D4TC: ExtraStateCraft

"Extrastatecraft insists on practices, protocols and action – it is more concerned with the effects of the network than its structure." -Jay Owens

Just a classic way to end the semester... with a reading assignment that was beyond me. Haha! Regardless, I was able to find a summary by Jay Owens on 'Extrastatecraft' that made it a bit clearer.... a bit.

Infrastructure Space = The rules governing the space of everyday life.

As a society we have become addicted to the development of urbanism. Advanced buildings, technology, and transportation. Keller Easterling takes her reader through the development of space overtime. How villages and towns slowly morph into cities, how technology can be hidden and yet embedded into these larger infrastructures. 'Extrastatecraft' acts as a guide to the politics of infrastructure today.

In only really think about city development when the larger topic is the environment or natural disasters. Reading and thinking about infrastructure in a political and space sense has made me realize that these buildings, their positions, their purpose, reflect the changes of humanity. As buildings are built to be more energy efficient, it's a reflection of how environmentally conscious/aware we humans are becoming. As certain spaces are destroyed, we get a better understanding of what society deems as being disposable. Are/have buildings been built to hide the advancement of dark data and surveillance?

(Last D4TC post of the semester!)