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Infiltrating infrastructures: On the nature of networked infrastructure

Infiltrating infrastructures: On the nature of networked infrastructure Infiltrating Infrastructures: On the Nature of Networked Infrastructure 3 Infiltrating Infrastructures: On the Nature of Networked Infrastructure Michael Neuman HIS article concerns the definition of infrastructure. However, the word definition limits the senses in Twhich infrastructure could be understood. To define means to circumscribe, to prescribe limits through language. Defining delimits the thing defined from other things. To use the word define with respect to infrastructure misconstrues the essence of infrastructure. As infrastructures permeate, through physical insertion and penetration, other structures, they are not simply substrates as they are often identified to be. They do not merely lie underneath other structures, such as buildings or cities. They are not separate from cities or buildings, but rather connect to them directly in vital ways. Infrastructures provide life to the structures they infiltrate and perfuse. Infrastructures are life supports that channel water, energy, information, people, goods, and wastes to and from the objects supported. This new understanding, based on a reconception of the nature of infrastruc- tures, reveals how infrastructures infiltrate instead of underlie. My My thinking on this topic has aim is to infiltrate infrastructures through this new understanding. benefited from discussions with Infrastructures do not merely infiltrate individual structures. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Urban Technology Taylor & Francis

Infiltrating infrastructures: On the nature of networked infrastructure

Neuman, Michael
Journal of Urban Technology , Volume 13 (1): 29 – Apr 1, 2006
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Infiltrating Infrastructures: On the Nature of Networked Infrastructure 3 Infiltrating Infrastructures: On the Nature of Networked Infrastructure Michael Neuman HIS article concerns the definition of infrastructure. However, the word definition limits the senses in Twhich infrastructure could be understood. To define means to circumscribe, to prescribe limits through language. Defining delimits the thing defined from other things. To use the word define with respect to infrastructure misconstrues the essence of infrastructure. As infrastructures permeate, through physical insertion and penetration, other structures, they are not simply substrates as they are often identified to be. They do not merely lie underneath other structures, such as buildings or cities. They are not separate from cities or buildings, but rather connect to them directly in vital ways. Infrastructures provide life to the structures they infiltrate and perfuse. Infrastructures are life supports that channel water, energy, information, people, goods, and wastes to and from the objects supported. This new understanding, based on a reconception of the nature of infrastruc- tures, reveals how infrastructures infiltrate instead of underlie. My My thinking on this topic has aim is to infiltrate infrastructures through this new understanding. benefited from discussions with Infrastructures do not merely infiltrate individual structures.

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Published: Apr 1, 2006

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