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a proposal for Encuentro 8

Cities | Bodies | Action
26 Sept. 2011
Mxico, DF
Social Agency Lab
Rice Anthropology
TxRx
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3 Abstract
4 Project Specifcations
5 Who We Are
Resumes
15 Supporting Documents / Previous Projects
22 Media Coverage
23 DVD
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The city is an immense laboratory. Governing late-liberal political and economic rationales have imposed a bifurcated
world, expressed in highly regimented normative urban forms and spaces simultaneously by both capital and governance.
Meanwhile, a variety of local experiences and affective encounters inhabit both types of space and the boundaries between
them in alternative ways that escape any rigid taxonomy. Urban communal gardens, DIY hacker spaces, participatory urban
planning groups, and art collectives, among others, have emerged to intervene, transform and revitalize urban spaces.
These interventions lie at the intersection of sentiments of doom and sentiments of hope for a different future, an affective
and effective landscape shaped by the increasing retreat of the state and the privatization of public life.
Composed of members who have affliations to and affnity for these alternative urban livelihood experiences, we propose
to revisit the Situationist drive, a methodology for mapping experience and affect in physical public spaces, in a late-
liberal world where public life and private lives are not easily distinguished. In our project, we bridge virtual public formation
with physical urban environments, personal experience with collective emotions, as we raise questions about how sociality,
urban design, subjectivity, virtual spaces and territorial scales interact. We seek to analyze the linkages and disconnections
between the individual and larger, scaler contexts.
The actualization of the Situationist critique on the perceptual and experiential alienation in mass society is our point
of departure. The Situationists worked within the framework of the height of state power in mid-twentieth century France,
a radically different polity than the late-liberal rationales we experience today. However, the spectaularization of lived
experience, the individual as passive spectator of her own life, remains a current preoccupation. The commercialization and
commodifcation of life and experience, salient in the thriving industries of advertisement and marketing, and the intertwining
of physical worlds and virtual worlds in daily life beg the reappropriation of Situationists methodologies. Indeed, more so
than before, the promise of a new world, constructed by and for ourselves, is within our reach.
Taking advantage of technological platforms unavailable at mid-century, and moving through our own networks of urban
interconnectedness, we propose to collect and perform drives in different cities of the world, creating a platform for
virtually interconnected exchange of experiences and affective outlooks on what it means to inhabit and experience the
city. In other words, moving from affect to effect. Individual urban dwellers start their drives from the fnancial center of the
cities drift into and through culturally signifcant urban landscapes and borderlands that become alive and plural. We
propose to map the different routes via GPS technology and upload them into a web page along with logs, pictures and
sounds that we share among a community of drifters. In doing so, we invite all the participants to embody the experience
of drifting away from our known economic spheres, and to refect on the subjective encounters that this practice sponsors.
For Encuentro, we specifcally propose a visual installation and an urban intervention in this vein. On an outdoor public wall,
we will project the different routes of drifters around the world. During one of the conference days, we will go on a drive,
open to the public. Following the drive, we propose a round table in the physical space of the visual installation to refect
on alternative ways of reclaiming the city by drifting from normative claims of useful urban encounters, whether through DIY
hacker practices, participatory urban planning and planting, community-based art movements and affective politics. We
will record the round table and upload the information to our web page.
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We propose a visual installation and an urban intervention through a performative drift through Mxico City during the
conference, followed by a round table in the physical space of the visual installation.
The visual installation will layer cartography, visual, aural and written experiences of drifting through cities around the world
collected through our website, currently under construction, and will be used as a jumping off point for our exploration of
Mxico City during the conference.
We would prefer an outdoor space for the visual installation. This can be a simple city wall. We will require a projector and
sound system.
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Social Agency Lab is a collaborative of urban planners and designers who believe that
social relationships should be the basis for a generative design process of better urban
places. We were founded out of a desire to place social agency at the forefront of designing
urban space, and to creatively bring together multiple design disciplines including urban
design, service design, program design, architecture, and policymaking in one group that
can fexibly engage urban planning in design discourse. Kate Balug, Christina Calabrese
and Zakcq Lockrem will participate in this project.

