Hi Jerry,
Your comment strikes me as a little odd.
In its essence, environmental determinism is the core concept of architecture, planning, landscape architecture even, as well as graphic design, typography, advertising, the ideas of communication, affordances, signifiers, meaning making, sense- making, usability, CPTED, ergonomics...
I can't at this moment think of any design field for which the essence of environmental determinism isn't the core concept.
For all the above, the starting point is that designers by their actions change human contexts and this in turn changes human futures.
To design requires designers to have the skills of using environmental determinism to understand how changing the design of things will offer benefits to people.
It would seem that to argue to remove the essence of environmental determinism means to argue for removing most aspects of design and design research - quite a radical position.
I understand you have radical views but I didn't think that radical!
Best wishes,
Terry
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All,
And environmental determinism is a zombie idea that just keeps walking.
Jerry
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