Required Readings:
- Bjornerud, M. (2020). Timefulness, Utopian and Scientific. In Timefulness: How Thinking Like A Geologist Can H
Princeton University Pres. - Brenner, Neil, and Christian Schmid. “Planetary Urbanization.” GSD Urban Theory Lab RSS, urbantheorylab.net
- Chan, Jeffrey K.H. “Urban Ethics in the Anthropocene: The Moral Dimensions of Six Emerging Conditions in Co
www.researchgate.net/publication/325381309_Urban_Ethics_in_the_Anthropocene_The_Moral_Dimensions_of_ - Loder, Dave. “Monuments in the Age of the Anthropocene.” Academia.edu, www.academia.edu/33352958/Monu
Optional Readings: - Ghosn, Rania, and El Hadi Jazairy. “Leviathan in the Aquarium.” Journal of Architectural Education, vol. 71, no.
doi:10.1080/10464883.2017.1340777. - Hein, Carola. “Global Landscapes of Oil.” New Geographies 02: Landscapes of Energy, Edited by Rania Ghosn
www.academia.edu/8027441/Global_Landscapes_of_Oil. - Servigne, Pablo, and Renaud Duterme. “The Coming Collapse.” CADTM, 28 Nov. 2016, www.cadtm.org/The-co
Consider the following questions in your responses (you can choose one reading to respond to specifically, or cur
themes that were touched on): - Marcia Bjornerud, “Timefulness, Utopian and Scientific”.
How does urban design currently plan and design for multiple time scales? What are some ways that you could s and future time? - Neil Brenner + Christian Scmid, “Planetary Urbanization” & Jeffrey K.H. Chan “Urban Ethics in the Anthropocene
What opportunities does ‘planetary urbanization’ present now that it has collapsed the scale of regions that lie in-b
Are there sites or instances on the planet that are completely safe from urbanization? Is there something that hum - Dave Loder, “Monuments in the Age of the Anthropocene”.
How do you think urban design and other adjacent disciplines can take lessons from some of the works touched o considerate of a conscious future?
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