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The software-simulated airworld: anticipatory code and affective aeromobilities
journal contribution
posted on 2010-01-21, 10:57 authored by Lucy Budd, Peter AdeyThis paper is concerned with the way in which airspaces are organised, managed, and
understood by virtual representations - software simulations that are tested and used both preemptively
and in real time. We suggest that, while airspaces are often understood as simulations themselves -
models and blueprints for real-world futuresöthey are among the most mediated of all contemporary
social environments, produced not only through code, but based on scenarios which predict and plan
for future events - real virtualities that might come true. Drawing on historical and contemporary
examples of aeronautical software simulation employed by civilian and military aviation, we explore
how code has become increasingly sophisticated and ubiquitous in response to the challenges set
by the mobilities the simulations model and the affective susceptibility of the corporeal body that
uses them. The paper explores how software simulations work to structure and mediate behaviour
by producing specific emotional and affective experiences in order to prepare the body for future
encounters.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
BUDD, L.C.S. and ADEY, P., 2009. The software-simulated airworld: anticipatory code and affective aeromobilities. Environment and Planning A, 41 (6), pp.1366-1385.Publisher
© PionVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2009Notes
The definitive, peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in the journal, Environment and Planning A [© Pion]: http://www.envplan.com/A.htmlISSN
0308-518X;1472-3409Language
- en