Architectural Anthropology

Subjects:

• Anthropology » Cultural Anthropology
• Architecture & Planning » Architecture

Reviews:

• This book is a commendable effor to build bridges in several directions- between the possible contributions of both biological and social anthropology to our understanding of the built enviornment, and also between the Spanish-speaking and the English-speaking academics in this field.
  —The Journal of The Royal Anthropological Institute June 2003
• This is a seminal work ushering in a new field of inquiry. More specifically, it finds its exceptional value in arguing that research into the relationship between culture and the construction of the built environment can be classified under the rubric of architectural anthropology...This book's anthropological perspective enables us to consider architecture as part of transactional processes. And, because it raises more questions than it answers, it will prompt further explorations. The contributors do not claim to have reached definitive conclusions, nor do they even agree with one another on the nature of the subject, and this is bound to perpetuate a healthy and informative dialogue.
  —Technology and Culture April 2002

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• The Meaning and Scope of Architectural Anthropolgy by Mari-Jose Amerlinck
• Architectural Anthropology or Environment-Behavior Studies by Amos Rapoport
• The Deep Structure of Architecture: Constructivity and Human Evolution by Nold Egenter
• Architectural Creolization: the Importance of Colonial Architecture by Jay D. Edwards
• Machian-Moravian Mission Settlements and Their Built Environments, 1740-1772 by Riva Berleant-Schiller
• The Ancestral House of the Sa'dan Toraja, Sulawesi, Indoensia by Hetty Nooy-palm
• From Bourgeois to Modern: Transofmring Houses and Family Life in Rural Portugal by Denise Lawrence-Zúñiga
• Index