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    Chthulucene and public sphere: A perspective on new generation public space
    (İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2021) Arslan, Seda; Yalınay Çinici, Şebnem
    ABSTRACT: The essential function of public space is providing a place of equals for diverse people, ideas, and acts. To pursue this ideal, this thesis aims to develop an understanding of new generation public space, through which a milieu of equals becomes possible. The thesis develops a perspective for an understanding of all-encompassing publicity -where all voices are equal, through Donna Haraway’s concept of Chthulecene which refers to physical existence, and Jürgen Habermas’ definition of public sphere which refers to social existence. The thesis is founded on the relation amid the development of civilization, the technological transformation, and the modes of production from the perspectives by Human-Nature relations and the Kardashev Scale. It examines the definitions of the current epoch, through the concepts of Anthropocene and Capitalocene. However, the thesis, while criticizing the devastating footprints of humanity on the world in the contemporary era, it also values the critical thinking capacities of humankind developed by the same Anthropocenic era, which provides grounds for the theoretical framework of this thesis emphasizing the awareness for a symbiotic collaboration of public co-living. Manifesting itself on the idea of a spatialization where a milieu of equals becomes possible, the thesis, emphasizes the priority of collective consciousness and the merits of cohabitation. An understanding of such a public space, which can be developed and realized artificially by digital tools, implies a possibility of an all-encompassing spatialization for a Chthulucenic World in the distant future. A Chthulucenic spatialization and public space idea, that can constantly change/develop itself, provides the main inspiration and motivation for this thesis.