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With nearly three million inhabitants, Cameroon's most populous city, Douala, is a multicultural hub strongly tied to its European colonial past. The arts and culture organization Doual'art has attracted international workers to Douala since 1991, and this small-format book collects their essays and stories, chronicling perspectives on Douala, both real and fictionalized,(...)
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With nearly three million inhabitants, Cameroon's most populous city, Douala, is a multicultural hub strongly tied to its European colonial past. The arts and culture organization Doual'art has attracted international workers to Douala since 1991, and this small-format book collects their essays and stories, chronicling perspectives on Douala, both real and fictionalized,(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
Architecture since 1900, Africa
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June 2008, Rotterdam
June 2008, Rotterdam
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Douala in Translation: a view of the city and its creative transformative potentials
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With nearly three million inhabitants, Cameroon's most populous city, Douala, is a multicultural hub strongly tied to its European colonial past. The arts and culture organization Doual'art has attracted international workers to Douala since 1991, and this small-format book collects their essays and stories, chronicling perspectives on Douala, both real and fictionalized, with 20 entries and hundreds of full-color photos.
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With nearly three million inhabitants, Cameroon's most populous city, Douala, is a multicultural hub strongly tied to its European colonial past. The arts and culture organization Doual'art has attracted international workers to Douala since 1991, and this small-format book collects their essays and stories, chronicling perspectives on Douala, both real and fictionalized, with 20 entries and hundreds of full-color photos.
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Architecture since 1900, Africa
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L’Afrique connaît aujourd’hui une croissance urbaine rapide qui se traduit par une multiplication des constructions en béton. Le ciment, composant essentiel de ce matériau, est devenu le symbole de cette urbanisation frénétique qui bouleverse le paysage des villes africaines. Plus qu’une simple matière inerte, il se charge d’affect et de valeurs et redéfinit les pratiques(...)
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L’Afrique connaît aujourd’hui une croissance urbaine rapide qui se traduit par une multiplication des constructions en béton. Le ciment, composant essentiel de ce matériau, est devenu le symbole de cette urbanisation frénétique qui bouleverse le paysage des villes africaines. Plus qu’une simple matière inerte, il se charge d’affect et de valeurs et redéfinit les pratiques(...)
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Matière grise de l'urbain : la vie du ciment en Africa
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L’Afrique connaît aujourd’hui une croissance urbaine rapide qui se traduit par une multiplication des constructions en béton. Le ciment, composant essentiel de ce matériau, est devenu le symbole de cette urbanisation frénétique qui bouleverse le paysage des villes africaines. Plus qu’une simple matière inerte, il se charge d’affect et de valeurs et redéfinit les pratiques et les imaginaires de sociétés en quête d’émergence économique et de réussite sociale, alors même qu’à l’heure du dérèglement climatique des voix s’élèvent pour dénoncer une industrie cimentière aux effets destructeurs sur l’environnement. Pour comprendre la production et la consommation grandissante de cette poudre banale devenue « or gris », Armelle Choplin nous invite à suivre les sacs de ciment sur les routes ouest-africaine, le long du corridor urbain de 500 km qui relie Accra, Lomé, Cotonou et Lagos. Depuis la carrière de calcaire jusqu’à la parcelle en chantier, l’auteure nous amène à la rencontre des géants du secteur, des investisseurs, des acteurs politiques mais aussi des maçons et des habitants qui construisent leur propre maison « en dur ». À travers l’exploration d’une filière au coeur de multiples enjeux politiques, sociaux et économiques, cet ouvrage nous appelle à repenser les rapports étroits qui lient l’urbain, l’humain et le monde.
