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About the Theme
ArchDaily: Let’s talk about your choice of subject. In this edition, you bring up the city of the 21
st century, its definition, and architectural mapping approaches. Why do you think it’s important to rethink our know-how and our methods? Especially at this specific time in history?
Desplans: this pandemic allows us to put on hold our frenetic lives. Since the end of the previous century, we are living in times of profound changes with the digital revolution. Some compare it to the agricultural or industrial revolutions, but we believe Michel Serres’ comparison to the invention of the printing press by Gutenberg is more accurate. It started the Printing Revolution and then, at the Renaissance, the era of mass communication, which permanently altered the structure of society. We believe that we are living in similar times and we should rethink our know-how methods in order to shape and imagine cities adapted to our new ways of living at the information age.
Reflect On:
What does it say about our world of those who expose immoral and unethical actions by powerful people and institutions are locked up, censored, silenced, tortured and ridiculed?
Before you begin.
Take a moment and breathe. Place your hand over your chest area, near your heart. Breathe slowly into the area for about a minute, focusing on a sense of ease entering your mind and body. Click here to learn why we suggest this.
What Happened: In a slew of pardons and commutations issued during the final hours of his presidency, Donald Trump did not pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden recently posted a tweet from former Maine State senator, Eric Brakey, that reads as follows: “The Failure to pardon Assange, Snowden and Ulbricht is a great final act of cowardice and submission to the Deep State.” Deep state refers to the influence and sway that various powerful people, corporations, financial institutions and more have on political po