How to spatially mediate conflicts?

Journal article (2020)

Authors

Aleksandar Staničić Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment
H. Sohn Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment
M.G.H. Schoonderbeek Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment
Armina Pilav University of Sheffield
Research Group
Situated Architecture (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2020 Aleksandar Staničić, H. Sohn, M.G.H. Schoonderbeek, Armina Pilav
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7480/footprint.14.2.5374
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Architecture

Research Group

Situated Architecture

Abstract

Various forms of violence and conflict continue to shape our habitats. What historically has been straightforward and even obvious two-way dependency, in recent years took more subtle and covert form due to sophisticated technological advancements in the fields of media, surveillance and armament. Recognising the detrimental effects of these new developments on the way we experience, conceptualise and build our environments, Footprint27 proposes artistic reflections, cross-media inquiry and counter-tactics as new powerful tools to rethink the complex relationship between conflict, space and mediation. On one hand, the aim of this issue is to deepen and expand theoretical considerations that substantiate investigations of spatial conflicts by making them truly interdisciplinary. On the other, it seeks to empower architects and artists in their pursuit of exposing, critiquing and fighting spatial violence by reclaiming/unlocking the enormous potential of media tools.