People and Buildings, a Vital Interweaving: Dialogues Between Art, Architecture, and Anthropology
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https://doi.org/10.22409/arte.lugar.cidade.v2i1.66152Keywords:
ordinary architecture, urban anthropology, material culture, vital engagement, disenchantment of the worldAbstract
This article forms part of a broader research project exploring ordinary architecture in contemporary cities, integrating perspectives from the arts and anthropology. Through theoretical analysis and the examina- tion of reference works – including films, literature, and visual arts – it underscores the importance of deepening our understanding of the subjective human relationship with everyday architecture. Such an un- derstanding, the article argues, is essential for fostering greater vital engagement in both private and public spheres. The theoretical framework of the text draws on Tim Ingold’s Bringing Things Back to Life: Creative Entanglements in a World of Materials (2010), Bruno Latour’s From Realpolitik to Dingpolitik or How to Make Things Public (2005), and Max Weber’s concept of the “disenchantment of the world.” Among the reference works analyzed are Jacques Tati’s film Mon Oncle (1958), Agnès Varda’s Les Plages d’Agnès (2008), and Paul Preciado’s chronicle My Trans Body is an Empty House (2020).
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