Assemblage theory, developed by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, is a concept viewing "wholes" as dynamic, heterogeneous collections of separate parts that form temporary, functional units, emphasizing fluidity, external relations, and constant change over fixed structures. It challenges traditional views by showing how elements (like people, ideas, technologies) can be rearranged, "plugged" into different systems, and still function, offering a bottom-up way to understand complex systems from cities to social movements.
Core Concepts:
- Heterogeneous Multiplicity: Assemblages are not organic unities but complex networks of diverse elements (human, non-human, abstract) linked by external relations.
- Fluidity & Exchangeability: Components retain autonomy and can be removed and reassembled into new configurations, unlike fixed wholes.
- Relations of Exteriority: The identity and function of elements are defined by their connections, not internal essence.
- Process, Not Structure: Assemblages are constantly forming, breaking down (deterritorialization), and reforming (reterritorialization).
- Emergence: Interactions between parts create emergent properties at the level of the whole, making it more than the sum of its parts.
Despite local initiatives to preserve industrial heritage and Ravenna’s iconic skyline, the Hamon towers, featured in Red Desert were demolished to make way for a government-supported photovoltaic power plant. Is demolition justified and have the Hamon towers, and what they stand for in the film, contributed to their demolition as part of a corporate profile-changing gesture?
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