Matière grise de l'urbain : la vie du ciment en Africa
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L’Afrique connaît aujourd’hui une croissance urbaine rapide qui se traduit par une multiplication des constructions en béton. Le ciment, composant essentiel de ce matériau, est devenu le symbole de cette urbanisation frénétique qui bouleverse le paysage des villes africaines. Plus qu’une simple matière inerte, il se charge d’affect et de valeurs et redéfinit les pratiques et les imaginaires de sociétés en quête d’émergence économique et de réussite sociale, alors même qu’à l’heure du dérèglement climatique des voix s’élèvent pour dénoncer une industrie cimentière aux effets destructeurs sur l’environnement. Pour comprendre la production et la consommation grandissante de cette poudre banale devenue « or gris », Armelle Choplin nous invite à suivre les sacs de ciment sur les routes ouest-africaine, le long du corridor urbain de 500 km qui relie Accra, Lomé, Cotonou et Lagos. Depuis la carrière de calcaire jusqu’à la parcelle en chantier, l’auteure nous amène à la rencontre des géants du secteur, des investisseurs, des acteurs politiques mais aussi des maçons et des habitants qui construisent leur propre maison « en dur ». À travers l’exploration d’une filière au coeur de multiples enjeux politiques, sociaux et économiques, cet ouvrage nous appelle à repenser les rapports étroits qui lient l’urbain, l’humain et le monde.
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Over the past decade, Ethiopia has had one of the world's fastest growing economies, largely due to its investments in infrastructure, and it is through building dams, roads, and other infrastructure that the Ethiopian state seeks to become a middle-income country by 2025. Yet most urban Ethiopians struggle to meet their daily needs and actively oppose a ruling party that(...)
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Over the past decade, Ethiopia has had one of the world's fastest growing economies, largely due to its investments in infrastructure, and it is through building dams, roads, and other infrastructure that the Ethiopian state seeks to become a middle-income country by 2025. Yet most urban Ethiopians struggle to meet their daily needs and actively oppose a ruling party that(...)
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Under construction: technologies of development in urban Ethiopia
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Over the past decade, Ethiopia has had one of the world's fastest growing economies, largely due to its investments in infrastructure, and it is through building dams, roads, and other infrastructure that the Ethiopian state seeks to become a middle-income country by 2025. Yet most urban Ethiopians struggle to meet their daily needs and actively oppose a ruling party that they associate with corruption and mismanagement. In "Under Construction" Daniel Mains explores the intersection of development and governance by examining the conflicts surrounding the construction of specific infrastructural technologies: asphalt and cobblestone roads, motorcycle taxis, and hydroelectric dams. These projects serve as sites for nation building and the means for the state to assert its legitimacy.
Under construction: technologies of development in urban Ethiopia
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Over the past decade, Ethiopia has had one of the world's fastest growing economies, largely due to its investments in infrastructure, and it is through building dams, roads, and other infrastructure that the Ethiopian state seeks to become a middle-income country by 2025. Yet most urban Ethiopians struggle to meet their daily needs and actively oppose a ruling party that they associate with corruption and mismanagement. In "Under Construction" Daniel Mains explores the intersection of development and governance by examining the conflicts surrounding the construction of specific infrastructural technologies: asphalt and cobblestone roads, motorcycle taxis, and hydroelectric dams. These projects serve as sites for nation building and the means for the state to assert its legitimacy.
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Chantée par les sagas de la colonisation, mise en scène par Hollywood, pôle d'attraction pour les Européens et les Marocains, Casablanca est d'abord une collection exceptionnelle d'espaces urbains, de maisons, de jardins. Les auteurs retracent de 1900 à 1960 la renaissance d'un port presque oublié et sa métamorphose en métropole tumultueuse, façonnée par toutes les(...)
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Chantée par les sagas de la colonisation, mise en scène par Hollywood, pôle d'attraction pour les Européens et les Marocains, Casablanca est d'abord une collection exceptionnelle d'espaces urbains, de maisons, de jardins. Les auteurs retracent de 1900 à 1960 la renaissance d'un port presque oublié et sa métamorphose en métropole tumultueuse, façonnée par toutes les(...)
