In the three readings, each author ideas of negotiated space are quite similar. In “Office of the people” by Gan Golan, he stated that “The stories that are told by spaces that surround us shape us just as much as we shape them”. Because in certain spaces our behaviour are very different from others. When we are in a religious space or university space we act very respectful and knowledgeable and the stories are much different but when were in Parks its a much looser space and the way we communicated with others in these spaces are much different. Golan also stated that Churches and university spaces are “transformational spaces” and we go to these places to change who we are and in the process we leave these places with a new story. In “The artist will have to decide whom to serve” by Jeanne van Heeswijk she talks about “Engaging Communities” and she states that there should be a space where artist and non artist can go to share, communicate with each other. This is very essential for communities because communities can grow because of the close ties to one another. In “Occupying Public Spaces 2011” by Franck and Huang they used several examples from around the world that show how different groups can influence the environment and behaviours in that space. One of the examples they showed was Zucotti park a privately owned park in New York showed how two different groups occupied the space and how the police had to separate the two different groups. Because of fight for authority of the now occupied space. When negotiating how the space is to be used the general public has the power.

– Jameel Thomas