Code and the Transduction of Space

The nature of space transduced by code is detailed and illustrated with respect to domestic living, work, communication, transport, and consumption.

Abstract

The effects of software (code) on the spatial formation of everyday life are best understood through a theoretical
\nframework that utilizes the concepts of technicity (the productive power of technology to make things happen)
\nand transduction (the constant making anew of a domain in reiterative and transformative practices). Examples
\nfrom the lives of three Londoners illustrate that code makes a difference to everyday life because its technicity
\nalternatively modulates space through processes of transduction. Space needs to be theorized as ontogenetic, that
\nis, understood as continually being brought into existence through transductive practices (practices that change
\nthe conditions under which space is (re)made). The nature of space transduced by code is detailed and illustrated
\nwith respect to domestic living, work, communication, transport, and consumption.