AHIS 295 - Africa Architecture and the Design Space

Institution:

Trinity College

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Description:

This course examines the forms and symbolism of the house and settlement in sub-Saharan Africa and the ways architecuture and pottery, woodcarving, weaving, and body sacrification form a unity. Topics include landscape as history and invention; ethnicity, economics and patterns of settlement; sacred spaces, churches and mosques; royal palaces; the influence of Islam on buildings and sedentarization in West Africa; the colonial city and colonial monuments; the modern industrial and administrative city; building for status and razing for resistance. 1.00 units, Lecture

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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