Animism

I do not understand animism an anthropological category, but the philosophical consideration of a category of becoming. Specifically, I see in animism the elevation of material things to non-human persons. These processes can be carried out through a variety of mechanics; animating, attributing consciousness, talking with, and more. These mechanics can be classified as aesthetics from the perspective of design philosophy. In principle, this understanding of animism is very close to New Materialism, but the latter lacks a poetic dimension that has not been lost to the former.

Types of animism

• Indigenous; Things having sould or spirit
• Machinic;
• Marenko; Agency, Embodiement, Ecology, Uncertainity
• Physical animated; Things move by themselves
• Philosophical; New Materialism
• Psycological; Things have human feelings and intentions, ascribing life
• Design (edd); relationships, narratives, identity, imagination, conversations, consciousness, integrity, materiality, and evolvability.

House Animism

But the ghost story has limited utility in reconnecting the animate house to its material grounding and political economy. No house is private. It may be purchased, and thus legally private property, but it doesn’t stand alone. Through its extending wires, pipes, inputs and outputs, the house (with few off-grid exceptions) is tied up in the cyborg systems of the city and the supply chains and logistical inputs that extend around the globe. Inside the house, the comfort and nurturing care I feel is a product of the infrastructural and sociotechnical systems that rely on the work of many others.

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