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September 2019
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Casablanca : mythes et figures d'une aventure urbaine (n.é. 2019)
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Chantée par les sagas de la colonisation, mise en scène par Hollywood, pôle d'attraction pour les Européens et les Marocains, Casablanca est d'abord une collection exceptionnelle d'espaces urbains, de maisons, de jardins. Les auteurs retracent de 1900 à 1960 la renaissance d'un port presque oublié et sa métamorphose en métropole tumultueuse, façonnée par toutes les cultures méditerranéennes. Les bâtiments significatifs de cette ville métisse sont analysés à partir des archives françaises et marocaines et présentés par des centaines de photographies inédites. Revivent ainsi les clients, les habitants et les architectes inventifs formant la trame humaine d'une scène incomprise mais essentielle de la modernité. Casablanca a eu un impact incontestable sur les politiques patrimoniales marocaines. Des compléments et des précisions ont été apportés pour l'édition de 2004, devenue introuvable. La présente version en reprend les éléments essentiels, complétés par des annexes mises à jour afin de conserver sa valeur scientifique à un ouvrage devenu presque mythique.
Casablanca : mythes et figures d'une aventure urbaine (n.é. 2019)
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Chantée par les sagas de la colonisation, mise en scène par Hollywood, pôle d'attraction pour les Européens et les Marocains, Casablanca est d'abord une collection exceptionnelle d'espaces urbains, de maisons, de jardins. Les auteurs retracent de 1900 à 1960 la renaissance d'un port presque oublié et sa métamorphose en métropole tumultueuse, façonnée par toutes les cultures méditerranéennes. Les bâtiments significatifs de cette ville métisse sont analysés à partir des archives françaises et marocaines et présentés par des centaines de photographies inédites. Revivent ainsi les clients, les habitants et les architectes inventifs formant la trame humaine d'une scène incomprise mais essentielle de la modernité. Casablanca a eu un impact incontestable sur les politiques patrimoniales marocaines. Des compléments et des précisions ont été apportés pour l'édition de 2004, devenue introuvable. La présente version en reprend les éléments essentiels, complétés par des annexes mises à jour afin de conserver sa valeur scientifique à un ouvrage devenu presque mythique.
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This publication looks at Fez, Morocco's famous former capital and today its second-largest city. Based on a recent research program conducted by EPFL's Laboratory Basel (laba), it investigates how these clashes have marked the city's socioeconomic structure and urban fabric, and whether or not it offers alternative and relevant means of human association and(...)
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This publication looks at Fez, Morocco's famous former capital and today its second-largest city. Based on a recent research program conducted by EPFL's Laboratory Basel (laba), it investigates how these clashes have marked the city's socioeconomic structure and urban fabric, and whether or not it offers alternative and relevant means of human association and(...)
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June 2020
June 2020
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Fez Lessons: industrious habitat
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This publication looks at Fez, Morocco's famous former capital and today its second-largest city. Based on a recent research program conducted by EPFL's Laboratory Basel (laba), it investigates how these clashes have marked the city's socioeconomic structure and urban fabric, and whether or not it offers alternative and relevant means of human association and community. Given the growing stream of large-scale international investment, the constant enticement of tourism, and a worldwide revival of nationalism, Laba's student's and researchers were looking for tiny cues, nagging doubts, and signs of the fusion between form and life, raising questions about identity, authenticity, tradition, the globalisation of culture, and the use of local resources. Their findings are visualised in the book in striking images, graphics and maps. Students' proposals for architectural interventions addressing these issues are presented through images and plans.
Fez Lessons: industrious habitat
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This publication looks at Fez, Morocco's famous former capital and today its second-largest city. Based on a recent research program conducted by EPFL's Laboratory Basel (laba), it investigates how these clashes have marked the city's socioeconomic structure and urban fabric, and whether or not it offers alternative and relevant means of human association and community. Given the growing stream of large-scale international investment, the constant enticement of tourism, and a worldwide revival of nationalism, Laba's student's and researchers were looking for tiny cues, nagging doubts, and signs of the fusion between form and life, raising questions about identity, authenticity, tradition, the globalisation of culture, and the use of local resources. Their findings are visualised in the book in striking images, graphics and maps. Students' proposals for architectural interventions addressing these issues are presented through images and plans.
