Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Mapping (chronotopology)

In this workshop by antonio scarponi, the question was how to map our present urban realities? Talking about our urban realities; we talk of complexity, speed, population, globalization, and so on. Myself, charlotte, kevin, and alejandra decided to map the temporalities and dynamism of our present society. we chose "clock" as an urban device which people are often associated with in terms of social practices. people often relate and look at their clock, for example, i have to be here by this time.........i have to go now.......i have a seminar now ..................... The clock dictates where and when to do something, it directs their path. Mapping the activities of people on the clock reflects the reality of our society, the social classes and what each group could be doing at a particular time. we mapped the activity of the people from fiji and the people from rotterdam on the clock so as to see what each group will most likely be doing at a particular time. Mapping is much more than geographical.

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