Rice Anthropology is one of the most respected and creative programs for anthropological
study in North America. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, the department emphasizes
experimental methodological designs and addresses on-going theoretical and collaborative
refections on expert cultures in the contemporary world. Lina Dib, Michael R. Griffths and Maria
Vidart-Delgado will participate in this project. Dib is an anthropologist and artist. Dibs work
refects on technologies of memory and prosthetics. As an artist, she has exhibited in Houston,
New York, and Montreal. Vidart-Delgado is an anthropologist whose work addresses the way
publics are created and disseminated. Griffths is a PhD student in Rices English Department
whose work addresses biopolitics, visual culture, and globalization.
Tx/Rx Labs is Houstons Hackerspace., a project-based team of makers with backgrounds
in the creative arts: electronic circuitry, music composition, 3D printing, computer science
and security, screenprinting, fashion design, and even haute cuisine. Our goals are to bring
creative people together, to serve as an incubator for imaginative solutions for everyday
problems, to make opaque scientifc and technical concepts accessible to everyone
through education, and to provide much-needed services to our community, made possible
by the skills and passion of our membership. Rex Baker, Chris Cauley, and Kelly OBrien will
participate in this project.
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Kate Balug
Artist + Cultural Urban Producer
Kate Balug works as
an artist and producer
of cultural urban
projects. Her current
research includes
an examination of
critical imagination
as a tool to redefne
urban paradigms,
intervention at various
scales in under-resourced communities, public
life, mapping, and youth agency. She will
spend the next academic year on a fellowship
in Mexico City, researching the above topics,
learning Spanish, and relishing one of her
favorite cities. She is from Poland, and plays
drums and recently badminton in her spare time.
Professional Experience
Fields Corner Collaborative Boston, 2011
Coordinator,MyDotTour
Institute for Transportation and Development
Policy Mexico City, 2010
Intern
Lauren Bons Metabolic Studio Los Angeles, 2006
to 2009
ProductionAssistant
Selected Project Experience
2011 MyDotTourDorchester,MA
ChoiceLeadstoVisionMumbai,India
2010 ExploremosNuestroCentroHistorico
MexicoCity,Mexico
MyCity,MyFutureRiodiJaneiro,Brazil
Providence:TheSpaceforFlowsProvidence,RI
Academic Experience
Department of Play, MIT Center for Civic Media
Cambridge, 2009 to present
Co-Founder,Researcher
Select Grants and Awards
Harvard University Sinclair Kennedy Traveling
Fellowship 2011 to 2012
Harvard Graduate School of Design Druker
Traveling Fellowship 2011
Finalist
MIT Ideas Global Challenge Competition $3,000
Prize 2010
Harvard GSD Community Service Travel
Fellowship 2010
Education
Harvard Graduate School of Design Masterof
UrbanPlanning
University of Southern California BachelorofArtsin
StudioArtsandFrench
Recent Publications
SocialInfrastructureoverPhysicalInfrastructure(2010)
inA View on Harvard GSD.MohsenMostafavi,ed.
Cambridge:HarvardUniversityGraduateSchoolof
Design.
DotAve.Project:WhatWouldyouAddtotheAvenue?
(2010)DorchesterReporter,Boston,December9,4.
Tobiedobrze-mnielepiej(GoodforYou,BetterforMe)
(2007)NowyDziennikWeekend,NewYork,September
22,7.
Recent Presentations and Exhibitions
MITDepartmentofPlaywithLeoBurd,MIT-KnightCivic
MediaConference,Cambridge,MA(2011)
TouringofftheBeatenPath:MyDotTourMassachusetts
HistoryConference,Worcester,MA(2011)
ChoiceLeadstoVision:HowtoMaketheMostof
ExtremeUrbanisminMumbaisBackBayReal
EstateAcademicInitiativeatHarvardUniversity,
Cambridge,MA(2011)
CollectiveIdentityandArt:AnExperimentinDorchester
InvitationtoSpeakSeminaratHarvardGraduate
SchoolofDesign,Cambridge,MA(2011)
MITSIGUSWorldUrbanForum5RiodiJaneiro(2010)
MarketCollectiveexhibition,PhantomGalleriesLA,
LongBeach,CA(2009)
ThanksCraigCollectiveexhibition,TheLandingParty
Gallery.LosAngeles,CA(2009)
CommunityDrivenUrbanPlanningThankTank2008.Los
Angeles,CA(2008)
www.socialagencylab.org
www.twitter.com/socialagencylab
www.facebook.com/socialagencylab
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Christina Calabrese
Urban Planner + Designer
Christina Calabrese
is an urban planner
and designer living in
Brooklyn, New York.
Her research focuses
on the interplay
between physical and
virtual civic space:
their spatial attributes,
their social functions,
and the degrees to which they foster or inhibit
publicity and privacy, solitude and belonging.
Professional Experience
Hart Howerton 2010 to present
Designer
Hyde Park-Holy Trinity Cultural Corridor 2010
ProjectAssociate
MASS Design Group 2009 to 2010
GrantWriter
Asian Community Development Corporation
2008
