Title: Signs of resistance: technology re-membering
Abstract:While it can be demonstrated historically that sophisticated craft processes predate systematic philosophy, we have yet to appreciate the significance of this fact for an approach to tectonics in arch...While it can be demonstrated historically that sophisticated craft processes predate systematic philosophy, we have yet to appreciate the significance of this fact for an approach to tectonics in architecture. If patterns of thought can, ultimately, be seen to arise out of patterns of action, it might be useful to consider the making process as a source of understanding about the physical world. This paper initially proposes an interdependence between this kind of knowledge and our sense of self- the idea that self-consciousness arises, ultimately, from our engagement with the external environment. By considering certain philosophers' work on the phenomenology of perception, as well as the influence of these ideas on the discussion of materiality in the fine arts, this paper suggests the possibility of a 'narrative tectonics', in describing the potential of our engagement with architecture.Read More
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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