1. So, like, what is “spatial rhetoric” anyway…? (An introduction of sorts.)

2. What is “spatial rhetoric”? In much the same way that visual rhetoric is the study of how visual elements (colors, fonts, images, designs) are used to formulate or enhance a particular argument, spatial rhetoric is the study of how physical spaces (natural or man-made) are organized/arranged to make an argument about how the space should be used and/or what kinds of people should be using it.

3. What is “spatial rhetoric”? Essentially, spatial rhetoric involves the critical analysis of the rhetorical choices that have been made in designing and organizing a physical space.

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6. Find a spot nearby to sit down and note as many different rhetorical choices as you can Find a spot nearby to sit down and note as many different rhetorical choices as you can Reflect on how these choices suggest a specific way to “use” the spot you’ve selected Reflect on how these choices suggest a specific way to “use” the spot you’ve selected Speculate about the kinds of people these choices will “invite” to use the space Speculate about the kinds of people these choices will “invite” to use the space In lieu of heading to the library, we’ll spend the next ten minutes on the following: