Beyond Global vs. Local: Tipping the Scales of Architectural Historiography
In the introduction to his book Global Shadows anthropologist James Ferguson describes an encounter with a certain Mr. Labona from a village in Lesotho, who built his house in the “European style.” Coming from contemporary Western appreciation of local cultures (akin to what Renato Rosaldo has iden...
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ABE Journal
2015
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| גישה מקוונת: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| סיכום: | In the introduction to his book Global Shadows anthropologist James Ferguson describes an encounter with a certain Mr. Labona from a village in Lesotho, who built his house in the “European style.” Coming from contemporary Western appreciation of local cultures (akin to what Renato Rosaldo has identified as imperialist nostalgia: “mourning for what one has destroyed”), Ferguson admired the vernacular architecture for its environmental sustainability, traditional craftsmanship, and aesthetic ... |
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