Abstract: This paper address the question: given the ethical imperatives of today’s world, could traditional building heritage realistically make any fresh contributions to an alternative development model?The above questions are explored via a dialectics between the traditional earth building methods and modernity as widely understood in Uganda. Heritage is conceptualised as constitutive of interactions between processes, products and people, and the environment The paper tests the conjecture that, claims to culture and its preservation, constitute a multi-layered veil which advertently or inadvertently obstructs Ugandans from comprehending and making the deep structural changes required to re/produce their desired architecture and lifest...
Globalisation is one of the key terms used to describe actual trends as positive, but there are many...
Globalisation is one of the key terms used to describe actual trends as positive, but there are many...
The Shared Heritage Africa (SHA) project focused on the rediscovery of modern university campuses an...
This paper address the question: given the ethical imperatives of today’s world, could traditional b...
Architecture in Uganda has largely been shaped by two defining elements: politics and religion, infl...
What is modernity and why do Africans aspire to arrive at it? Do African cultures embrace the values...
Globalisation has had both negative and positive impact on the cultural heritage development and pre...
Since the 1990s architectural historians discovered Modern architecture in Africa as part of a cultu...
This paper examines alternatives to top-down approaches to heritage management and development. One ...
Since the 1950s the theories of Modern architecture have been widely applied as a tool to reform col...
Culture has been consistently underrepresented in the sustainability debate and often perceived as a...
Africa’s age-old architectural knowledge is replete with diverse designtechniques that satisfy not ...
This conceptual paper is based on experiences and insights which have emerged from my quest to devel...
The Shared Heritage Africa (SHA) project focused on the rediscovery of modern university campuses an...
The tension between tradition and modernity extends into African traditional architecture. The desir...
Globalisation is one of the key terms used to describe actual trends as positive, but there are many...
Globalisation is one of the key terms used to describe actual trends as positive, but there are many...
The Shared Heritage Africa (SHA) project focused on the rediscovery of modern university campuses an...
This paper address the question: given the ethical imperatives of today’s world, could traditional b...
Architecture in Uganda has largely been shaped by two defining elements: politics and religion, infl...
What is modernity and why do Africans aspire to arrive at it? Do African cultures embrace the values...
Globalisation has had both negative and positive impact on the cultural heritage development and pre...
Since the 1990s architectural historians discovered Modern architecture in Africa as part of a cultu...
This paper examines alternatives to top-down approaches to heritage management and development. One ...
Since the 1950s the theories of Modern architecture have been widely applied as a tool to reform col...
Culture has been consistently underrepresented in the sustainability debate and often perceived as a...
Africa’s age-old architectural knowledge is replete with diverse designtechniques that satisfy not ...
This conceptual paper is based on experiences and insights which have emerged from my quest to devel...
The Shared Heritage Africa (SHA) project focused on the rediscovery of modern university campuses an...
The tension between tradition and modernity extends into African traditional architecture. The desir...
Globalisation is one of the key terms used to describe actual trends as positive, but there are many...
Globalisation is one of the key terms used to describe actual trends as positive, but there are many...
The Shared Heritage Africa (SHA) project focused on the rediscovery of modern university campuses an...