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C'est à la découverte de près de deux siècles d'architectures que nous convient les auteurs de cette publication. Deuxième plus grande ville d'Algérie, Oran possède un patrimoine architectural exceptionnel, témoignage des différentes strates d'occupation qu'elle a connues. L'ouvrage permet de découvrir un large éventail de programmes architecturaux : constructions(...)
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C'est à la découverte de près de deux siècles d'architectures que nous convient les auteurs de cette publication. Deuxième plus grande ville d'Algérie, Oran possède un patrimoine architectural exceptionnel, témoignage des différentes strates d'occupation qu'elle a connues. L'ouvrage permet de découvrir un large éventail de programmes architecturaux : constructions(...)
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December 2021
December 2021
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Oran : ville & architecture 1790-1960
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C'est à la découverte de près de deux siècles d'architectures que nous convient les auteurs de cette publication. Deuxième plus grande ville d'Algérie, Oran possède un patrimoine architectural exceptionnel, témoignage des différentes strates d'occupation qu'elle a connues. L'ouvrage permet de découvrir un large éventail de programmes architecturaux : constructions militaires espagnoles, monuments ottomans, immeubles de style Art déco, logements et équipements modernistes des années 1950-1960. La publication se présente sous la forme de six promenades regroupant de courtes monographies de près de 250 édifices, bâtiments publics et immeubles privés. Elle contient également les notices biographiques de plus d'une centaine d'architectes actifs durant la période. Résultat d'un inventaire de terrain minutieux croisé avec des recherches dans les archives algériennes, espagnoles et françaises, l'ouvrage est à la fois une publication scientifique de référence et un guide d'architecture. Il s'adresse autant aux spécialistes, architectes et historiens, qu'à un public d'amateurs des deux rives de la Méditerranée.
Oran : ville & architecture 1790-1960
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C'est à la découverte de près de deux siècles d'architectures que nous convient les auteurs de cette publication. Deuxième plus grande ville d'Algérie, Oran possède un patrimoine architectural exceptionnel, témoignage des différentes strates d'occupation qu'elle a connues. L'ouvrage permet de découvrir un large éventail de programmes architecturaux : constructions militaires espagnoles, monuments ottomans, immeubles de style Art déco, logements et équipements modernistes des années 1950-1960. La publication se présente sous la forme de six promenades regroupant de courtes monographies de près de 250 édifices, bâtiments publics et immeubles privés. Elle contient également les notices biographiques de plus d'une centaine d'architectes actifs durant la période. Résultat d'un inventaire de terrain minutieux croisé avec des recherches dans les archives algériennes, espagnoles et françaises, l'ouvrage est à la fois une publication scientifique de référence et un guide d'architecture. Il s'adresse autant aux spécialistes, architectes et historiens, qu'à un public d'amateurs des deux rives de la Méditerranée.
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In this volume, Ayala Levin charts the settler colonial imagination and practices that undergirded Israeli architectural development aid in Africa. Focusing on the ''golden age'' of Israel’s diplomatic relations in and throughout the continent from 1958 to 1973, Levin finds that Israel positioned itself as a developing-nation alternative in the competition over aid and(...)
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In this volume, Ayala Levin charts the settler colonial imagination and practices that undergirded Israeli architectural development aid in Africa. Focusing on the ''golden age'' of Israel’s diplomatic relations in and throughout the continent from 1958 to 1973, Levin finds that Israel positioned itself as a developing-nation alternative in the competition over aid and(...)
