The gentrification and commercialisation of public space, the convergence of urban and media space, and the use of information and algorithmic technologies in cities are rapidly developing. To understand the impact such processes have on the identities, behaviours and relationships of its inhabitants, it is not sufficient to problematise current cultural or political debates. Instead, ‘Infrastructures for Objection’ researches the role of design across the infrastructures through which contemporary urban space is produced, and puts forward a series of methodologies to transform it into more critical, reflective and participatory.
Research in collaboration with Roberto Pérez Gayo & supported by Stimulerings Fonds (NL)
This research resulted in the chapter publication A Glitch in the System
"...design and spatial infrastructures reproduce categories of identity and the body — orienting our behaviour and perception in particular ways. As designers considering these phenomena, we have systematically differentiated between the material elements that order and direct behaviour and the processes that inform such order." (Maher & Gayo 2020)