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Man With a Chain Saw: Post-Truth Architecture

Wagner, Grant A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593171474518357

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2020, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
The toll of in-authenticity has rarely rung as loudly through the character-limited halls of public discourse as it does today. Controversy around “Fake News” guides our current political moment, and the impact of social media on our collective grip on reality is difficult to doubt. We, the voluntary prisoners of these situations, forgo re-establishing authenticity as we collectively craft new realities from discreet narratives within new sets of contexts. Within these alternate realities, typical questions of authenticity are subverted and new possibilities are allowed to take over. As with most things, this will eventually be heard in architecture. What new realities can architecture be a part of if its own conventions concerning authenticity are drawn into question? Digging for meaning, the architect will play the role of cultural archaeologian. Following excavation comes exhibition, during which a narrative is constructed about a constructed reality; artifacts of “fake” architecture are re-staged to unhinge a mise en scene of cult objects. Architecture is the stage set for post-truth society, and is made aware of it under the auspices of cultural milieu.
Elizabeth Riorden, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Michael McInturf, M.Arch. (Committee Member)
56 p.
Architecture
post-truth; reality; fast food; authenticity; theater; culture

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  • Wagner, G. A. (2020). Man With a Chain Saw: Post-Truth Architecture [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593171474518357

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wagner, Grant. Man With a Chain Saw: Post-Truth Architecture. 2020. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593171474518357.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wagner, Grant. "Man With a Chain Saw: Post-Truth Architecture." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593171474518357

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