{ ::::::::: SOCIOPLASTICS * Sovereign systems for unstable times: Socioplastics Transdisciplinary Map * 10 Primary Fields + 50 Subfields

Monday, April 20, 2026

Socioplastics Transdisciplinary Map * 10 Primary Fields + 50 Subfields


Field 1: Architecture — 6 subfields

1.1 Epistemic Architecture 1.2 Morphogenesis 1.3 Scalar Architecture 1.4 Synthetic Infrastructure 1.5 Tectonic Theory 1.6 Spatial Pedagogy

Field 2: Urban Theory and Critical Urbanism — 6 subfields 2.1 Critical Urban Theory 2.2 Stratigraphic Urbanism 2.3 Territorial Systems 2.4 Tactical Urbanism 2.5 Infrastructural Asymmetry 2.6 Ecological Urbanism

Field 3: Epistemology and Philosophy of Knowledge — 5 subfields 3.1 Field Formation Theory 3.2 Epistemic Infrastructure Studies 3.3 Trans-Epistemology 3.4 Sociology of Knowledge 3.5 Semantic Theory and Linguistics

Field 4: Systems Theory and Complexity — 5 subfields 4.1 Autopoiesis and Operational Closure 4.2 Systems Dynamics and Metabolism 4.3 Complexity and Emergence 4.4 Cybernetics and Second-Order Observation 4.5 Recursive Self-Organisation

Field 5: Contemporary Art and Curatorial Theory — 6 subfields 5.1 Relational Aesthetics and Social Practice 5.2 Social Sculpture 5.3 Institutional Critique 5.4 Post-Digital Art Practice 5.5 Curatorial Research 5.6 Performance and Time-Based Practice

Field 6: Media Theory and Digital Humanities — 5 subfields 6.1 Platform Theory 6.2 Semantic Web and Linked Data 6.3 Media Archaeology 6.4 Digital Humanities and Computational Knowledge 6.5 Lexical Infrastructure

Field 7: Political Theory and Agonistic Thought — 5 subfields 7.1 Agonistic Theory 7.2 Post-Institutional Sovereignty 7.3 Decolonial Studies 7.4 Gentrification and Urban Politics 7.5 Ideology and Hegemonic Dissolution

Field 8: Ecology and Environmental Thought — 5 subfields 8.1 Environmental Psychology 8.2 Ecological Humanities 8.3 More-than-Human Urbanism 8.4 Ecocriticism and Land Art 8.5 Metabolic Urbanism

Field 9: Film, Sound, and Time-Based Media — 4 subfields 9.1 Essay Film and Documentary Practice 9.2 Sound Studies and Acoustic Practice 9.3 Film Theory and Cinema as Paradigm 9.4 Audiovisual Archive and Memory

Field 10: Pedagogy and Knowledge Transmission — 3 subfields 10.1 Architectural Pedagogy and Design Studio 10.2 Radical and Rhizomatic Pedagogy 10.3 Pedagogy as Artistic Praxis