Hybrid Modernities and Tropical Architecture
What is Asian Modernity? Could such a concept exist given that Asia is a heterogeneous territory encompassing different entities with rather diverse social, cultural and political contexts? In the past two decades or so, there have been various assertions of different forms of Asian modernities, wh...
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| Language: | English |
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Docomomo International
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Docomomo Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://docomomojournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/483 |
| Summary: | What is Asian Modernity? Could such a concept exist given that Asia is a heterogeneous territory encompassing different entities with rather diverse social, cultural and political contexts? In the past two decades or so, there have been various assertions of different forms of Asian modernities, which have gained widespread circulation and acceptance. Many of these assertions should be understood as part of the politics of opposition, aimed at challenging the hegemony of Eurocentric conceptions of modernity.
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| ISSN: | 1380-3204 2773-1634 |