automatically implies that urban areas are unsafe, and throughout the article we say the ways in which concerns of public safety leak into every aspect of urban life, such as the creation of green spaces.
2. Cai, K., Wang, J. Urban design based on public safety—Discussion on safety-based urban design. Front. Archit. Civ. Eng. China 3, 219–227 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-009-0023-4
– This article is interesting because it focuses on something called “safety based urban design”, which is a concept that focuses on how to optimize the safety of urban spaces. Again, it implies that urban spaces are inherently unsafe and must be made safe through a series of frameworks. It does focus on China, so I may not be able to use it.
3. Johnson, Karl E. “Police-Black community relations in postwar Philadelphia: race and Criminalization in urban social spaces, 1945-1960.” The Journal of African American History 89.2 (2004): 118-134.
– This was arguably the most interesting reading so far! This article documents the racial tension that took place after a race riot in Philadelphia in 1946. The article details how conflicts between the police and black teenagers were frequent and discusses how policing was used as a tool to reinforce these teenagers place in society. Since I am talking about urban cities and policing, this article may be relevant as in NYC, the police also frequently conflict with black and brown teens as a form of social control. Every interaction is meant to remind these teens that they have no power. It also helps to reaffirm who is deemed as criminal.