Theorist

Brian Larkin

Infrastructure Sign

Details

Nationality: American

Notes

Professor of Anthropology at Barnard College, Columbia University; his 'Politics and Poetics of Infrastructure' (2013) established infrastructure as a category operating through both technical function and aesthetic/sensorial registers.

Connections

proposed Politics and Poetics of Infrastructure
authored The Politics and Poetics of Infrastructure

Sources

Brian Larkin. The Politics and Poetics of Infrastructure. 2013.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Brian Larkin." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/brian-larkin/. Accessed July 17, 2026.