# Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry

- Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Department: Urban Studies and Planning; Architecture
- Teacher: Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
- Term: Fall 2012
- Level: Graduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Society and politics, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [MIT OpenCourseWare](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/11-309j-sensing-place-photography-as-inquiry-fall-2012/)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/11-309j-sensing-place-photography-as-inquiry-fall-2012/pages/syllabus/)
- Readings: [at the source](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/11-309j-sensing-place-photography-as-inquiry-fall-2012/pages/readings/)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This course explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing or investigating urban landscapes, and expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on light, detail, place, poetics, narrative, and how photography can inform design and planning.

The current version of the class website for the course can be found here: Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry.

## Lectures

1. [Lecture 1: Alex MacLean, March 6, 2006](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/11-309j-sensing-place-photography-as-inquiry-fall-2012/3b100ec79e51) (YouTube)
2. [Lecture 2: Camilo Jose Vergara, March 13, 2006](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/11-309j-sensing-place-photography-as-inquiry-fall-2012/bbb8fa7055f0) (YouTube)
3. [Lecture 3: Lewis Watts, March 20, 2006](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/11-309j-sensing-place-photography-as-inquiry-fall-2012/d25b704bb47b) (YouTube)
4. [Lecture 4: Wendy Ewald, April 3, 2006](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/11-309j-sensing-place-photography-as-inquiry-fall-2012/98771bd2cc73) (YouTube)
5. [Lecture 5: Steven Moga, Will Steacy, and Lawrence Vale, April 10, 2006](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/11-309j-sensing-place-photography-as-inquiry-fall-2012/d5412e83c679) (YouTube)
6. [Lecture 6: Martin Krieger, April 24, 2006](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/11-309j-sensing-place-photography-as-inquiry-fall-2012/2432a06a7486) (YouTube)
7. [Lecture 7: Leslie Tuttle, May 1, 2006](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/11-309j-sensing-place-photography-as-inquiry-fall-2012/268970604492) (YouTube)
8. [Lecture 8: Anne Whiston Spirn, May 8, 2006](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/11-309j-sensing-place-photography-as-inquiry-fall-2012/f7a803dac20e) (YouTube)