Dr Fadi Shayya F.Shayya1@salford.ac.uk
Lecturer in Architecture & Urbanism
What can an MRAP do?
Shayya, F
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Abstract
My research traces the U.S. military’s interest in and definition of “the urban” in terms of survivability (of soldiers, force, and system of systems) from military action and natural phenomena. I follow MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles to extract translations, delegations, recruitments, conversions, and displacements (Akrich, 1992; Latour, 2005) of sociotechnical relations from “inscriptions” in design and engineering patents, technical handbooks, operations manuals, and failure accounts in the battlefield (Iraq and Afghanistan) to “de-scriptions” in demilitarization manuals, presidential executive orders, and failure accounts at home (the U.S.). I propose to re-assemble the extracted data into a cartography of the MRAP: longitude and latitude of affects, local movements, and differential speeds (Deleuze & Guattari, 1987, p. 261).
Citation
Shayya, F. (2017, June). What can an MRAP do?. Poster presented at Doing Architectural Research: Socio-political Perspectives on Theories, Methodologies & Praxis, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Presentation Conference Type | Poster |
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Conference Name | Doing Architectural Research: Socio-political Perspectives on Theories, Methodologies & Praxis |
Conference Location | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Start Date | Jun 26, 2017 |
Publication Date | Jun 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Dec 13, 2022 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10883.40480/1 |
Publisher URL | http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10883.40480/1 |
Additional Information | Event Type : Conference |
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