Felipe Hernández, Associate Professor of Architecture and urban Studies, announces the launch of the Routledge Critical Companion to Race and Architecture. The volume expands the discourse on racializing concepts and categories beyond the traditional Africa–North America axis, examining many issues that have been overlooked in the field of architecture. This broader range of topics provides for a more comprehensive understanding of how race is constructed and represented in architectural theory and practice globally.
This book approaches the malleability of race as a construct that has been continuously redefined in different cultures and places throughout time. More importantly, it explores the capacity that ‘race’ as a critical concept that has acquired the capacity to challenge colonial-modern hierarchies, enabling critical engagements with epistemic positions that have been excluded from univocal Eurocentric architectural narratives.
Written by an international and influential cast of contributors, the structure of the book permits a detailed revision of the most current theoretical debates on race. Ultimately, the book embraces discussions about theory, urban and regional debates, architectural design at the scale of the building, history and education, exploring the concept of race in all aspects of the discipline. It is essential reading for anyone studying or working in the built environment
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