Hi Ann,
With Dr Trudi Cooper, I've developed a dozen or so extensions to Ashby's Law
of Requisite Variety that look at how buildings (and other situations) act
as part of socio-technological systems to change power dynamics. We've also
been exploring how activists might use this approach to change policy
outcomes .
Looking at how socio-technical power outcomes relate to the time and space
dynamic behaviour of variety in complex multi-constituency systems is a
relatively new approach and I suspect we may be the only people doing it. If
there is anyone anyone out there with references to other similar work, I'd
love to receive them!
If you are interested, there are some preprints on www.love.com.au (mainly
2007) - perhaps the most accessible is a powerpoint for a talk at the
Architecture and Design Dept at the University of Portland 2009. I've been a
bit lax in uploading papers and I'll upload more soon.
Best wishes,
Terry
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Subject: seeking refs on how artifacts (buildings/power) mediate power
Hello All,
I'm looking for references on the topic of how artifacts (buildings,
products) mediate power.
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