Abstract
dc:description.abstractAs the third millennium of the Common Era has unfolded into a new chapter of social, political, technological, and ecological complexity, the question of the Architect's capacity to address our futures implores a connection to the ability of one to navigate our pasts. As Canon rises to the surface of history--through the work we champion and the stories we espouse--it is accompanied by the ideological Mythologies it entangles. It is our responsibility not to idly assume the mantle of these Myths, and to be critical of our role in their perpetuation--a task that appeals for the investment in other stories. This thesis reflects upon our relationship to Canon, with the intention of destabilizing the relationship between an "Act" of Architecture, and the ideological ephemera with which such an Act is implicated.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2020
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Herman Hilker, Trevor(Trevor Nathaniel)
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Ana Miljački and Brandon Clifford.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129916
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/129916