Communication, Space, and Design looks at how our worldview shapes our relations to and conceptions of space and place, and how our spaces and designs impact our communication practices. By asserting that our spaces and designs are increasingly promoting various expressions of separation, this book contends that this separation makes us more private. We find this increasing inwardness, for example, in the rise of gated-communities, exclusionary suburbs, and hyper-suburbs. Ultimately, the book asks how our spaces and designs impact our understanding and embodying of democracy, civility, and justice. It also explores how this inward turn limits our sense of obligation to the world and each other by undermining our ability to develop the communicational resiliency and moral sophistication that comes through public interactions.

About the Author
Amardo Rodriguez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communications and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University. He was the recipient of the Syracuse University Meredith Teaching Award for Outstanding University Teaching. In addition to this new book, he is the author of Diversity as Liberation; the co-author of Embodying the Life: Writings from Post-Colonialism; and the editor of Essays on Communication and Spirituality: Contributions to a New Discourse about Communication.


Book Information
ISBN 9780761832867
Author Amardo Rodriguez
Format Paperback
Page Count 104
Imprint Hamilton Books
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 168g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 178mm * 9mm