Professor Karen Finley leading Mandala Roundabout in Columbus Circle
The Arts Politics student cohort participated in a "Mandala Roundabout" in Columbus circle as part of their Cultural Activism course.
With the intention of reimaigining the circle, Professor Karen Finley’s walk used the conceptual and geometric elements of the mandala as a spatial and spiritual metaphor for reading the circle’s conflated history and geography, time and place. Over the course of two and a half hours, the group collaboratively explored intersections, discourses, and extensions of Columbus Circle while analyzing the implications of a monument enclosed by sidewalks, paths, fountains, and trees all in concentric rings.
