Matt Patterson
@yyz2yyc.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Calgary, studying cities and culture.
https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/matt-patterson
https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/matt-patterson
The average American has three friends
May 2, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The average American has three friends
Actually, for exploring, the East Village in 2007 is crazy (I also got to Calgary only 10 years ago and never saw any of these neighbourhoods back then)
March 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Actually, for exploring, the East Village in 2007 is crazy (I also got to Calgary only 10 years ago and never saw any of these neighbourhoods back then)
Academics in their 40s should dress like Edward Said.
February 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Academics in their 40s should dress like Edward Said.
City looked nice this week.
November 30, 2024 at 8:42 PM
City looked nice this week.
Former YMCA, Philadelphia Chinatown (closed since 2007)
November 21, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Former YMCA, Philadelphia Chinatown (closed since 2007)
Neil Postman, in 1985, predicting TV programs like the Daily Show intended to satirize television news but ultimately just further blurring the boundaries between entertainment and news.
November 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Neil Postman, in 1985, predicting TV programs like the Daily Show intended to satirize television news but ultimately just further blurring the boundaries between entertainment and news.
Here’s the information about that lantern:
July 4, 2023 at 8:48 PM
Here’s the information about that lantern:
They have an excellent museum there.
July 4, 2023 at 7:46 PM
They have an excellent museum there.
For @ctownt2g.bsky.social, here’s some photos of Melbourne Chinatown
July 4, 2023 at 7:44 PM
For @ctownt2g.bsky.social, here’s some photos of Melbourne Chinatown
Back in Canada. Melbourne did not disappoint. It is a flaneur’s paradise.
July 3, 2023 at 2:54 PM
Back in Canada. Melbourne did not disappoint. It is a flaneur’s paradise.
Digital technologies are transforming the city into a "gamespace" in which we are constantly encouraged to score points. Check out my latest paper: "Scoreboard Urbanism: Theorizing Mental Life in the Digitally Mediated Metropolis" https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15356841231173644
July 3, 2023 at 2:48 PM
Digital technologies are transforming the city into a "gamespace" in which we are constantly encouraged to score points. Check out my latest paper: "Scoreboard Urbanism: Theorizing Mental Life in the Digitally Mediated Metropolis" https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15356841231173644