Reason is a seed because, contrary to what modernity has insisted on believing, it is not the space of sterile contemplation, not the space of the intentional existence of forms, but the force that makes it possible for an image to exist as the specific destiny of a given individual. If we could think through […]

“Critical fabulations are ways of storytelling that rework how things that we design come into being and what they do in the world. They deconstruct design methods to open different understandings of the past that reconfigure the present, creating new opportunities for a just future” (17). In her book Critical Fabulations, Daniela K. Rosner eloquently […]

Nutmeg is everywhere in Banda, in jam, cakes, syrups, and curries.

Full disclosure: Tom Lee is my colleague down the hall at the School of Design where we work on interdisciplinary learning experiences. We have taught courses together on design thinking, design histories, and design futures. Tom is also a runner, and when I signed up for the City2Surf he was very encouraging. He has a […]

I was recently part of a special issue of M/C Journal on Walking. Of particular interest to our work is Chantelle Bayes’ article ‘The Cyborg Flâneur: Reimagining Urban Nature through the Act of Walking’. Bayes draws on the work of Debra Benita Shaw, Rob Shields and Donna Haraway to examine how the urban walking figure might be […]