In his talk, ROSS EXO ADAMS analyses the spatial and political conditions currently prevailing in our cities. He considers contemporary power mechanisms, which today tend to emanate from economic and research conglomerates rather than the state. And he demonstrates how, for example, the term resilience gains in significance in unstable times, how it is deployed in connection with new concepts of the human body and large-scale urban development, and how it relates to the idea of algorithmic governance.
ROSS EXO ADAMS is Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Architecture at Bard College. He is the author of Circulation and Urbanization (Sage, 2019) and has written widely on the intersections of architecture and urbanism with political geography and environmental humanities. His research has been supported by fellowships and grants from the Royal Institute of British Architects, The London Consortium, Iowa State University and The MacDowell Colony.
