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5 décembre 2017
- doi: 10.4000/books.inha.1707
- eisbn: 9782917902646
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Jonathan Noble, « Architecture, Hybridity, and Post-Apartheid Design », Publications de l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art, ID : 10.4000/books.inha.1707
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This paper develops a methodological discussion on questions of hybridity in architectural theory and design, in the context of post-apartheid South Africa. Reference is made to various different ideas of hybridity: from early postmodern interest in hybrid architecture (Jencks and Venturi), to postcolonial theory (Bhabha and Fanon), as well cultural studies on syncretic traditions among marginalized groups (Gilroy, Shohat, and McClintock). The paper promotes a postcolonial perspective on hybridity, which differs from the usual postmodern architectural perspective, through its emphasis on relations of discursive power (Foucault) that animate specific cultural/political conditions. Analytical distinctions are made between conscious and unconscious, momentary and sublimated, as well as overt and hidden forms of hybridity—distinctions that are particularly useful for an understanding of architecture.