Cognitive architecture : from bio-politics to noo-politics ; architecture & mind in the age of communication and information

The book 'Cognitive Architecture' questions of how evolving modalities - from bio-politics to noo-politics - can be mapped upon the city under contemporary conditions of urbanization and globalization. Noo-politics, most broadly understood as a power exerted over the life of the mind, re-configures perception, memory and attention, and also implicates potential ways and means by which neurobiological architecture is undergoing reconfiguration.This volume, motivated by theories such as ‘cognitive capitalism’ and concepts such as ‘neural plasticity’, shows how architecture and urban processes and products commingle to form complex systems that produce novel forms of networks that empower the imagination and constitute the cultural landscape. This volume rethinks the relations between form and forms of communication, calling for a new logic of representation; it examines the manner in which information, with its non-hierarchical and distributed format is contributing both to the sculpting of brain and production of mind. Cognitive Architecture brings together renowned specialists in the areas of political and aesthetic philosophy, neuroscience, socio-cultural and architecture theory, visual and spatial theorists and practitioners; the contributions elucidate original ideas for thinking the city as a framework for possible gestations of noo-politics. Cognitive Architecture Questions How Evolving Modalities - From Biopolitics To Noopolitics - Can Be Mapped Upon The City Under Contemporary Conditions Of Urbanization And Globalization. Noopolitics, Most Broadly Understood As A Power Exerted Over The Life Of The Mind, Re-configures Perception, Memory And Attention, And Also Implicates Potential Ways And Means By Which Neurobiological Architecture Is Undergoing Reconfigurations. This Volume, Motivated By Theories Such As 'cognitive Capitalism' And Concepts Such As 'neural Plasticity', Shows How Architecture And Urban Processes And Products Commingle To Form Complex Systems That Produce Novel Forms Of Networks That Empower The Imagination And Constitute The Cultural Landscape. This Volume Rethinks The Relations Between Form And Forms Of Communication, Calling For A New Logic Of Representation; It Examines The Manner In Which Information, With Its Non-hierarchical And Distributed Format Is Contributing Both To The Sculpting Of Brain And Production Of Mind.--page 4 Of Cover. Introduction : Architecture & Mind In The Age Of Communication And Information / Deborah Hauptmann -- Noopolitics, Life And Architecture / Sven-olov Wallenstein -- Plasticity And Potentiality : Movement / Paolo Virno -- The Politics Of I Can / Patricia Reed -- Comrades Of Time / Boris Groys -- The Neural Basis Of Cognitive Development: A Constructivist Manifesto / Steven Quartz & Terrence Sejnowski -- Metastable Mind / J.a. Scott Kelso -- Ii. Epigenic Reconfigurations : Shaping The Environments That Shape Our Brains: A Long Term Perspective / Bruce Wexler -- Deleuze And Wexler: Thinking Brain, Body, And Affect In Social Context / John Protevi -- From Spinoza To The Socialist Cortex: Steps Toward The Social Brain / Charles T. Wolfe -- Other Minds, Other Brains, Other Worlds / Patrick Healy -- Designing The Lifeworld: Selfhood And Architecture From A Critical Neuroscience Perspective / Lukas Ebensperger, Suparna Choudhury, Jan Slaby --^ Iii. Administering Attention : Disposition / Keller Easterling -- Loose Coexistence: Technologies Of Attention In The Age Of The Post-metropolis / Elie During -- Screenspaces: Can Architecture Save You Form Facebook Fatigue / Andreas Angelidakis -- Technologies Of Mediation And The Affective: A Case-study Of The Mediated Environment Of Mediacityuk / Lisa Blackman, Janet Harbord -- The Industrious Subject: Cognitive Neuroscience's Revaluation Of 'rest' / Felicity Callard, Daniel Margulies -- Iv. The Noo-sensorium : Deleuse's Time, Or How The Cinematic Changes Our Idea Of Art And The New Media Architecture / Ina Blom -- Edible Architecture / Philippe Rahm -- Movement, Agency, And Sensing: A Performative Theory Of The Event / Jordan Crandall -- Figure, Discourse: To The Abstract Concretely / Andrej Radman -- Capitalism And The Mutating Intellect : Mutations In Contemporary Urban Space And The Cognitive Turning Point Of Capitalism / Yann Moulier Boutang --^ A Specter Is Haunting Globalization / Gabriel Rockhill -- From A Politics Of Nostalgia To A Politics Of Change / Markus Miessen -- 'exiting Language, ' Semiotic Systems And The Production Of Subjectivity In Félix Guattari / Maurizio Lazzarato -- Idensity / Elizabeth Sikiaridi, Frans Vogelaar -- From Noopower To Neuropower: How Mind Becomes Matter / Warren Neidich. Editors, Deborah Hauptmann, Warren Neidich. Includes Bibliographical References. Cognitive Architecture asks how evolving modalities--from bio-politics to noo-politics--can be mapped upon the city under contemporary conditions of urbanization and globalization. Noo-politics, most broadly understood as the power exerted over the life of the mind, reconfigures perception, memory and attention, and also implicates potential ways and means by which neurobiological architecture is undergoing reconfiguration. This volume, motivated by theories such as cognitive capitalism and concepts such as neural plasticity, shows how architecture and urban processes and products commingle to form complex systems that produce novel forms of networks that empower the imagination and constitute the cultural landscape. This volume rethinks the relations between form and forms of communication, calling for a new logic of representation; it examines the manner in which information, with its non-hierarchical and distributed format is contributing both to the sculpting of brain and production of mind. Cognitive Architecture brings together renowned specialists in the areas of political and aesthetic philosophy, neuroscience, socio-cultural and architecture theory, visual and spatial theorists and practitioners. "Cognitive architecture" questions of how evolving modalities - from bio-politics to noo-politics - can be mapped upon the city under contemporary conditions of urbanization and globalization. Noo-politics, most broadly understood as a power exerted over the life of the mind, re-configures perception, memory and attention, and also implicates potential ways and means by which neurobiological architecture is undergoing reconfiguration. This volume, motivated by theories such as 'cognitive capitalism' and concepts such as 'neural plasticity', shows how architecture and urban processes and products commingle to form complex systems that produce novel forms of networks that empower the imagination and constitute the cultural landscape. This volume rethinks the relations between form and forms of communication, calling for a new logic of representation; it examines the manner in which information, with its non-hierarchical and distributed format is contributing both to the sculpting of brain and production of mind Crossover is the very first publication by the Delft School of Design (DSD), a laboratory for research and experimentation in architecture, urbanism and technologies of construction at the TU Delft. Its investigations cover a wide variety of subjects, from theoretical considerations and historical studies to urban and architectural practices and contemporary structural design. What they all have in common is the emerging condition of architectural and urban knowledge in both the academic context and professional practice. Since its inception in 2003, the DSD has developed a strategy or field of inquiry for mapping new means of approaching the complexity of the contemporary urban and architectural conditions. Traditional approaches are seen to be increasingly inadequate in the face of this complexity, and new technologies offer us the challenge and the potential to represent our world in unprecedented ways.