{"product_id":"african-modernism-and-its-afterlives-paperback","title":"African Modernism and Its Afterlives - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Wenzel Geissler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNina Berre\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohan Lagae\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe legacy of colonial and postcolonial African architecture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina Berre\u003c\/b\u003e is an architect, professor, and head of the Institute of Architecture at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. \u003cb\u003ePaul Wenzel Geissler\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, with a particular interest in science, medicine, and the remainders of modernism in eastern Africa. \u003cb\u003eJohan Lagae\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of twentieth-century architectural history at Ghent University in Belgium, focusing on colonial and postcolonial architecture and urbanization in Central Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.5 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48095952666883,"sku":"9781789384031","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/phishstonesproducts.myshopify.com\/products\/african-modernism-and-its-afterlives-paperback","provider":"PhishStones Products","version":"1.0","type":"link"}