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Architecture and development: Israeli construction in sub-saharan Africa 1958-1973
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In this volume, Ayala Levin charts the settler colonial imagination and practices that undergirded Israeli architectural development aid in Africa. Focusing on the ''golden age'' of Israel’s diplomatic relations in and throughout the continent from 1958 to 1973, Levin finds that Israel positioned itself as a developing-nation alternative in the competition over aid and influence between global North and global South. In analyses of the design and construction of prestigious governmental projects in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia, Levin details how architects, planners, and a trade union--owned construction company staged Israel as a new center of nonaligned expertise. These actors and professionals paradoxically capitalized on their settler colonial experience in Palestine, refashioning it as an alternative to Western colonial expertise. Levin traces how Israel became involved in the modernization of governance, education, and agriculture in Africa, as well as how African leaders chose to work with Israel to forge new South-South connections. In so doing, she offers new ways of understanding the role of architecture as a vehicle of postcolonial development and in the mobilization of development resources.
Architecture and development: Israeli construction in sub-saharan Africa 1958-1973
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In this volume, Ayala Levin charts the settler colonial imagination and practices that undergirded Israeli architectural development aid in Africa. Focusing on the ''golden age'' of Israel’s diplomatic relations in and throughout the continent from 1958 to 1973, Levin finds that Israel positioned itself as a developing-nation alternative in the competition over aid and influence between global North and global South. In analyses of the design and construction of prestigious governmental projects in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia, Levin details how architects, planners, and a trade union--owned construction company staged Israel as a new center of nonaligned expertise. These actors and professionals paradoxically capitalized on their settler colonial experience in Palestine, refashioning it as an alternative to Western colonial expertise. Levin traces how Israel became involved in the modernization of governance, education, and agriculture in Africa, as well as how African leaders chose to work with Israel to forge new South-South connections. In so doing, she offers new ways of understanding the role of architecture as a vehicle of postcolonial development and in the mobilization of development resources.
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On February 29, 1960, a catastrophic earthquake devastated the Moroccan coastal city of Agadir, erasing it almost entirely and killing a third of its population. The world was shocked, and very quickly large amounts of international aid arrived. Following an emotional speech by King Mohammed V, the reconstruction of Agadir also turned into an undertaking of national and(...)
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On February 29, 1960, a catastrophic earthquake devastated the Moroccan coastal city of Agadir, erasing it almost entirely and killing a third of its population. The world was shocked, and very quickly large amounts of international aid arrived. Following an emotional speech by King Mohammed V, the reconstruction of Agadir also turned into an undertaking of national and(...)
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Agadir: Building the modern Afropolis
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On February 29, 1960, a catastrophic earthquake devastated the Moroccan coastal city of Agadir, erasing it almost entirely and killing a third of its population. The world was shocked, and very quickly large amounts of international aid arrived. Following an emotional speech by King Mohammed V, the reconstruction of Agadir also turned into an undertaking of national and international solidarity. A new and unprecedented process of urban construction was developed that allowed many architects—national and international—to simultaneously design the new city. The result of this joint effort was astounding. In a very short time, the new Agadir rose from the ashes. The best Moroccan and international architects experimented with novel housing typologies, which mediated between ultramodern and vernacular ways of dwelling, complemented by innovative public structures, such as schools, dispensaries, and cinemas. All of these combined into an original urban reality: a modern Afropolis.
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On February 29, 1960, a catastrophic earthquake devastated the Moroccan coastal city of Agadir, erasing it almost entirely and killing a third of its population. The world was shocked, and very quickly large amounts of international aid arrived. Following an emotional speech by King Mohammed V, the reconstruction of Agadir also turned into an undertaking of national and international solidarity. A new and unprecedented process of urban construction was developed that allowed many architects—national and international—to simultaneously design the new city. The result of this joint effort was astounding. In a very short time, the new Agadir rose from the ashes. The best Moroccan and international architects experimented with novel housing typologies, which mediated between ultramodern and vernacular ways of dwelling, complemented by innovative public structures, such as schools, dispensaries, and cinemas. All of these combined into an original urban reality: a modern Afropolis.
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This book contributes to the development of new architectural approaches to informal neighborhoods and to a better understanding of human habitats that relate spatial issues to broader economic and political questions. The contributors analyze feasible and effective practical actions located in Africa, Latin America, and India, drawing upon empiric work to contextualize(...)
