ABSTRACT
This chapter suggests that critical geographic thought after resilience hinges on the form of topological thought that critique mobilizes. It begins with a discussion on topological thought in geography and cognate fields. The chapter shows how resilience approaches deploy topological thought to render socio-ecological difference knowable through the series Sustainability–Institutional Design–Learning. It outlines one alternative series that might orient topological thought to the outside. This series is Anthropocene–Hacking–Transitions Design. The possibilities for critique in a complex world thus hinge on transgressing this Sustainability–Institutional Design–Learning series that structures the world of resilience and makes becoming-otherwise become useful. The chapter explores how the interventions structure the possibilities for meaning in a way that interiorizes the force of the outside. It explores how radical design scholars have begun to invent new forms of design practice. David Chandler's work on big data and resilience shows how resilience-based governance strategies increasingly adopt the language and ethos of hacking.
