In Behind the Postcolonial Abidin Kusno shows how colonial representations have been revived and rearticulated in postcolonial Indonesia. The book shows how architecture and urban space can be seen, both historically and theoretically, as representations of political and cultural tendencies that characterize an emerging as well as a declining social order. It addresses the complex interactions between public memories of the present and past, between images of global urban cultures and the concrete historical meanings of the local. It shows how one might write a political history of postcolonial architecture and urban space that recognizes the political cultures of the present without neglecting the importance of the colonial past. In the process, it poses serious questions for the analysis and understanding of postcolonial states.
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'A rich and detailed analysis of Indonesian politician cultures and their inscription and shaping in urban space. Yet, without its theoretical base, elaborating the politics of architecture and urban space, this important book could not have been written this way, perhaps it could not have been written at all.' Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
'Unquestionably the most provocative assessment of architecture and urban design in Indonesia since Independence.' - Planning Perspectives
'Kusno has the merit of linking more traditional kinds of architectural and urban studies to one of the more pressing social and political issues of the day ... This is an illuminating work.' - Journal of Urban History
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incredibly good theme; structure seems acceptable, illustrations usually efficient, quotations well chosen. But then it is so much about commenting the author`s own intentions, and far too little about the subject. Writing three pages about what will be dealt with in the chapter, one more about the structure of the chapter, and two pages about what has been purportedly demonstrated on the chapter, is not enough for a 20 pages chapter that actually fails to demonstrate anything, but the author's ability to rephrase those he quotes.
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political history of architecture and space shows that space is not only metaphorical; instead its materiality helps to construct social identities. These, I suggest, are important issues for a reflective social and political treatment of architecture and space in postcolonial societies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
colonial third culture, postcolonial architects, kampung dwellers, splendid ancestors, kampung improvement, urban kampung, postcolonial city, new emerging forces, architectural regionalism, urban knowledge, colonial urban development, social modernity, postcolonial space, architectural paradigm, architectural culture, official nationalism, guided democracy, architectural discourses, modernist architecture, architectural representation, elevated highways, global cultural flows, ethical policy, real estate housing, indigenous architecture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Maclaine Pont, Southeast Asia, Sumet Jumsai, Institute of Technology, Guided Democracy, University of Indonesia, Bandoeng Technische Hoogeschool, Beautiful Indonesia, Thomas Karsten, Indonesian Chinese, Sukarno's Jakarta, National Monument, President Suharto, Bung Karno, Frank Lloyd Wright, Miniature Park, Indonesians of Chinese, West Pacific, Asian Games, First World, Parliament House, Third World, Dutch East Indies, East Timor, Jakarta Post New!
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political history of architecture and space shows that space is not only metaphorical; instead its materiality helps to construct social identities. These, I suggest, are important issues for a reflective social and political treatment of architecture and space in postcolonial societies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
colonial third culture, postcolonial architects, kampung dwellers, splendid ancestors, kampung improvement, urban kampung, postcolonial city, new emerging forces, architectural regionalism, urban knowledge, colonial urban development, social modernity, postcolonial space, architectural paradigm, architectural culture, official nationalism, guided democracy, architectural discourses, modernist architecture, architectural representation, elevated highways, global cultural flows, ethical policy, real estate housing, indigenous architecture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Maclaine Pont, Southeast Asia, Sumet Jumsai, Institute of Technology, Guided Democracy, University of Indonesia, Bandoeng Technische Hoogeschool, Beautiful Indonesia, Thomas Karsten, Indonesian Chinese, Sukarno's Jakarta, National Monument, President Suharto, Bung Karno, Frank Lloyd Wright, Miniature Park, Indonesians of Chinese, West Pacific, Asian Games, First World, Parliament House, Third World, Dutch East Indies, East Timor, Jakarta Post New!
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- Culture and Society in New Order Indonesia (South-East Asian Social Science Monographs) by Virginia Matheson Hooker in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Making Indonesia (Studies on Southeast Asia) (Studies on Southeast Asia : Sosea 20) by Daniel S. Lev; Ruth McVey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Built Environment by Jerry Trost in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The House in Southeast Asia (Images of Asia) by Jacques Dumarcay on page 16, and Back Matter
- Culture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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