2024-11-23T05:33:02-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149948907/book-review-entr-acte-performing-publics-pervasive-media-and-architecture Nicholas Korody 2016-06-05T18:27:00-04:00 >2016-06-11T22:11:21-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wy/wyyh6qks01z4459i.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>During the month of May, inspired in part by the theme of Alejandro Aravena&rsquo;s Venice Biennale, <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/611513/2016-venice-biennale" target="_blank">Reporting from the Front</a>, Archinect&rsquo;s coverage has included a <a href="http://archinect.com/features/tag/743679/may-help" target="_blank">special focus</a> on socially-engaged practices and, accordingly, hosted many conversations about how and why architects should engage with the public. Yet largely absent from this discussion is the question of who or what constitutes the public today.</p>