Across space and time: architecture and the politics of modernity

Modernity tends to be considered a mostly Western, chronologically recent concept. Looking at locations in Brazil, Java, India, Georgia, and Yugoslavia, among others, 'Across Space and Time' provides architectural and cultural evidence that modernity has had an impact across the globe and...

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Other Authors: Haughey, Patrick (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick (U.S.A.) ; London (u.K.) Transaction Publishers [2017]
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Modernity tends to be considered a mostly Western, chronologically recent concept. Looking at locations in Brazil, Java, India, Georgia, and Yugoslavia, among others, 'Across Space and Time' provides architectural and cultural evidence that modernity has had an impact across the globe and for much longer than previously conceived. This volume moves through space and time to illustrate the way global modernity has been negotiated through architecture, urban planning, design pedagogies, preservation, and art history in diverse locations around the world. Bringing together emerging and established architecture and art history scholars, each chapter focuses on a particular site where modernity was defined, challenged, or reinterpreted. The contributors examine how architectures, landscapes, and design thinking influence and are influenced by conflicts between cultural, economic, technological, and political forces. By invoking well-researched histories to ground their work in a post-colonial critique, they closely examine many prevailing myths of modernity.0
Physical Description:XXV, 304 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781412863391

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