An 'Archeological Game to Investigate the Anatomy of a Space of Resistance: METU Landscape as a Case Study

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2022-9-2

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The main intention of this research is to explore methods for investigating and representing the embodied and ‘more than human’ aspects of space. First of all, a theoretical framework is presented which is developed mainly referencing the works of Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars such as Bruno Latour, Albena Yaneva, Nigel Thrift, and Donna Harraway, in which the dynamics and actors that produce, consume and reproduce the historical divide between nature and culture, are re-defined and revealed. Within this theoretical framework, this study aims to investigate the anatomy of a ‘space of resistance’ which counters the conventional notions of production and embodiment of space. Considering its unique social, political and environmental history, the landscape of Middle East Technical University (METU) is selected as a case study. Through stretching the conventional architectural methods of representation of space, the study intends to adopt an alternative way of narrating space by offering ‘archiving of landscapes’ as an innovative and open-ended methodology. Archiving methodology aims to reveal the ‘thingly’ dynamics of space and create narrative landscapes.

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landscape, archive, architectural representation, space of resistance, METU

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B. Ünsal, “An ’Archeological Game to Investigate the Anatomy of a Space of Resistance: METU Landscape as a Case Study,” M.Arch. - Master of Architecture, Middle East Technical University, 2022.