# Subnature

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'''Subnature''' is the undesirable by-products of [urbanization](/source/urbanization), [industrialization](/source/industrialization), [war](/source/war), abandonment, and [societal collapse](/source/societal_collapse). The concept was coined by historian [David Gissen](/source/David_Gissen). Subnature includes things such as [smog](/source/smog), dust, [exhaust gas](/source/exhaust_gas), industrial [smoke](/source/smoke), [sewage](/source/sewage), [debris](/source/debris), [rubble](/source/rubble), [vermin](/source/vermin), and weeds.

The concept has been used in historical and theoretical writing on [architecture](/source/architecture),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gissen|first1=David|title=Subnature: Architecture's Other Environments|date=2009|publisher=Princeton Architectural Press|isbn=978-1568987774|pages=240}}</ref> [literature](/source/literature),<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Groves|first1=Jason|title=Subnature Writing|journal=The Yearbook of Comparative Literature|date=2012|volume=58|issue=58|pages=151–154}}</ref> [music](/source/music),<ref>{{cite journal|last1=LaBelle|first1=Brandon|title=Subnature, Phantom Memory, and Dirty Listening|journal=Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art|date=2015}}</ref> and food studies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Subnature and Culinary Culture|url=https://humanitieswritlarge.duke.edu/subnature-and-culinary-culture}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-10-01 |title=The Subnature Smokehouse {{!}} Duke Today |url=https://today.duke.edu/2014/10/smokehouseii |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=today.duke.edu |language=en}}</ref>

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