Dear all,
Recently, me and Teresa Heitor we have written a short piece for the Forum of JoSS, concerning our prospects as organizers of the next 11th International Space Syntax Symposium (SSS11), to be held in Lisbon, July 2017.
The paper starts with a praise to space syntax’s epistemological achievements that we felt was long due, but it quickly moves on to articulate a number of challenges which we believe the field faces today.
We are actively working to make the next Symposium a moment of lively debate where such challenges will be directly addressed. Therefore, we would be delighted if you could take a look at our text and share your opinion about the issues we raise there.
Please note that we are not looking for consensus and much less for your agreement. If you endorse our ideas, please say so, but if you find them preposterous, don’t hesitate to come forward – what could be better for the debate that we yearn promoting, than
a strong polarization of positions? We strongly believe that the best help we can give to field is to do our best to foster the discussion of ideas. That is our main objective for the next Symposium.
Please find our text here,
http://joss.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/journal/index.php/joss/article/view/283
Best wishes,
Miguel
