Constructing culture : architecture and contemporary islamic identity in northern Ghana
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation is a multi-disciplinary project that explores the methods through which Islamic identity in northern Ghana is being remodeled in the modern period, using architectural form as its primary methodological tool. As the principal mode through which individuals organize their physical reality, architecture is not only able to articulate cultural identity, but also response to shifts in its trajectory through subsequent changes in an architectural landscape. Taking as a case study the village of Larabanga, a small but spiritually significant Islamic community in Northern Ghana, this project explores how contemporary heritage initiatives, tourism, and the improvement of technological capabilities, as well as issues of climate, available materials, and the current socio-political environment, have modified traditional Afro-Islamic architectural systems in this area and in the process articulated the current condition of Larabanga as existing in a state of cultural and spiritual flux.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2013 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Apotsos, Michelle Moore |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Art and Art History. |
| Primary advisor | Martinez-Ruiz, Barbaro |
| Primary advisor | Wolf, Bryan Jay |
| Thesis advisor | Martinez-Ruiz, Barbaro |
| Thesis advisor | Wolf, Bryan Jay |
| Thesis advisor | Hanretta, Sean, 1972- |
| Advisor | Hanretta, Sean, 1972- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Michelle Moore Apotsos. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Art and Art History. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2013. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2013 by Michelle Moore Apotsos
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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