I'm a PhD candidate in the Geography Department at UC Berkeley, a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow (2011-2012), and a faculty member at the California College of the Arts. My background is in architectural design and practice. In my academic life, I research former military landscapes and spaces of memory related to the World War II homefront and the Cold War. I'm also trained as an oral historian, and I collaborate with the Bancroft Library's Regional Oral History Office at UC Berkeley. I co-founded the experimental landscape collective Demilit. More broadly, I study urban cultures, social imaginaries of cities, the history of cities, contemporary architecture, and digital media. I'm interested in knowing more about shared ideas of public or urban space, and how these shape the city. I believe that understanding what Lefebvre called "spaces of representation" can uncover ways of building a socially and environmentally just metropolis.
Javier Arbona § Voice and SMS: [001] 607.233.4615 (via Google Voice) § Email: "hola" at this domain name § Twitter: @AlJavieera § For voice or video chat, email to arrange. § Mailing address: Department of Geography, 507 McCone Hall #4740, Berkeley CA 94720-4740 USA
An article for Rice School of Architecture's Plat Journal is under review. § I have a forthcoming chapter, "Design as Architecture's Environmental Biodrone," under review for a collection called Cycles (Actar), and edited by William O'Brien. § My dissertation is in progress, and I expect to file in May of 2012, with portions to be published on the way or soon after filing. § Please contact me if you need any more immediate information.
