Architecture and feminisms : ecologies, economies, technologies / edited by Hélène Frichot, Catharina Gabrielsson and Helen Runting.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frichot, Hélène, editor.

Gabrielsson, Catharina, editor.

Runting, Helen, editor.

Series:

Critiques ; v. 13.

AHRA Critiques : critical studies in architectural humanities ; volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism and architecture.

Physical Description:

xix, 309 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

Set against the background of a 'general crisis' that is environmental, political and social, this book examines a series of specific intersections between architecture and feminisms, understood in the plural. The collected essays and projects that make up the book follow transversal trajectories that criss-cross between ecologies, economies and technologies, exploring specific cases and positions in relation to the themes of the archive, control, work and milieu. This collective intellectual labour can be located amidst a worldwide depletion of material resources, a hollowing out of political power and the degradation of constructed and natural environments. Feminist positions suggest ways of ethically coping with a world that is becoming increasingly unstable and contested. The many voices gathered here are united by the task of putting critical concepts and feminist design tools to use in order to offer experimental approaches to the creation of a more habitable world. Drawing inspiration from the active archives of feminist precursors, existing and re-imagined, and by way of a re-engagement in the histories, theories and projected futures of critical feminist projects, the book presents a collection of twenty-three essays and eight projects, with the aim of taking stock of our current condition and re-engaging in our precarious environment-worlds. Book jacket.

Contents:

Archive

1 Feminist theory and praxis, 1991-2003: Questions from the archive / Karen Burns Burns, Karen 11

Project 1 Searching for cyborgs / Shelby Doyle Doyle, Shelby, Leslie Forehand Forehand, Leslie 25

2 The role played by women linked to the CIAM: The case of Frieda Fluck, 1897-1974 / Rixt Hoekstra Hoekstra, Rixt 30

3 A feminist in disguise? Sibyl Moholy-Nagy's histories of architecture and the environment / Hilde Heynen Heynen, Hilde 39

Project 2 Overpainting that jostles / Tijana Stevanovic Stevanovic, Tijana, Sophie Read Read, Sophie 49

4 The architect as shopper: Women, electricity, building products and the interwar 'proprietary turn' in the UK / Katie Lloyd Thomas Thomas, Katie Lloyd 54

5 Between landscape and confinement: Situating the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft / Emma Cheatle Cheatle, Emma 66

Control

6 Remodelling the Führer: Hitler's domestic spaces as propaganda / Despina Stratigakos Stratigakos, Despina 81

7 Architectural preservation as taxidermy: Patriarchy and boredom / Christian Parreno Parreno, Christian 91

Project 3 A cortege of ghostly bodies: Abstraction, prothesis, and the logic of the mannequin / Daniel Koch Koch, Daniel 99

8 Subaltern bodies in the digital urban imaginary / Alison Brunn Brunn, Alison 106

9 Digital technology and the safety of women and girls in urban space: Personal safety Apps or crowd-sourced activism tools? / Nicole Kalms Kalms, Nicole 112

10 Machinic architectural ecologies: An uncertain ground / Janet McGaw McGaw, Janet 122

Project 4 Gender and anonymous peer review / Sandra Kaji-O'Grady Kaji-O'Grady, Sandra 132

11 In captivity: The real estate of co-living / Hélène Frichot Frichot, Hélène, Helen Runting Runting, Helen 140

Milieu

12 Material and rational feminisms: A contribution to humane architectures / Peg Rawes Rawes, Peg, Douglas Spencer Spencer, Douglas 153

Project 5 Slow watch: A sci-fi novel about the ecology of time in the society of fear / Malin Zimm Zimm, Malin 163

13 Academic capitalism in architecture schools: A feminist critique of employability, 24/7 work and entrepreneurship / Igea Troiani Troiani, Igea 170

14 Environmentalising humanitarian governance in Za'atri Refugee Camp through 'interactive spaces': A posthuman approach / Aya Musmar Musmar, Aya 181

15 Feminisms in conflict: 'Feminist urban planning' in Husby, Sweden / Maria Ärlemo Ärlemo, Maria 192

16 Abandoned architectures: Some dirty narratives / Karin Reisinger Reisinger, Karin 202

Project 6 Infrastructural love / Hannes Frykholm Frykholm, Hannes, Olga Tengvall Tengvall, Olga 212

17 Diverse economies, ecologies and practices of urban communing / Doina Petrescu Petrescu, Doina, Katherine Gibson Gibson, Katherine 218

Work

18 Reproductive commons: From within and beyond the kitchen / Julia Wieger Wieger, Julia 231

Project 7 The kitchen of Praxagora - Turning the private and public inside out / Elin Strand Ruin Ruin, Elin Strand 241

19 The critical potential of housework / Catharina Gabrielsson Gabrielsson, Catharina 246

20 The garage: Maintenance and gender / Janek Ozmin Ozmin, Janek 256

Project 8 Fatima's shop: A kind of homeplace / Huda Tayob Tayob, Huda 265

21 Invisibility work? How starting from dis/ability challenges normative social, spatial and material practices / Jos Boys Boys, Jos 270

22 On the critiques: Abortion clinics / Lori A. Brown Brown, Lori A. 281

23 The entrepreneurial self / Claudia Dutson Dutson, Claudia 292.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138304888

1138304883

9781138304871

1138304875

OCLC:

986788724