22 February 2023 | 08:30 - 10:00 (GMT+1)
Open Session - HYBRID
Room: Hörsaal 5
Session Conveners: Sofia Prokopova; Svetlana Usenyuk-Kravchuk
Session Abstract:
The issue of ‘care versus control’ comes out where there is a responsibility, and therefore control and power can lead to exclusions and further negative manifestations of oppression. The recent past and present of the Arctic development considered through the lens of Control reveal: an architectural paradigm of ‘normalisation’, a one-directional way of developing and introducing technologies and broader material attributes of living, e.g. prefabricated housing and heavy northern modifications of vehicles; and a broad subjection of local communities lacking mechanisms to express their opinion and, in the material sense, to take control and responsibility for technologies placed on their land. In this session, we propose to look at the Arctic through the lens of Care, revealing the alternative priorities such as creativity and self-sufficiency of local communities and coherent well-being of human and nonhuman actors. By analysing the design and architectural projects and case studies, session speakers are invited to engage with such issues as: the value of the Arctic localities as spots of collective creativity; the meaning and rationality of local technologies and practices that shed light onto implicit aspects of non-biological adaptation to the severe environment; and the value of the Arctic examples as a window into the political role of design as a creativity-driven visionary.
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