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Category Archives: Storytelling
Language, Architecture and Anthropology
The following paragraphs will seek to shed some light on the anthropological drivers of architects using jargon and superfluous language and the role it plays in architecture. Continue reading
Social Sharing, Awe and Architecture
An article in the New York Times reported on a study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania questioning what kind of information travels fastest through social networks and why? A six-month intensive study of the most-emailed articles in the New … Continue reading
Storytelling and Politics + Consequences on the Built Environment
This interesting article published by the BBC outlines two men and the books they have written arguing that storytelling influences voters far more than facts or logic. I think that these are quite poignant observations given our evolutionary bias to … Continue reading
Storytelling and Surveillance
I just read an interesting blog post from Richard Smith about the possibility of self-fulfilling prophecies driving the increase in urban surveillance networks. He wrote that while attending a conference on surveillance cameras, a presentation was given examining the public … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Social Norms, Storytelling, Surveillance
Tagged anthropology studies, clive thompson, hurrican katrina, kingdom of fear, moscow police, richard smith, robert merton, self fulfilling prophecy, social influence, Social Norms, surveillance cameras, surveillance networks
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Architecture, Anthropology, Skyscrapers and Economics
Nick Gogerty has put together an interesting and brief post on the coinciding events of economic bubbles and skyscrapers. The latest example of this is of course the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which began five years ago in a boom. … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Architecture, Built Environment, Social Norms, Storytelling
Tagged Add new tag, Architecture, Arts, Building, Dubai, Skyscraper
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Sound, Storytelling and Architecture
An upcoming presentation at the club Sinema Old School in Singapore will feature a film by Mike Kowalski about sound and storytelling. According to the brief: “This presentation will explore how sound can be used creatively in film to expressively … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Architecture, Built Environment, Storytelling
Tagged Add new tag, Film, Hearing, Perception, Peter Zumthor, Sound, Storytelling
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Storytelling and the Kingdom of Fear
“We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting down-sized or fired because of the plunging economy, fear of getting evicted for bad debts or suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Fiction, Storytelling
Tagged Add new tag, Gallup Poll, Hunter S. Thompson, New York Times
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Architectural Folklore
After completing the previous post of Storytelling, Cultural Transmission and Architecture I began to wonder if there are any architectural folklore or stories, and if there are, how they affect the built environment and people’s preferences toward architecture and cities. … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Architecture, Social Norms, Storytelling
Tagged Add new tag, Architecture, Folklore, History, Vernacular architecture
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Storytelling, Cultural Transmission and Architecture
Storytelling has a great value among societies as a method of cultural transmission and social learning. I have recently reread an anthropology article entitled Cross-Cultural Comparison of Learning in Human Hunting. The goal of the article was to examine the … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Social Norms, Storytelling
Tagged Add new tag, Fiction, Folklore, Great Gatsby, Literature
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Fictional Truths
In the same storytelling vein of yesterday’s post, I have been reminded of the idea that fiction can be effectively used to illuminate truth. While reading some of Hunter S. Thompson’s writings, particularly reflections on his infamous style called Gonzo … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Architecture, Narrative, Storytelling
Tagged Add new tag, Gonzo Journalism, Hunter Thompson, Reality, William Faulkner
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