Colloquium: Jonathan Wynn
Sociologist Jonathan Wynn presents research on urban culture, public life, and the social fabric of American cities at CUNY.
Why we picked this
Wynn studies the infrastructure of public life — walking tours, festivals, the social mechanics of how strangers share space — and brings empirical rigor to questions that usually stay impressionistic.
Jonathan Wynn, a sociologist whose research examines urban culture, public life, and the informal institutions that hold cities together, presents at CUNY’s Graduate Center. His work investigates the social mechanics of shared urban space — how walking tours, street festivals, and cultural events create the fabric of public life.
What distinguishes Wynn’s approach is that he treats these everyday phenomena as serious objects of study rather than background noise. His ethnographic methods bring data and observation to questions that urbanists often address through theory alone. The CUNY colloquium format allows for extended discussion with faculty and graduate students, but the talk is open to anyone interested in how cities actually work as social systems.
Free and open to the public.