A Triptych of Indeterminate Objects in the Urban Metabolism: Glass/ Dust/Bomb (After Paul Virilio)

This article uses various conceits from Paul Virlio’s thought to explore the ramifications of “indeterminate objects” to explore their effects on urban formations, media/mediated thought and human positionings within them, in terms of subjects in relation to objects. The three objects are glass, du...

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Main Author: Ryan Bishop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Simon Dawes, Centre d’histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines (CHCSC), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) 2019-12-01
Series:Media Theory
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Online Access:https://journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt/article/view/969
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spelling doaj-art-e76af61fa3694ded812438a8a7f2a1eb2025-08-20T03:51:09ZengSimon Dawes, Centre d’histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines (CHCSC), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)Media Theory2557-826X2019-12-013210.70064/mt.v3i2.969A Triptych of Indeterminate Objects in the Urban Metabolism: Glass/ Dust/Bomb (After Paul Virilio)Ryan Bishop This article uses various conceits from Paul Virlio’s thought to explore the ramifications of “indeterminate objects” to explore their effects on urban formations, media/mediated thought and human positionings within them, in terms of subjects in relation to objects. The three objects are glass, dust and the atomic bomb. https://journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt/article/view/969objectsubjectPaul Virilioarchitecturemilitarizationspeed
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