Appropriations - Germane Barnes - What We Once Were

What We Once Were

Germane Barnes

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Western architectural pedagogy often reduces, some going as far as eliminating, the contributions of Africa to the architectural canon. This map resizes and reorients landmasses to accurately depict the scale of each country. By presenting Africa in its accurate size compared to other countries, we can see the depths of erasure that have occurred.

Appropriations
May 2023










Notes
1

Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia, "opus sectile," Encyclopedia Britannica, February 5, 2008, .

2

During my time at the American Academy in Rome, my search for entanglements between North African and Roman architecture were often empty. It was not until I switched departmental archives and began browsing the archeology section that I find the necessary information. These books are critical to understanding the built environment and how it was formed.

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