RealEstateDevelopmentIntern
ecoMOD3 Design | Build Team 2007
Designer
Design Corps Summer Studio 2005
Design|BuildTeam
Selected Project Experience
2011 CommunityDevelopmentPlan,Environmental
Guidelines,andEco-tourism
RecommendationsCaboSaoRoque,Brazil
AdaptiveReuseintheFederalTriangle
Washington,DC
OutdoorClassroomRaleigh,NorthCarolina
2010 CommercialRetailandOutdoorRecreation
CenterParkCity,Utah
WilhelmsburgNeighborhoodRedevelopment
PlanHamburg,Germany
2009 LandTenureandPropertyRightsDevelopment
PlanDiamniadio,Senegal
PlacemakingStrategiesAquidneckIsland,Rhode
Island
Community Involvement
Center for Urban Pedagogy 2011 to present
Academic Experience
2011 CUNY NYCCT Architectural
Technology Mentor
2010 Harvard Graduate School of Design
CareerDiscoveryInstructor
2010 MIT DUSP ResearchAssistant
2009 Harvard Graduate School of Design
TeachingAssistant
Education
Harvard Graduate School of Design
MasterofUrbanPlanning
University of Virginia
BachelorofScienceinArchitectureandFrench
Recent Publications
SystmeD:Self-propelledResourcesforDesign
EducationinPublicInterest(Forthcoming)
inBridging the Gap: Architectural Internships in
Public Service.GerogiaBiziosandKatieWakeford,
Eds.
ReadingandConstructingSpatialNarratives(2010)in
GSD Platform 3.Barcelona:Actar
CoreUrbanPlanningStudios(2009)inGSD Platform 2.
FelipeCorrea,Ed.Barcelona:Actar.
ecoMOD:ExploringSocialandEnvironmentalJustice
throughPrefabrication(2008)withJohnQualein
Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism.Bryan
BellandKatieWakeford,Eds.NewYork:Metropolis
Books.
Selected Grants and Awards
Harvard Graduate School of Design 2010
UrbanPlannngandDesignThesisPrize
Augustus Clifford Tower Fellowship 2010 to 2011
Sarah McArthur Nix Fellowship 2006 to 2007
Harrison Undergraduate Research Award 2006 to
2007
Habitat for Humanity Public Service Fellow 2005
to 2006
www.socialagencylab.org
www.twitter.com/socialagencylab
www.facebook.com/socialagencylab
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Zakcq Lockrem
Urban Planner + Designer
Zakcq Lockrem is
an urban planner and
designer for Asakura
Robinson and an
adjunct professor
of urban planning
at Texas Southern
University in Houston,
Texas. He has
contributed to projects
from sustainable transportation to green building
in California, New England, the Gulf Coast,
Mexico and West Africa. His recent research
has focused on building community capacity
through public engagement for better planning
outcomes.
Professional Experience
Asakura Robinson 2011 to present
UrbanPlannerandDesigner
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
2010 to 2011
RegionalAssociate
Alta Planning + Design 2009 to 2010
PlanningConsultant
Selected Project Experience
2011 GreaterEastEndManagementDistrictMobility
StudyHouston,Texas
ClearLakePedestrianandBicyclistStudy
Houston,Texas
AirlineImprovementDistrictPed/Bike
ImprovementsHarrisCounty,Texas
BetterBlockHoustonHouston,Texas
2010 GreenOffceChallengeCampaignManagement
Houston,Texas
RegionalDevelopmentandRecoveryPlan
ArtiboniteDepartment,Haiti
2009 LeKinkelibaArtistsColonyMasterPlan
Tambacounda,Senegal
Car-FreeChallengeCampaignManagement
SanFrancisco-Oakland,California
AquidneckIslandVisualConservationPlan
AquidneckIsland,RhodeIsland
GreenStreet(CalleVerde)ProjectMexicoCity,
FederalDistrict,Mexico
Community Involvement
Citizens Transportation Coalition 2011 to present
Vice-Chair
Planners Network 2008 to present
MembershipandChaptersCommittee
Cofounder,BostonChapter
Livable Streets Alliance 2009 to 2010
BoardMember
Academic Experience
2011 Texas Southern University Adjunct
Instructor
2010 Wentworth Institute of Technology
GuestStudioCritic
2010 Boston University GuestStudioCritic
2008- 2009 Boston University TeachingFellow
Education
Harvard Graduate School of Design Masterof
UrbanPlanning
Boston University BachelorofScienceinUrban
Affairs
Recent Publications
LocationMatters:CompleteStreetsandLivable
CenterswithRobinHolzer(2011)TheJournalof
GreenBuilding
MyHouston2040withJayBlazekCrossley,RobinHolzer
andMatthewTejada,Eds.(inpreperation).
BYNYCFORNYC.ORGwithChristinaCalabreseand
AlexandraMiller(2011)inAn Atlas of Possibility for
New York City.NewYork:Institutefor
UrbanDesign.
EcologicalUrbanismConferenceBlog(2010)in
Ecological Urbanism.MoshenMostafaviandGereth
Doherty,Eds.Baden:LarsMllerPublishers.
Recent Presentations
CulturalUrbanismwithLeilaBozorg,SarahNusserandSara
Zewde,CongressforNewUrbanismNextGen
Conference,Madison,Wisconsin(2011)
CompleteStreetsandLivableCenters:WhyLocation
MatterswithRobinHolzer,GulfCoastGreen,
Houston,Texas(2011)
Lhommedanslacit:Expo67andtheSpatialization
ofIdentityinQubecUrbanAffairsAssociation
Conference,NewOrleans,Louisiana(2011)
www.socialagencylab.org
www.twitter.com/socialagencylab
www.facebook.com/socialagencylab
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LINA DIB lina@linadib.com

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Anthropology, Rice University, Houston,
TX (2005-present)
B.Sc., M.Sc Anthropology, Universit de
Montral, QC (1999-2005)
DEC Fine Arts, Cgep St-Laurent, QC (1996-
1999)

RESIDENCIES
Artist in Residence, TX/RXlabs, Houston,
Texas (2011-present)
Artist in Residence, Topological Media Lab,
Hexagram, Montreal (2009-2010)
PhD Internship, Information Studies, Sheffield
University, UK (2008)

SELECTED POSITIONS HELD
Instructor, Bodies, Sensualities and Art,
Anthropology department, Rice University,
(Summer 2011)
Multimedia Consultant, Digital Media Center,
Rice University (2009-2010)
Researcher, EPIT project: The Ethics and
Politics of Information Technology, Rice
University (2006-2008)
Assistant Director, Rice Cinema, Rice Media
Center (2006-2007)

RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2011 While you crept up behind me, The
Compound, Houston, TX, Oct
Le temps des oiseaux, MECA, Houston,
TX, July
Sound affect #5 - Houston 8am, Box 13
Art Space, Houston, TX, March
2010 Recantorium, Ethnographic Terminalia,
Barristers Gallery, New Orleans, LA,
Nov.-Dec.
Sounds for Stairs, Box13 Art Space,
Houston, TX, Sept.-Oct.
IL Y A, with Xin Wei Sha, Production
team, CCRMA, Stanford, CA, Sept.
Recantorium, Fotofest 2010, Rice
Project Gallery, Houston, TX, March
SELECTED GRANTS and AWARDS
Rice Humanities Research Center Dissertation
Writing Fellowship (2009-2010)
Vaughn Graduate Study Fellowship (2010)
AMIDA training grant, European Community,
Framework 6 Program in Information Society
Technology (2008)
Social Science Research Council of Canada
Doctoral award (2007-2009)
C.P. Snow Fellowship, Scientia Institute, Rice
University (2007-2008)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Time Matters: Designing for Evidence In
Feminist Theory out of Science, Special Edition,
Differences, Duke University Press, (eds.) Roosth, S,
and Schrader, A. (forthcoming, 2012)
Of Promises and Prototypes, In Prototyping
Prototyping, Episode 3 of The Anthropology of the
Contemporary, (ed.) Kelty, C. (2010)
FM Radio: Family Interplay with Sonic
Mementos, Computer Human Interaction Proc.
(CHI), ACM Press 2371-2380, with Petrelli, D.,
Villar, N., Kalnikaite, V., Whittaker, S. (2010)
Sonic Souvenirs: Exploring the Paradoxes of
Recorded Sound for Family Remembering, In
Computer Supported Cooperative Work Proc.
(CSCW), ACM Press 391-400, with Whittaker, S.,
Petrelli, D. (2010) Nominated for best paper award

RECENT PRESS REVIEWS
Campbell, C. Terminus: Ethnographic
Terminalia, Visual Anthropology Review 27(1):
52-56, 2011.
Boyer, D. A Gallery of Prototypes, Visual
Anthropology Review 27(1): 94-96, 2011
Rozelle, J. W. Engaging with the Everyday, Rice
Magazine, December issue, 2010
Morris, B. Art and academia align at Freret
gallery, Uptown Messenger, Nov 18, 2010
Afra, O. Interview: Lina Dib and Sounds for
Stairs, Free Press Houston, October issue, no. 120,
2010

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Michael R. Griffiths

Tel: 713-540-9079
Email: mrg1@rice.edu

Curriculum Vitae
PhD Candidate in English at Rice University.
Lodieska Stockbridge Vaughn Fellow in the
Humanities 2011-12, Rice University.

Education.

Rice University. Houston, TX, USA.
PhD 2010-present.
Certificate in the Study of Women, Gender,
and Sexuality.

Rice University. Houston, TX, USA.
Master of Arts, 2010.

University of Western Australia. Perth, Australia
2001-05.
Bachelor of Arts in English and Cultural
Studies; 1
st
Class Honours (BA Hons 1).

