Social Practices and City Spaces: Towards a Cooperative and Inclusive Inhabited Space

This book explores the relationship between social practices and built space, focusing on current cooperative/participative and posthuman approaches to its production and management. It reconsiders built space in the light of other schools of thought, covering new ground at conceptual, epistemic, and methodological levels. It discusses the role of architects in the emergence of a new ethos for habitation, the inclusion of differences in design, and the intersection of design, ecology, and technoscience in a posthuman approach.

Format: Hardback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 07 November 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate relationship between social practices and the built environment, exploring current cooperative and posthuman approaches to its production and management. From a social, cultural, and ecological lens, it examines the diverse modes of engagement of all factors involved in the constitutional processes of inhabited space.

Throughout this interdisciplinary collection, built space is reevaluated in the context of other schools of thought, including philosophy, anthropology, social sciences, and political theories and practices. It covers new ground at conceptual, epistemic, and methodological levels, focusing on inhabited space within the framework of globalization, biopolitics, cultural changes, environmental crises, and new technologies.

The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 and 2 explore the role of architects in shaping a new ethos for habitation, emphasizing the importance of participation and narrative in architectural design. Part 3 delves into the intersection of design, ecology, and technoscience in a posthuman approach, aiming to support the inclusion of differences in design and the emergence of a new environmental ethos.

Providing a rich tapestry of arguments and challenges to new readings of architecture, society, and the environment, this book appeals to researchers, students, and professionals in architecture, urban planning, anthropology, and philosophy. It offers valuable insights into the complex dynamics that shape our built environments and the ways in which social practices and the built environment interact to shape our lives and societies.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032562322