Vernacular as anti-empire: Culture 3

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  • Andrey Ivanov MAAM

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https://doi.org/10.51461/pb.74.13

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vernacular, empire, cultural mechanisms, self-colonization, Armenia

Abstract

The article reveals the author’s understanding of the vernacular (“architecture without architects” typical for a certain area and local culture) as a manifestation of the cultural mechanism alternative to the imperial-colonial mechanisms of urban development. It is proposed to call this mechanism “Culture 3”. The examples of post-Soviet Armenia show the fundamental differences between the
vernacular and “non-vernacular” (classicist, modernist, postmodernist buildings). The article sets a task to reinterpret architectural history in view of decolonial optics.

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Ivanov, A. (2023). Vernacular as anti-empire: Culture 3. Project Baikal, 19(74), 58–71. https://doi.org/10.51461/pb.74.13

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2023-01-05

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No. 74 (2022): alternatives

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refereed articles

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