Areas of Research and Teaching
Specialization

Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Animal
Studies, Critical Theory (biopolitics,
posthumanism, deconstruction), Film Studies.

Selected Publications.

Production Values: Ford and Formalism in
North by Northwest, forthcoming in Postmodern
Culture. Vol. 20, 3 (May 2011).

The Tame From the Wild: Handling
Biopolitics and Subjection at the Emergence
of Capital, Humanimalia. 1, 2 (Winter 2010).
<http://www.depauw.edu/humanimalia/>





Selected Presentations and Panels.

Bios, Nomos, Cosmos: Space and Citizenship in the
Settler Colony.
Imperial Mechanisms, Postcolonial Studies
Division Panel, Modern Language Association
(MLA), Los Angeles CA 2011.

The Correspondence of Bernard O Dowd and Walt
Whitman: A Transnational Look at Appropriations
of Indigeneity and the Cosmopolitics of Literary
Nationalism.
Australasian Literature and Film Panel, South
Central Modern Language Association
(SCMLA) Conference, Fort Worth TX 2010.

Lodieska Stockbridge Vaughn Fellow in the
Humanities 2011-12, Rice University.

Caroline S. and David L. Minter Summer
Research Grant, Rice University 2011.

Wertheim Prize for Best Graduate Student
Paper, American Association of Australian
Literary Studies (AAALS) Washington 2010.

C. P. Snow Student Fellow, Scientia: an institute
for the history of science and culture founded by
Salomon Bochner, Rice University 2007-08.

Vocational Experience

Fondren Library Film Series
Videographer, Editor.
Promotional and Instructional Films Series
2008.

Media Consultant at Digital Media Center,
Rice University 2006-10.

Languages

French: Reading certified by Rice University
Language Resource Center 2006.


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Mari a Vi dart-Del gado
1508 Hawthorne St. Houston, TX 77006 Phone: (832) 790-7696 mvidart@rice.edu

EDUCATION
Rice University, Houston, TX
PhD in Anthropology expected
May 2012

Rice University, Houston, TX
Master of Arts in Anthropology
2009

Universidad de los Andes,
Bogot, Colombia
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology,
minor in History 2004
AWARDS
Lodieska Stockbridge Vaugh
Fellowship-Rice University 2011-
2012 - For outstanding
achievement and promise
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
Can Politics be virtual?
Reflections on Social Media Uses
in Political Campaigning In
Crowds and Clouds, LIMN No. 3.
Chris Kelty, Stephen Collier, and
Andrew Lakoff, eds. Forthcoming
November 2011
Thats how you win elections:
Electoral Transactions, Political
Consultancy and the
Personalization of Politics in
Colombias Democratic Reform
In Altrits: Revue
danthropologie du
contemporain 8 (1): forthcoming
November 2011
RECENT SCHOLARLY
INVOLVEMENT
Co-Organizer with Robert Samet.
Democracy without Adjectives
Panel. American Anthropological
Association Meeting 2011.
Montreal, Canada November
2011
Participant. Law and Society
Association-Graduate Student
Workshop. San Francisco,
California. May 31st-June 1st
2011.

PhDCandidateinCulturalAnthropologyinterestedin
publicformation,classandpoliticalsubjectivityinlateliberalpolitical
institutions.

RESEARCHEXPERIENCE
Doctoral Research for Dissertation - Bogot, Colombia (September 2009 -
October 2010)
Principal Investigator
I analyze how notions about class within the framework of participatory
politics inform the practices of political managers during elections in
Colombia. I trace how these practices create class-based fragmented
publics with differentiated forms of political engagement, political subjectivity
and public emotionality.

SELECTEDCOMMUNITYINVOLVEMENT

Citizens Transportation Coalition. Houston, TX (2011-Present)
Volunteer - Outreach Committee.

Misin de Observacin Electoral - Bogot, Colombia (January - June 2010)
Project Coordinator

Organized, coordinated and participated in the missions of international
NGOs and civil society organizations observing the colombian congressional
and presidential elections in 2010.
www.votebien.com - Bogot, Colombia (December 2009 May 2010)
Invited Blogger
Contributed opinion blog entries analyzing the campaigns communication
strategies during the Colombian electoral period of 2010.
Rice Cinema- Rice University, Houston, TX (2006-Present)-
Lead Projectionist and Cinema Directors Assistant.

TEACHINGEXPERIENCE

Lonestar Community Collage - Houston, TX (Spring 2011)
Instructor
Instructed the course Introduction to Anthropology.
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogot, Colombia (Spring and Fall 2010)
Instructor
Designed and instructed the course Contemporary Theories in
Anthropology.

