Watson, Julia, 1977- author. aut
Lo-TEK : design by radical indigenism / Julia Watson ; foreword, Wade Davis.
Cologne : Taschen, [2020]
©2020
418 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) ; 25 cm
"Three hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a mythology of technology. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, this mythology ignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation, deeming it primitive. Today, we have slowly come to realize that the legacy of this mythology is haunting us. Designers understand the urgency of reducing humanity's negative environmental impact, yet perpetuate the same mythology of technology that relies on exploiting nature. Responding to climate change by building hard infrastructures and favoring high-tech homogeneous design, we are ignoring millennia-old knowledge of how to live in symbiosis with nature. Without implementing soft systems that use biodiversity as a building block, designs remain inherently unsustainable. Lo-TEK, derived from Traditional Ecological Knowledge, is a cumulative body of multigenerational knowledge, practices, and beliefs, countering the idea that indigenous innovation is primitive and exists isolated from technology. It is sophisticated and designed to sustainably work with complex ecosystems. With a foreword by anthropologist Wade Davis and four chapters spanning Mountains, Forests, Deserts, and Wetlands, this book explores thousands of years of human wisdom and ingenuity from 20 countries including Peru, the Philippines, Tanzania, Kenya, Iran, Iraq, India, and Indonesia. We rediscover an ancient mythology in a contemporary context, radicalizing the spirit of human nature."-- Provided by publisher.
9783836578189 hardback
3836578182 hardback
Vernacular architecture.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Sustainable architecture.
Ethnoscience.
Indigenous peoples Knowledge and learning.
Architecture vernaculaire.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture durable.
vernacular architecture.
Bouwkunst
Duurzaamheid (milieu)
Bouwstijlen
Informational works.
Documents d'information.
Davis, Wade, writer of foreword.
Davis, Wade writer of foreword
Location: Library main 307698
Call No.: BIB 253180
Status: Available
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