20 January 2009 | Posted inBlog News & Updates, Featured
REFLECTIONS ON TODAY – CONSIDERING THAT I AM STILL AT WORK
Today, I truly grasped the concept of “Power to the People.” Abstract from political, cultural and racial affliation, WE can all agree that the long established American political process culminated today into the election of OUR new world leader. The politcal process can oftentimes appear STATIC and exclusive. This process, however, due to a multiplicity of circumstances over the last several years, if not decades, has become more dynamic and inclusive, and eductional. I argue that this was and is a truly a radical movement. Radical in that we demand and expect significant cultural, social, economical, educational and ethical paradigmatic shifts.
Please read the excerpt from Wikipedia below:
“Political process theory argues that there are three vital components for movement formation: insurgent consciousness, organizational strength, and political opportunities.”
Can we approach OUR collective architectural thinking in a similar manner? What’s required of us and our profession to rethink our current ways of doing things? What do we do exceptionally? What do we do nominally?
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Well, I have had time to reflect on my previous post. Abstractly, I will still ascert that the dynamics I noted above has been pervasive. Look at seedlings of cultural, social, political, environmental and economical organized activity we have witnessed in the past year.
Regarding architecture, how have we adjusted? How have we survived? What firms are stronger and more focused?
Postscript: Please note I have purposefully made paragraph one abstract…