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Title Shared Heritage Africa: Rediscovering Masterpieces
Full text http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:29f2e3f4-edcf-4ac9-9834-ab39500bff00
Date 2023
Author(s) Pottgiesser, U. (author); Quist, W.J. (author)
Abstract Docomomo International is proud to present the results of the international project Shared Heritage Africa: Rediscovering Masterpieces and other selected papers from our call for papers Shared Heritage Africa ' Campuses, published in December 2022. The SHA project itself, coordinated by Docomomo Germany, focused on rediscovering post-war modern buildings from the 1950s-1980s in the partner countries Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, and Rwanda. This period of independence from colonial rule, from the United Kingdom (Ghana 1957, Nigeria 1960, and Uganda 1962) and from Belgium (Rwanda 1962), has a great socio-political significance and influence on the educational systems and buildings. The rediscovery of this heritage focuses on exploring the values, challenges, and opportunities through the eyes of their contemporary users. Concentrating on the post-war modern buildings constructed after indepen-dence from colonial rule, the project celebrated projects that are situated at the periphery of the architectural discourse and, therefore, seldom documented despite their social, economic, and political significance. - Heritage & Architecture
Subject(s) African history; Africa; Architecture; Anthropocene
Language en
Relation http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85179748138&partnerID=8YFLogxK; DOCOMOMO Journal--1380-3204--47514856-304a-4190-8767-8810d8e02d49
Type of publication contribution to periodical
Rights © 2023 U. Pottgiesser, W.J. Quist
Identifier doi:10.52200/docomomo.69.ed
Repository Delft - Technische Universiteit Delft
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