African modernism and its afterlives /

This new book is an edited volume of essays that examine the legacy of architecture in a number of African countries soon after independence. It has its origins in an exhibition and symposium that focused on architecture as an element in Nordic countries' aid packages to newly independent state...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Geissler, Wenzel (Editor ), Berre, Nina (Editor ), Lagae, Johan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Intellect Books, 2022.
Temas:
Modern movement (Architecture) > Africa.
International relations.
Modern movement (Architecture)
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments
Africa > Relations > Scandinavia.
Scandinavia > Relations > Africa.
Africa.
Scandinavia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • African Modernism and its Afterlives
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Recognizing African Modernisms
  • PART 1: AFRICAN MODERNISM
  • 1. Karl Henrik Nøstvik: Remnants of Nordic Aid
  • 2. Africa's 'Lone Star': Building 'New Liberia' in the Context of Post-war Africa
  • 3. Countryside Reconstruction in Postcolonial Africa: The Ujamaa Experience
  • 4. Technocratic Colonial Housing Policies and Reductive Modernism in Eastlands, Nairobi
  • 5. Transnational Exchanges in Postcolonial Zambia: School Buildings at the Intersection of Architectural, Political and Economic Globalization
  • 6. Forms of Freedom: Soviet Gifts in Postcolonial Kenya
  • 7. Georg Lippsmeier and His Tropenbau: Salesmanship and Pragmatic Modernism
  • 8. Israel/Africa: The Laboratories of (Post)colonial Modernity
  • 9. 'Tout le Congo est un Chantier': Notes on the Archive of a (Post) colonial Construction Firm
  • INTERLUDE
  • Remnants of Nordic Aid: Zambia World Bank Education Project
  • Remnants of Nordic Aid: Kenyatta International Conference Centre and Kalokol Freezing and ColdStorage Plant
  • PART 2: AFTERLIVES
  • 10. 'Kenya Grew from Here': Property and History in a Nairobi Housing Estate
  • 11. Grave Reservations: Nigerian Literature and 'European Reservations' during Decolonization
  • 12. The Legacy of Nordic Expertise in Postcolonial Housing Schemes in Nairobi
  • 13. Privatization and the Reshaping of the Recreational Landscape of the Industrial Zambian Copperbelt
  • 14. The Ruins of Turkana: An Archaeology of Failed Development in Northern Kenya
  • 15. The Brand New Ruins of Public Health: A Tale of Two Buildings, Kinshasa, DRC
  • 16. 'Is This Anthropology Really a Modern Subject?': Kenyan Students' Experience of Nairobi's (Changing) University Architectures
  • 17. Laboratory Unbuilt: An Architectural Biography of Postcolonial Science in East Africa
  • Epilogue: Buildings and People: Interdisciplinarity, Juxtaposition and Experimentation
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Back Cover

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