LA+ Simulation: Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture (La+ Journal) - Softcover

Tatum Hands; Guest Edited By Karen M'Closkey And Keith VanDerSys

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939621402 ISBN 13: 9781939621405

Publisher: ORO Editions, 2016

Synopsis

Our epoch has been dubbed the Anthropocene Era to mark the significance of human activities as the greatest force of environmental change. The distinctions between biology/technology, organic/synthetic, and natural/artificial are increasingly impossible to maintain. Cloned sheep, climate models, digitally-printed tissue and lab-grown meat - this is not the nature of our predecessors. This issue of LA+ addresses the theme of SIMULATION in terms of how recent technologies have changed how we understand the nature of nature. From Plato's Cave to Baudrillard's 'Simulacrum,' simulations were historically understood as counterfeits or facsimiles and were based on the distinction between a model and its copy. Simulations remain central to mediations between reality and its representation; however, the latest forms of simulation - whether genetic manipulation or computer modeling - are not seen as impediments to truth and knowledge but as tools to uncover the complexities of nature.

A diverse list of contributors critically investigates the theme through a myriad of lenses including biology, computer sciences, engineering, environmental science, industrial design, philosophy, planning, among other field

Edition details

• Publisher: ORO Editions
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1939621402
• ISBN 13: 9781939621405
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120