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Mockbee, Samuel, “The Rural Studio,” A New Pragmastisms, pp. 105-115

Samuel Mockbee’s intent is to promote the idea that architecture is a social art and therefore must be made where it is and out of what exists there. He creates a studio that introduces students to poor communities, forcing them to design around the cultural, economic and social situations and documenting the experience as evidence to support his claim. Mockbee’s purpose for the article is to get architects to step away from modern technology as a safety net and to design according to the demands of the people in order to break away from the dependence of the corporate world’s scientists and technology as the problem solver; to make the architect the problem solver. The intended audience is up and coming architects, whether students or young professionals, to instill these ideas early before they become trapped in the world of design.

Obrist, Hans Ulrich, “Preface: Participation Last Forever,” Did Someone Say Participate, (2004) pp. 14-21

Hans Obrist’s intent is to open the eyes of the reader to the idea that, through a curator, museums are greats way to communicate the ideas of not only artists but the ideas of all fields of knowledge; because art should be allowed to extent into other works. The article is broken down into the different categories of a curator’s role, giving examples of these roles and where they have been used in the past as evidence to support his claim. Obrist’s purpose is to establish the role of the curator as a mediator and provider of spaces to be used for art of the people in order to establish a definition for and promote participation. The intended audience is that which is interested in spaces that are meant for flexible use by the people, by giving them an example of how museums are established as such.