“A natural history of logistics” and other studio briefs: problem spaces for planetary design
“A natural history of logistics” and other studio briefs: problem spaces for planetary design
This article addresses the question of the planetary through three practices that relate to design and architectural pedagogy and research as well as the broader context of Anthropocene discussions. From Strelka Institute's Terraforming program to the Terra Forma book by Frédérique Aït-Touati, Alexandra Arènes, and Axelle Grégoire and a discussion of the Royal College of Art's architecture program's studio “Something in the Air: Politics of the Atmosphere,” the article focuses on framing of “problem spaces” (Celia Lury's term) through studio briefs as well as experimental visualization and mapping. While discussing methodological underpinnings of planetarity as a problem space, the article mobilizes the neologism “natural history of logistics” to analyze practices of scale in the critical design studio briefs and discourses at the center of the article. The term is pitched as a temporary conceptual anchor for a relation specific to the technological framing of a polyscalar Earth.
Speculative design, media theory, Art practice, Anthropocene
177-199
Parikka, Jussi
cf75ecb3-3559-4e53-a03e-af511651e9ac
1 July 2023
Parikka, Jussi
cf75ecb3-3559-4e53-a03e-af511651e9ac
Parikka, Jussi
(2023)
“A natural history of logistics” and other studio briefs: problem spaces for planetary design.
Cultural Politics, 19 (2), .
(doi:10.1215/17432197-10909672).
Abstract
This article addresses the question of the planetary through three practices that relate to design and architectural pedagogy and research as well as the broader context of Anthropocene discussions. From Strelka Institute's Terraforming program to the Terra Forma book by Frédérique Aït-Touati, Alexandra Arènes, and Axelle Grégoire and a discussion of the Royal College of Art's architecture program's studio “Something in the Air: Politics of the Atmosphere,” the article focuses on framing of “problem spaces” (Celia Lury's term) through studio briefs as well as experimental visualization and mapping. While discussing methodological underpinnings of planetarity as a problem space, the article mobilizes the neologism “natural history of logistics” to analyze practices of scale in the critical design studio briefs and discourses at the center of the article. The term is pitched as a temporary conceptual anchor for a relation specific to the technological framing of a polyscalar Earth.
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Published date: 1 July 2023
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Speculative design, media theory, Art practice, Anthropocene
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