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Rex G. Baker IV
+1.713.291.3048 rexbaker4@gmail.com
1508 Hawthorne St. Houston, Texas 77006
EDUCATION JD (with Honors), University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX Aug. 2006 May 2009
BA in Social Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Sep. 2001 Jun. 2006
Honors Thesis: Construction of Kurdish Identity in Iraq (Thesis received mark of cum laude.)
Awarded Language Citation in Modern Standard Arabic in Jun. 2006.
Damascus Summer Arabic Program, Damascus University, Syria Jun. Aug. 2007
Studied Modern Standard Arabic as well as Syrian Colloquial Arabic in an 8-week program for foreign
students. Was placed in the Advanced Class (highest of 3 levels).
EMPLOYMENT Associate Attorney Gardere Wynne Sewell, Houston, TX Jan. 2010 present
Negotiate, draft and review legal documents with respect to transactions in the following areas: mergers and
acquisitions, commercial lending, goods and services. Draft memoranda on a variety of commercial legal topics,
both domestic and international. Focus primarily on the energy industry.
Graduate Researcher Office of the Independent Ombudsman, Texas Youth Commission, Austin, TX
Sep. 2008 May 2009
Wrote research reports and memoranda on juvenile justice reform: SB 103 and Rising Adult Certification Rates
in Texas Juvenile Courts, January 2009; Memo on Mental Health Discharge, Residential Treatment Centers,
and Federal Funding Sources, April 2009.
U.S. DoD, Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, Iraq Oct. 2003 Apr. 2004
Worked as a civilian in the Office of National Security Affairs, Coalition Provisional Authority in the Senior
Iraqi Leadership Outreach Program recruiting Iraqi citizens for high-level positions in the Iraqi Ministry of
Defense and Iraqi Armed Forces. Managed warehouse renovation project for the IAF at Taji Military Base.
Traveled throughout Baghdad and northern Iraq.
TECH Knowledgeable in C++/Processing/Wiring in connection with Arduino microcontroller platform. Proficient in
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, in addition to similar types of software. Familiar with CNC
plasma cutting, soldering, basic carpentry.
HONORS/ Harvard College Scholarship Feb. 2002
CERTS Honorary scholarship for academic achievement at Harvard.
Eagle Scout Nov. 2000
ACTIVITIES Member, TX/RX Labs Mar. 2010 present
Nonprofit organization in Houston, Texas focusing on technology, art, and adult education. Affiliated with the
global hackerspace/maker movement.
Member, Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights Sep. 2007 May 2009
Journal at the University of Texas School of Law focusing on civil liberties and civil rights.
Harvard Krokodiloes (a cappella) Oct. 2001 Aug. 2003, Sep. 2005 May 2006
Associate Tour Manager, Kroks of 2003. 12-member all-male a cappella group associated with the Hasty
Pudding Club.The Tour Manager plans and supervises a Spring Break trip to Bermuda, as well as an 11-week,
six-continent world tour. During the school year, the group rehearses over 12 hours each week, plus two to six
hours weekly in private performances.
LANGUAGES Limited working proficiency in Arabic, Spanish.
SUPERPOWER Capable of learning anything with alarming speed.
INTERESTS The global hackerspace/maker movement, the role of money in media and politics, rehabilitation of the public
sphere, international travel, juvenile justice, music performance/composition, electronics design.
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CHRIS CAULEY

OVERVIEW
I am a web developer who has worked in all aspects of the web for the past two years. Before that I
spent three years programming electrochemical simulations in Python and Matlab. I am passionate about
programming and my goal is to learn new techniques in front-end and back-end webdevelopment.

1. EMPLOYMENT AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Chris Cauley

2011 Mouth Watering Media
Web Developer
Back end development using Python, Django, uWSGI and PostGres
Front end devlopment using HTML, CSS, and Javascript (esp. jQuery)
Continued development on culturemap.com, a local online magazine
Independently developed 3 other sites and improved 12 other sites

2010 2011 Advanced Research Corporation, Newport, Oregon
Web Developer and Systems Administrator
Back end development using Python, Django, and MySQL with a dash of PHP
Front end development using HTML, CSS, and Javascript (esp. jQuery)
System administration (from OS install to deployment) using Ubuntu, LAMP, and bash scripting
Project management using Trac, Redmine, Subversion, and Git
Test engineering for PhaseNet program, developing test plans and procedures, setting up test
environment and conducting tests on R&D positioning and timing program for US Air Force

2009 2010 Webjig, LLC - Salt Lake City, Utah
Web Developer
Developed web applications for introplay.com, an online exercise-based social network site
Back-end programming using Python, Django, and MySQL
Site development using HTML, CSS, Javascript, and jQuery

2007 2009 University of Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah
Research Assistant
Programmed computer simulations of ion channel measurements
Performed electrochemical research using state of the art instrumentation
Performed in-depth analysis of chemical data to find statistical trends

