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Sacred Tracks /Bangkok
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For much of worlds population, religious
practices are intimately woven into the
fabric of daily life, thus ITCs have the
potential to support a range of existing
religious and spiritual activities, as well as
imagine and create new practices.
Techno-Spiritual Practices
Genevieve Bell, No More SMS from Jesus, p. 141.
The Spiritual Layer of the City
The Spiritual Layer of the City
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Ephemeral
Physical Tokens
Food
Flowers
Incense
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spirit
house design &
practices
evolve in
megacity
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Location
Date
Religion
Story
Music
Tagging Cultural
Resources/


Spirit Houses
Shrines
Offering
shrines



alternate paths and routes
              temples


  offerings

                        prayers
   spirit
   houses
                            anointed spaces
Route where
                  monks walk




Place where mother
made offering to
save her childs health
I will say to the spirits, I just ask to get by
 this way because I have no other route I
 can take. Dont take a fancy to me.
avoiding ghosts in traffic

                     Marlane Guelden, Thailand: Spirits Among Us
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How might tagging sacred space impact the way people
experience the city? Would wayfinding practices
change? Traffic patterns shift for the spirits? What are
the consequences of connecting a spiritual layer to rest
of the networked city?
           questions
How does urban architecture impact the design of the
spirit house? Can we imagine a future when the spirits
demand smart houses? What might these look like and
how would they alter the city?

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