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This book contributes to the development of new architectural approaches to informal neighborhoods and to a better understanding of human habitats that relate spatial issues to broader economic and political questions. The contributors analyze feasible and effective practical actions located in Africa, Latin America, and India, drawing upon empiric work to contextualize(...)
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Critical neighbourhoods: the architecture of contested communities
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This book contributes to the development of new architectural approaches to informal neighborhoods and to a better understanding of human habitats that relate spatial issues to broader economic and political questions. The contributors analyze feasible and effective practical actions located in Africa, Latin America, and India, drawing upon empiric work to contextualize existing neighborhoods. Complementing essays explore the deeply intertwined nature of spatial practice, cultural identity, and social engagement. Together, the contributors AbdouMaliq Simone, Paulo Moreira, Elisa Silva, Julia King, and Ines Weizman uncover new modes of making architecture; map new ways for architects to engage with contested communities; address geographic differentiations on a local scale, rather than between various continents only; and explore interconnections between particular neighborhoods and their wider contexts. A conversation between the five contributors, moderated by Matthew Barac, rounds out this volume.
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This book contributes to the development of new architectural approaches to informal neighborhoods and to a better understanding of human habitats that relate spatial issues to broader economic and political questions. The contributors analyze feasible and effective practical actions located in Africa, Latin America, and India, drawing upon empiric work to contextualize existing neighborhoods. Complementing essays explore the deeply intertwined nature of spatial practice, cultural identity, and social engagement. Together, the contributors AbdouMaliq Simone, Paulo Moreira, Elisa Silva, Julia King, and Ines Weizman uncover new modes of making architecture; map new ways for architects to engage with contested communities; address geographic differentiations on a local scale, rather than between various continents only; and explore interconnections between particular neighborhoods and their wider contexts. A conversation between the five contributors, moderated by Matthew Barac, rounds out this volume.
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This edited collection of essays and image-driven pieces by anthropologists, archaeologists, architects, and historians examines the legacies of African architecture from around the time of independence through examples from different countries. Drawing on ethnography, archival research, and careful observation of buildings, remains, and people, the case studies seek to(...)
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This edited collection of essays and image-driven pieces by anthropologists, archaeologists, architects, and historians examines the legacies of African architecture from around the time of independence through examples from different countries. Drawing on ethnography, archival research, and careful observation of buildings, remains, and people, the case studies seek to(...)
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African modernism and its afterlives
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This edited collection of essays and image-driven pieces by anthropologists, archaeologists, architects, and historians examines the legacies of African architecture from around the time of independence through examples from different countries. Drawing on ethnography, archival research, and careful observation of buildings, remains, and people, the case studies seek to connect the colonial and postcolonial origins of modernist architecture, the historical processes they underwent, and their present use and habitation, adaptation, and decay. Deriving from a workshop in connection with the 2015 exhibition ''Forms of Freedom'' at the National Museum in Oslo and the Venice Biennale, the volume combines recent developments in architectural history, the anthropology of modernism and of material culture, and contemporary archaeology to move beyond the admiration or preservation of prized architectural ''heritage'' and to complicate the contemplation—or critique—of ''ruins'' and ''ruination.''
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This edited collection of essays and image-driven pieces by anthropologists, archaeologists, architects, and historians examines the legacies of African architecture from around the time of independence through examples from different countries. Drawing on ethnography, archival research, and careful observation of buildings, remains, and people, the case studies seek to connect the colonial and postcolonial origins of modernist architecture, the historical processes they underwent, and their present use and habitation, adaptation, and decay. Deriving from a workshop in connection with the 2015 exhibition ''Forms of Freedom'' at the National Museum in Oslo and the Venice Biennale, the volume combines recent developments in architectural history, the anthropology of modernism and of material culture, and contemporary archaeology to move beyond the admiration or preservation of prized architectural ''heritage'' and to complicate the contemplation—or critique—of ''ruins'' and ''ruination.''
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