CUNY GC Alumni and Professor Amanda Huron of the University of the District of Columbia presents…. The Contradictions of the Urban Commons Biography I am interested in the theory and practice of the urban commons. The commons are spaces that are both non-commodifed and collectively owned and regulated. Since commons rely on collective labor, a commons is best understood as a social practice, rather than an inert resource. Most of what is known about the commons comes from studies of rural areas — places with relatively sparse populations and cultural homogeneity. But what happens when we try to common in …

Make sure you attend tomorrow’s colloquium @ 5:30 PM in Science Center featuring Dr. Kennett Flores of Brooklyn College Speaking on “”Understanding Convergent Plate Boundary Evolution” Dr. Flores is a regional field geologist who applies various techniques, including stratigraphy, structural geology, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic petrology, geochemistry, geochronology, and sedimentology, to develop geodynamic scenarios and plate tectonic models for fossil convergent plate boundaries. Most of his field research has been focused on Central American accretionary prisms and suture zones. His other foci are the evolution and modeling of the plate tectonics of the Pacific Ocean including the Circum-Pacific convergent margins and the exhumation process …