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//Pulvis et umbra sumus. We are but dust and shadow. –Horace// | //Pulvis et umbra sumus. We are but dust and shadow. –Horace// | ||
- | Dust and Shadow is FoAM's contribution to a transdisciplinary research and residency programme at the ASU (Arizona State University) focused on environmental issues specific to the North-American Southwest. We combine philosophical inquiry with experiential futures and technological arts to explore existing and potential relationships between people and the desert. We start from a hypothesis that in order to mitigate the effects of climate change (and other environmental uncertainties) fundamental lifestyle adaptations are needed. Changing light-bulbs or driving electric cars is a start, but technological fixes alone can't diminish the complex systemic challenges. The emotional and cultural dimension of prevalent worldviews must be re-examined too; the dimension of myths and counter-myths underlying current and emerging lifestyles. By addressing the mythical underpinnings of contemporary life in the desert, we invite emotional engagement with abstract concepts, such as desertification, | + | ---- |
- | In collaboration with The Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS), Laboratory of Critical Technics (LCT) and the Synthesis Lab of the Arizona State University | + | Dust and Shadow is FoAM's contribution to a transdisciplinary research and residency programme at the ASU (Arizona State University) |
- | {{>http://www.flickr.com/ | + | //In collaboration with The Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS), Desert Humanities Institute, Center for Philosophical technologies/ |
- | * fragments https://d-u-s-t-and-shadow.tumblr.com | + | ---- |
- | * photos https:// | + | |
- | * FoAM activity page: https:// | + | |
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- | How all of this might unfold (TBC and subject to change without notice) | + | |
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- | * Spring 2017 (may/june): [[fieldtrip 1]], observations, | + | |
- | * Summer 2017 (july/ | + | |
- | * Fall 2017 (november/ | + | |
- | * Spring 2018: prototyping and experiments (first iteration): thalient lab, [[https:// | + | |
- | * Summer & Fall 2018: design seasonal feast, reader 2 and book | + | |
- | * Spring 2019: Public experiment (seasonal feast?) & book launch\\ | + | |
- | * + continuous online documentation\\ | + | |
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+ | * photos https:// | ||
+ | * Dust and Shadow on FoAM's website: https:// | ||
+ | * fragments https:// | ||