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Topic “Spatial Cybernetics”

Jun 23rd, 2010 | By Ulrich Gehmann, Rolf-Ulrich Kunze and Petra Kempf | Category: Spatial Cybernetics, Topics

Extending the topic of Evolution, the logics of today’s spatial typologies need to be re-examined. The underlying notion is straightforward: in spatial developments, we are challenged by “auto-logics,” a term that refers to the emergence and the development of patterns that interact with one another. This phenomenon is best described through the notion of so-called ”feedback- and feed-forward loops” as they have been observed in the field of traditional Cybernetics. These loops are assumed to mould and shape the development of spaces and form through their interconnection causal networks, which in turn form new spatial configurations. Starting with the historical genesis of globalization and continuing to contemporary realities, the focus should be folding “auto-logics” into this discourse and their effects on the most diverse space typologies. This also includes where the emergence of these “auto logics” occur. The scope of investigation could therefore be widespread. It may range from space as territory to local space, or from a suspected ‘replacement’ of place by space to the destruction of space altogether. In addition, one may also incorporate the emergence of entirely new spaces – physical and mental ones, as well as those summarized under the term “Cyberspace”.



KIT Scientific Publishing, Karlsruhe | Journal of New Frontiers in Spatial Concepts | ISSN 1868-6648
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