What can an MRAP do?

Shayya, F ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2105-2884 2017, What can an MRAP do? , in: Doing Architectural Research: Socio-political Perspectives on Theories, Methodologies & Praxis, 26/06/17, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

My research traces the U.S. military’s interest in and definition of “the urban” in terms of survivability (of soldiers, force, and system of systems) from military action and natural phenomena. I follow MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles to extract translations, delegations, recruitments, conversions, and displacements (Akrich, 1992; Latour, 2005) of sociotechnical relations from “inscriptions” in design and engineering patents, technical handbooks, operations manuals, and failure accounts in the battlefield (Iraq and Afghanistan) to “de-scriptions” in demilitarization manuals, presidential executive orders, and failure accounts at home (the U.S.). I propose to re-assemble the extracted data into a cartography of the MRAP: longitude and latitude of affects, local movements, and differential speeds (Deleuze & Guattari, 1987, p. 261).

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Schools:	Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr Fadi Shayya
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2022 10:19
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2022 10:19
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/65930

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