All Outputs (4)

What can an MRAP do? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
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

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) vehicle... Read More about What can an MRAP do?.

This is the age of the architectural, not architecture (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Shayya, F. (2017, June). This is the age of the architectural, not architecture. Presented at Doing Architectural Research: Socio-political Perspectives on Theories, Methodologies & Praxis, Cambridge, United Kingdom

This is the age of the architectural, not architecture. The architectural is a praxis for making the social by covering and uncovering black boxes of flows and intensities. Architecture is ideology! The architectural in “architectural research” is no... Read More about This is the age of the architectural, not architecture.

The becoming-military of technology & the becoming-urban of the military: MRAP sociotechnical relations (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Shayya, F. (2017, May). The becoming-military of technology & the becoming-urban of the military: MRAP sociotechnical relations. Poster presented at 4th Annual SEED PGR Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom

The first aim is investigating connections between how military sociotechnical inscriptions serve as actualizations of military strategy in/through urban contexts. And, the second aim is exploring the extent of the demilitarization gap within the tra... Read More about The becoming-military of technology & the becoming-urban of the military: MRAP sociotechnical relations.

Strangely familiar! Or, what the smell of grease revealed about my curious self (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Shayya, F. (2017, April). Strangely familiar! Or, what the smell of grease revealed about my curious self. Presented at PhD By Design Conference, Sheffield, United Kingdom

It’s a windy, cold February Saturday at The Imperial War Museum in Manchester. I stand next to a 1979 Leopard patrol vehicle and a WWII T34 tank when a strong, thick, nauseating smell takes me 23 years back to a boyish childhood memory. I recall clim... Read More about Strangely familiar! Or, what the smell of grease revealed about my curious self.