How the Sacred Could Be a Framework for Sustainable Design Practice

Varadarajan, Soumitri

doi:10.2752/144871310x13968744282791

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“…For many writers environmental issues have significant religious connotations. 61 Brad Allenby, 62 for example, argues that environmental concerns have begun to "serve theological purposes" for people and that this is especially the case in secular societies. Thomas Schelling 63 argues that with regard to climate change, "For many people, something close to religious values are at stake."…”

Section: Climate Change -Queer Spiritual Discoursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In our secular societies the incorporation of spiritual narratives may help to change our frame of reference on our predicament. Consider for a moment the following argument from Soumitri Varadarjan: 66 Our subscription to a science that pushes for a rationally behaving earth … is faulty and distracts from the majesty of this beast whose dynamic play is way better captured by the sacred and its privileging of vulnerability as an essential condition.…”

Section: Climate Change -Queer Spiritual Discoursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Earth with Agency: A Thoroughly Queer Notion

Ghassan

2014

Design Philosophy Papers

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Prevailing Western thought assumes earth is a machine to be worked, its matter existing to be converted into the fuel for human progress. This philosophy both underpins industrial design practice and helps to legitimate anthropogenic climate change. In a cross-disciplinary endeavor, this article utilizes esoteric spiritual discourses (Marcel Mauss's Gift theory and James Lovelock's Gaia theory) to "queer" the dominant notion of what earth is. In so doing, it attempts to posit a generative metaphor, which may help articulate an augmented role for designers in the age of climate change.

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Section: Climate Change -Queer Spiritual Discoursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Climate Change -Queer Spiritual Discoursesmentioning

confidence: 99%