2005 2007 University of Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah
Lab Supervisor
Managed a staff of 30 undergraduates who prepared chemicals and supervised lab courses for
900-3000 students (varied by semester)
Maintained chemical instruments and supplies for lab classes
Maintained a yearly $120,000 budget for the undergraduate labs at the University

2. SKILLS
Familiar with all aspects of web design (planning, hosting, development, and maintainence)
Able to integrate APIs of other sites (Google Maps, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) into new products

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2020 Commerce St
Houston, TX 77002
Kelly OBrien
Kel.M.OBrien@gmail.com
(651) 283-7293
Professional Experience: Tyco Thermal Controls
Application/Design Engineer
Houston, TX
Mar. 2010 Present
Applied engineering principles to compose thermal hydraulic models of single and multiphase flow problems
Used FEA and CAD programs to calculate steady state and transient heat transfer in order to design downhole
heater systems, downhole tools, and high current connection systems
Created installation manuals, BOMs, and design guide for downhole heating systems
Development and implementation of quality control procedures, quality assurances, ITP and turnover
documentation for DHH systems
Project Engineer
Houston, TX
Jan. 2008 Mar 2010
Completed schedule preparation, material procurement, and resource forecasting for downhole heating projects
Gained international experience as a downhole heater subject matter expert to perform site supervision, quality
control, testing/monitoring, safety oversight, and commissioning of electrical heating systems.
Witnessed FAT, shipping compliance mandates, and performed material inspection
Technical Experience
TX/RX Labs
Active member of a nonprofit technology collective
Houston, TX
Sep. 2010 Present
Applied micro controller, 3-D printer, CNC, milling machine, lathe, plasma cutter, welder, servo & stepper
motors, turbine diffusion pumps, and many other technologies for designing, prototyping and inventing.
Mission Statement of group: The goals is to bring creative people together, to serve as an incubator for free
thought and inquiry, to produce art, inventions, and ideas that challenge convention, solve problems, and create
a meaningful community in the process.
Design Project
Team Member
Fargo, ND
Jan. 2004 Aug. 2006
Formulated and produced composite mixtures from recycled plastics and industrial fillers to obtain desired
material properties.
Applied ASTM codes to design test fixtures, test plans, and data acquisition system to obtain material properties
of composite samples.
Conducted extensive research and lab work on HDPE composite railroad cross ties in order to develop a
manufacturing process that reduced cost and manufacturing time.
Laboratory
Undergraduate
Fargo, ND
Jan. 2004 Aug. 2006
Experimented with material testing, PLC simulations, circuit design, thermodynamic cycles, hydraulic simulations
and fluid flow analysis.
Developed technical communication skills from reporting laboratory data in written lab reports and
presentations.
Education
North Dakota State University
B.S. Mechanical Engineering (GPA 3.0)
Fargo, ND
Conferred Aug. 2006
Affiliations
ASME Member IEEE Member NCEES - Passed FE, April 2009
Technical focus
Fluid Dynamics
Thermodynamics
Strength of Materials
Hydraulic Systems
Machine Design
Heat and Mass Transfer

