Skrevet af REED / LISTER
The past two decades have witnessed a resurgence of ecological ideas and
ecological thinking in discussions of urbanism, society, culture, and
design. The field of ecology has moved from classical determinism and a
reductionist Newtonian concern with stability, certainty, and order in
favor of more contemporary understandings of dynamic systemic change and
the related phenomena of adaptability, resilience, and flexibility. But
ecology is not simply a project of the natural sciences. Researchers,
theorists, social commentators, and designers have all used ecology as a
broader idea or metaphor for a set of conditions and relationships with
political, economic, and social implications. Projective Ecologies
takes stock of the diversity of contemporary ecological research and
theory— embracing Felix Guattari’s broader definition of ecology as at
once environmental, social, and existential— and speculates on potential
paths forward for design practices. Where are ecological thinking and
theory now? What do current trajectories of research suggest for future
practice? How can advances in ecological research and modeling, in
social theory, and in digital visualization inform, with greater rigor,
more robust design thinking and practice?
