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The Silent Complicity of Architecture
Kim Dovey
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The authors argue that we experience architecture primarily in states of distraction; we live in it first and look at it second; our contemplative gaze falls upon "architecture" within a spatial world we have already silently imbibed and embodied.Abstract:
We experience architecture primarily in states of distraction; we live in it
first and look at it second. Our contemplative gaze falls upon ‘architecture’
within a spatial world we have already silently imbibed and embodied.
How do we reconcile this unreflexive embodiment with the production of
architectural imagery; everyday life with architecture as discourse? This is
a key task for architectural theory and Bourdieu can be a useful ally.read more
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