We do not see empty figures and outlines; we do not move in straight lines. Everywhere we are surrounded by dapple; the geometry of our embodied lives is curviform, meandering, bi-pedal. Our personal worlds are timed, inter-positional, and contingent. But nowhere in the language of cartography and design do these ordinary experiences appear. This, ""Dark Writing"" argues, is a serious omission because they are designs on the world: architects and colonizers use their lines to construct the places where we will live. How can we explain the omission of bodies from maps and plans?

About the Author
Paul Carter is professorial fellow of architecture, building, and planning at the University of Melbourne.


Book Information
ISBN 9780824833121
Author Paul Carter
Format Paperback
Page Count 328
Imprint University of Hawai'i Press
Publisher University of Hawai'i Press
Weight(grams) 572g