?The work of capturing this elusive quality that cities produce and make legible, and the work of making public space in this in-between zone, is not easily executed.  I can?t help but think that the making of art is part of the answer ? whether ephemeral public performances and installations or more lasting types of public sculpture, whether site-specific / community-based art, or nomadic sculptures that circulate among localitites.  Architecture is also central here??

Saskia Sassen is a sociologist and economist and is currently Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology Columbia University.

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