Subnature is the undesirable by-products of urbanization, industrialization, war, abandonment, and societal collapse. The concept was coined by historian David Gissen. Subnature includes things such as smog, dust, exhaust gas, industrial smoke, sewage, debris, rubble, vermin, and weeds.
The concept has been used in historical and theoretical writing on architecture,1 literature,2 music,3 and food studies.45
References
References
- Gissen, David (2009). Subnature: Architecture's Other Environments. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-1568987774.
- Groves, Jason (2012). "Subnature Writing". The Yearbook of Comparative Literature. 58 (58): 151–154.
- LaBelle, Brandon (2015). "Subnature, Phantom Memory, and Dirty Listening". Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art.
- "Subnature and Culinary Culture".
- "The Subnature Smokehouse | Duke Today". today.duke.edu. 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2024-10-07.