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A46 ARCH 546EAttending Crises, Projecting Futures3.0 Units
Description:The word "crisis" is derived from the ancient Greek verb "krinein", meaning to judge in order to make a decision; and from its noun, "krisis", meaning judgment, decision. A crisis can be thought of as a turning point and a process of change when current ways of thinking and acting can no longer be sustained. This seminar looks at just one collective world decision with the capacity to positively redirect the outcomes of multiple current challenges. What if humanity gradually eliminated all animal agriculture and moved to a plant-based diet? Substantial evidence points to greater well-being for humans, animals, the environment, and the planet. Human health will improve markedly as diseases caused by animal consumption abate. Much of the 60% of pandemics that are zoonotic could be avoided. Crop availability will alleviate world hunger. Human-caused animal suffering can end. Deforestation, water and air pollution, vanishing biodiversity, and the greenhouse gases contributing to global warming will be greatly diminished. A new climate model developed recently by scientists at Stanford University finds that the phasing out of animal agriculture over the next 15 years represents "our best and most immediate chance to reverse the trajectory of climate change." Though the design professions are ill-equipped to affect the social, economic, and political wills to enact these changes, they do offer equally important analytical and visualization skills capable of creatively mapping and diagramming information in relational, interpretive, and generative ways. The first part of course is dedicated to this production after the investigation, assessment, and debate of various conflicting positions. The second part is interested in programmatic and design speculations for the 40% of habitable land that will be gradually freed. The task of the design disciplines is to uncover the imaginative potential of the land and to create the conditions for the appearance of new realities.
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