Subnature Explained

Subnature is the undesirable by-products of urbanization, industrialization, war, abandonment, and societal collapse. 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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Gissen. David. Subnature: Architecture's Other Environments. 2009. Princeton Architectural Press. 978-1568987774. 240.
2. Groves. Jason. Subnature Writing. The Yearbook of Comparative Literature. 2012. 58. 58. 151–154.
3. LaBelle. Brandon. Subnature, Phantom Memory, and Dirty Listening. Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art. 2015.
4. Web site: Subnature and Culinary Culture.