Danielle Duemesi A City Without Us, a piece by Alan Weisman, details the deterioration of New York when it becomes absent of human life. I will admit that on reading this piece, there were some bits about New York I didn’t know about. There’s a lot of maintenance to retain a city structure. What shocked [...]
Group Post October 23rd, 2018 Danielle D, Danielle G, Meredith, Elsie How can we stall the inequality that capitalism creates? A solution we can consider is the option of a robot employee. Artificial intelligence labor could solve issues of overusing resources by simplifying processes as well as help the issue of inequality. The [...]
Dani D, Dani G, Meredith, Elsie Design sketches by Dani D -The bunker is sustainable for about 3 months on the mill. After some time it will need maintenance. An extra 3 months of life underwater is possible if power is switched to the battery. -The bunker isn't created to sustain life for eternity– it's [...]
Group Post September 25th: Poetics of Social Death Elsie, Dani D, Dani G, Meredith *burials as sites for study of social change Sources: beyond the body: death and social identity Social death: Racialized rightlessness and the criminalization of the unprotected Death-ritual and social structure in classical antiquity Hearing the patient's 'voice': Toward a social poetics [...]