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The Techne and Poiesis of Urban Life-Forms

Technology extends human perception and it intervenes in relations to the environment. Life in cities is particularly affected by newest technological developments, and city dwellers are most shielded and disconnected from the natural world by these very same technologies. The term technology stems from the Greek techne, and it refers to the process of manipulation and adaptation of the world. However, by intervening in everyday life and modifying relations to the environment, technology also produces new forms of life, which did not exist before, and is therefore also poetic in the sense of the Greek term poiesis.

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