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Type: Mapping workshop, 2010
Client: Self (MIT IDEAS Competition Prize, Harvard GSD Travel Fellowship awards)
Participant: Katarzyna Balug + Alix Beranger
Description: My City, My Future is a workshop designed to empower underserved youth
through narrative mapping of their home communities. The first workshop
was a three-week program in Favela Santa Marta, a recently pacified slum in
Rio de Janeiro that is undergoing improvement while collectively healing
after years of drug and criminal warfare in its surrounds. The workshop
engaged five local females who negotiated the problems of repre-
sentation and legimization within larger Rio through low-cost aerial mapping,
storytelling, and drafting a community action plan.
My City, My Future
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Type: Social Practice Community Development
Client: Fields Corner Collaborative
Participant: Katarzyna Balug
Description: My Dot Tour occurred in Dorchester, in a stigmatized, under-resourced and
highly diverse district of Boston. Hired local youth examined the areas past
and present states, developed critical ideas for its future, and developed
a performative public walking tour. Through a partnership with the MIT
Center for Civic Media, multimedia components on the street and online
invite continued public dialogue about the neighborhood. The introduction of
participatory critical visioning in a usually consumptive activity (walking tour)
and the occupation of contested public spaces through a cultural interven-
tion sought to generate civic engagement and improve youth agency.
My Dot Tour
Dorchester, Massachusetts
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Placemaking Strategies
Aquidneck, Rhode Island
Type: Studio Project
Client: Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Participant: Christina Calabrese
Description: This studio addressed settlement form; visual and scenic impact
of development; relationship of accessibility to location; the location and
utility of open space and the roles of large-scale spatial concepts in
shaping the built environment. This model is a matrix of fortications,
common grounds, view points, and view corridors on Aquidneck Island,
representing sites' elasticity," or capability to serve multiple functions for
residents and visitors.
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This interactive installation foregrounds the human impulse to collect objects, and
to imbue these collected things with personal meaning. Literally, a heap of objects
belonging to local Houstonians accumulates and disappears. Accompanying audio
narratives relating to the special meanings these objects have for their owners are
wound and rewound based on the viewers motion. Time, narrative and movement are
confated, and gallery visitors can literally scrub the work: using their bodies to start,
reverse and fast forward the fow of time, as well as the accumulation of the collected
memories.
Programming with JS Rousseau from the Topological Media Lab, Montreal Canada
Recantorium (2010) Lina Dib
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Houston soundscapes animate the main staircase of Box13 ArtSpace for this interac-
tive exhibit. Making the mundane whimsical and otherworldly, Dibs installation defamil-
iarizes, and recontextualizes sounds to create a dynamic sonic postcard, orchestrated
by the up and down movements of the visitors. The staircase turns the world inside out
by bringing into the quiet gallery space reverberations, swishes and clatters that usual-
ly dwell outside. Blurring the boundaries between the constructed environment and na-
ture, this intervention makes architecture pliable and responsive. Through interactions,
the soundscapes are reassembled, but never repeated. When someone lingers on the
steps, so do the sounds; and when visitors climb up and down, the sounds coalesce,
with a few surprises along the way.
Programming with Navid Navab and JS Rousseau from the Topological Media Lab,
Montreal, Canada
Sounds for Stairs (2010) Lina Dib
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The feld, the lab, and the studio are places of production rather than display, sites of
creation rather than exhibition, places for searching horizons and researching results.
They are the place where the actual is carved or crafted from the possible; the real is
cut away from the simulated. They are sites that synthesize reality.
Like these sites Le Temps des Oiseaux (the time for birds), is about sensing the
difference between reality and artifce. Fifty to seventy jet-black birds composed of
paper, wire and car paint hang from the ceiling in an area of two by three meters.
When the viewer approaches, they shiver or agitate. Proximity sensors and vibration
motors cause more birds to shutter as the viewer approaches closer or faster. Sensing
changes. On the wall, dead house fies are pinned and hanging in glass encasing,
indifferent to the birds or the viewers movements. The stillness of real fies contrasts
with the movement of constructed birds and viewers.
The birds shadows further decouple the link between the real and the constructed,
motion and stability. The shadows of the birds are painted on the wall from their
still position. When birds shudder, their shadows move, leaving behind the painted
shadows traced on the walls, like imprints of stability that become ever more obvious
with each step the viewer takes.
Programming with Rex Gavin Baker IV from TX/RXlabs, Houston, USA
Le Temps des Oiseaux (2011) Lina Dib
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- Building Better Cities 24 Hours at a Time. Wendy Siegle. Marketplace. NPR.
5 Aug 2011.
Its all part of a 24-hour stunt to turn a boring urban block into a vibrant one overnight. Lockrem and more than a
dozen volunteers will pick up trash, and set up food stalls and cafe seating on the sidewalk.
- Art and Academia Align at Freret Gallery. Benjamin Morris. Uptown Messenger.
18 Nov 2010.
We were interested to see how visual media, art, and anthropology come together in a particular space...
- MyDotTour Fields Corner Walking Tour. Staff. Dorchester Reporter.
29 July 2011.
Theatrical in nature, the tours aim to enrich public life in Dorchester, celebrate the recent history and current
amenities of Fields Corner, and provide a platform for sharing ideas about future improvements. They feature a
selection of notable sites identifed and researched by local teens with help from archives, residents, and
local institutions. To enhance the tour experience, each My Dot Tour stop hosts a street sign with location
information accessible by phone, and via quick response (QR) code, an information-richcode that can be
scanned using a smart phone.
- Residents Get Street Smart. Lisa Gray. Houston Chronicle.
31 Aug 2011.
Temporary paint will outline hard-to-miss bright-green bike lanes on the street, and planters full of street trees will
create a pedestrian-friendly zone. A pop-out cafe in a temporary, portable building will populate one
parallel parking space, showing how an unnecessarily wide street can yield public space; high-end food trucks
will perform the same service at other spots. And a nifty specially made bike rack will demonstrate that
its possible to ft up to 15 bikes in the space it would take to parallel-park just one car..
- Interview: Lina Dib and Sounds for Stairs. O. Afra. Houston Free Press.
Oct 2011.
Blurring the boundaries between the constructed environment and nature, this intervention makes architecture
pliable and responsive. Through interactions, the soundscapes are reassembled, but never repeated.
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