Readers of BLDGBLOG will have noticed that Geoff Manaugh, along with ‘chaoplexic warfare’ guru Antoine Bousquet, are appearing together on 26th November in central London. I’m pleased to say I’ve played a small part in getting the evening together, through my co-stewardship of the Complex Terrain Laboratory, who are hosting this first in a series of Battlespace/s events.
The blurb:
Contemporary political discourse on armed violence and insecurity has been largely shaped by references to spatial knowledge, simulation, and control: “human terrain,” “urban clutter,” “terrorist sanctuaries,” “failed states,” “core-periphery.” The historical counterpoint to this is to be found in the key role the successive technologies of clock, engine, computer, and network have all played in spatializing the practice of warfare. In this context, what implications do “feral” Third World cities, “rogue” cities organized along non-Western ideas of urban space and infrastructure, and “wild” cities reclaimed by nature, have for the battlespaces of today and tomorrow?
The event is free, and open to all, so please come along if you can, and let others know about it too. There are more details on the event at BLDGBLOG, Ubiwar, and CTlab.
Filed under: architecture, future, war
