Staying with Modernity? (Dis)Entangling Coloniality and Architecture
Staying with Modernity? explores the entanglements of architecture, modernity and coloniality. The proceedings of the conference, organised by the Jaap Bakema Study Centre, are now available for download.
20 December 2024
The 11th edition of the Jaap Bakema Study Centre conference explored the ambiguous nature of modern architecture in relation to exploitative colonial practices. A selection of 28 papers, ranging in context from Northern Ireland to Australia, Nigeria and India, addressed topics such as education, material extraction, heritage and archiving. All the papers are published in full in the conference proceedings.
The Jaap Bakema Study Centre Conference
Since its inception in 2014, the Jaap Bakema Study Centre has hosted an annual conference. These events cover the various research areas of the JBSC. An overview of all past conferences can be found here.