The development of desire in space
Development has to conquer more than primitive sociality. Develoment must conquer space in order to secure its grip.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1116/p01s04-woaf.html
This article demonstrates the point. The designated ‘winner’ of an election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo won most of the votes from the eastern part of the country, but has lost the west. The seat of government, Kinshasa largely voted for the candidate said to have lost. The transition to a steady democratic model for a large country relies on the subordination of local interests to the recognition of the theoretical privilege of government. Spatial, proximate relationships become subordinated to the ideograph of democracy and stability. In many ways, development is about overpowering the local to the purpose of ideological relationships and structures – democratic stability, etc…
Development – or at least the notions of convenience, luxury and efficiency – also primarily deal with the differentiation of space. The ultimate luxury in housing is space – the ability to create more rooms, each with a unique function. This also occurs in the factory, where each space/worker occupies a specific role.
This has to do with the production of social relationships in the world of television. Being socialized through television means socialization through the desire structures of television, which necessitates constant stimulation and simple affect. (been writin about this before…). Social relationships become a way to replicate this feeling of affect and stimulation, creating several scripts that replicate television norms to accomplish this. The specificity of form that comes from this produces specific spaces to play out acquired scripts upon. The repetitiveness of our social environment does not come from any specific desire to be the people we see on TV, but rather to feel the things we feel when watching TV. This is the mental trick that preserves feelings of individuality even as we become ever more socially homogenized. As long as we believe in the authenticity of our produced emotions, we will never know freedom. Television structures desire, and so structures space.
Duncan
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1116/p01s04-woaf.html
This article demonstrates the point. The designated ‘winner’ of an election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo won most of the votes from the eastern part of the country, but has lost the west. The seat of government, Kinshasa largely voted for the candidate said to have lost. The transition to a steady democratic model for a large country relies on the subordination of local interests to the recognition of the theoretical privilege of government. Spatial, proximate relationships become subordinated to the ideograph of democracy and stability. In many ways, development is about overpowering the local to the purpose of ideological relationships and structures – democratic stability, etc…
Development – or at least the notions of convenience, luxury and efficiency – also primarily deal with the differentiation of space. The ultimate luxury in housing is space – the ability to create more rooms, each with a unique function. This also occurs in the factory, where each space/worker occupies a specific role.
This has to do with the production of social relationships in the world of television. Being socialized through television means socialization through the desire structures of television, which necessitates constant stimulation and simple affect. (been writin about this before…). Social relationships become a way to replicate this feeling of affect and stimulation, creating several scripts that replicate television norms to accomplish this. The specificity of form that comes from this produces specific spaces to play out acquired scripts upon. The repetitiveness of our social environment does not come from any specific desire to be the people we see on TV, but rather to feel the things we feel when watching TV. This is the mental trick that preserves feelings of individuality even as we become ever more socially homogenized. As long as we believe in the authenticity of our produced emotions, we will never know freedom. Television structures desire, and so structures space.
Duncan
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