Cultural hybridity and vigor in the decolonised architectural curriculum

• Autor(a) principal: Fisher, Roger
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Lange, Mary E., Nkambule, M. Emmanuel N.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: P@ranoá
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/paranoa/article/view/11779
• topic: Ensino de Arquitetura; Descolonização; Raciocínio visual; Architectural education; Decolonisation; |Visual thinking

‘Decolonising’ architectural education raises questions as to what might serve a multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-lingual society, yet remain fit for an international discipline? We examine concepts of ‘decolonisation’ and ‘decoloniality’ as they have evolved, particularly in the southern hemisphere, and how these might form an appropriate context for thinking about a ‘decolonised’ architectural curriculum. We also examine concepts of multi-vocality and multiple intelligences so as to propose a framework for teaching in the discipline of architecture, with visual thinking as its orthography and lexicography, serving as a pan-cultural lingua franca well suited for teaching in the discipline of architecture.