Callous Objects¶
Rosenberger, R. (2017). Callous Objects: Designs Against the Homeless. University of Minnesota Press.
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Primes¶
- Designed-Out Misuse
- The framing is value-neutral as structure — the same asymmetric move that prevents child poisoning also enables hostile architecture against vulnerable populations
This sourceDocuments anti-homeless 'hostile architecture' — benches, spikes, and fixtures designed to be open to some uses and closed to others — the value-laden flip side of designed-out misuse, where the same asymmetric affordance move is aimed at a vulnerable population.
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Blurb supports the hostile-architecture half (objects open to some uses and closed to others, used against homeless people); child poisoning and value-neutrality are not mentioned.
“Such objects have evolved, through a confluence of design and law, to be open to some uses and closed to others”
- The framing is value-neutral as structure — the same asymmetric move that prevents child poisoning also enables hostile architecture against vulnerable populations
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