Our work

Events

Hear, here! Remixing the Soundscapes of MacArthur Park
Make Space: Do-It-Yourself Urbanism
 
Common Ground: A Festival for Intergenerational Public Space
Inhabiting the Night: Temporality in Public Space

Writing

Wendel, G., Nelischer, C., & Ramirez, A. (in press). Event as Inquiry in the Urban Humanities: A Manifesto. In J. Banfill, J. Barrios, M. Bernstein, J. Crisman, A. Shkuda, J. Stitelman, G. Wendel, & K. Wong (Eds.), Urban Humanities 2: An (Un)Volume on Place, Pedagogy, and Practice. Routledge.

Ramirez, A., Wendel, G., Nelischer, C. (in press). Inhabiting the Night, Conflict and Negotiation in Public Spaces After Dark. In C. Mady, S. Ragozino, & K. Landman (Eds.), Public Space, Peace, and Everyday Life. Routledge.

Nelischer, C., Ramirez, A. F., & Wendel, G. (2025). Turn of Events: Community Events as a Practice for Inquiry in Public Space Research. Planning Theory & Practice, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2025.2539879

Yang, Y., Wendel, G., & Nelischer, C. (2025). Framing the commons: Starting small. In A. Staub (Ed.), Architecture and Social Sustainability: Understanding the New Paradigm. Routledge. 128-144.

Nelischer, C., Loukaitou-Sideris, A., & Wendel, G. (2024). Caring public space: Advancing justice through intergenerational public space design and planning. Journal of Urban Affairs, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2023.2291074

Giamarino, C., Nelischer, C., & Ramirez, A. F. (2023). Urban humanities as a framework for the study of public space during the pandemic. Journal of Urban Design, 28(6), 645–662. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2023.2180353

Nelischer, C., & Loukaitou-Sideris, A. (2023). Intergenerational Public Space Design and Policy: A Review of the Literature. Journal of Planning Literature, 38(1), 19-32. https://doi.org/10.1177/08854122221092175

Wendel, G., Loukaitou-Sideris, A., Nelischer, C. and Bastar, G. (2022). “We should all feel welcome to the park’: Intergenerational Public Space and Universal Design in Disinvested Communities. The Journal of Public Space, 7(2), 135-154. https://doi.org/10.32891/jps.v7i2.1481

Workshops + presentations

October 2025 - “Sounding the city: Exploring sonic affordances in urban humanities research, pedagogy, and practice.” Round table, Urban Humanities Global (Un)Conference

November 2023 - “GOING PUBLIC: Framing events as a tool for inquiry in public space research.” Workshop, AESOP Thematic Group on Public Spaces & Urban Cultures International Meeting

March 2023 - “(Un)Common Public Space: Epistemology of the event.” Urban Humanities Global (Un)Conference

November 2022 - "Fostering intergenerational public spaces in disinvested neighborhoods" - Network Event hosted by the Public Space Research Group at CUNY

April 2022 - "Urban Humanities: A framework for public space research" - A Focus on Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning, and Research in the Modern Academy, hosted by the AMPS International Research Organisation

October 2021 - "The square as a home for play, sustenance, and survival: An urban humanities approach to spatial and temporal tactics of resistance in Los Angeles, CA" - Between the Home and the Square: Bridging the Boundaries of Public Space, International Meeting of the AESOP Public Spaces and Urban Cultures thematic group