Field Notes on Patents in an Expanded Architectural Field

Shayya, Fadi

Abstract

In these field notes from my doctoral research at the University of Manchester (Shayya, 2021), I raise questions about patents as cosmogarms, i.e., “external depictions of the elements of the cosmos and the connections among them” (Tresch, 2007, p. 92), associated with planetary design as a practice of scalable technics. I also catalogue observations about architectural associations between militarised bodies, armoured vehicles, and landscapes. I present my analysis in a hybrid format of field notes and a visual essay, which can be read as a set of non-sequential, quasi-ethnographic observations. Readers can rearrange them to generate nuances or trace their actor-networks across a transdisciplinary thought experiment. These observations form the basis of an upcoming research publication on the architectural translations of survivability.

Citation

Shayya, F. (2024). Field Notes on Patents in an Expanded Architectural Field. [Digital]

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• Online Publication Date: Jun 11, 2024
• Publication Date: Jun 11, 2024
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