Imaging Vernacular Architecture

What is it about?

In this paper we pursue the possibilities of collaboration on ethnographic knowledge across vernacular architecture and anthropology. Informed by current anthropology, images are additionally utilised to interpret architectural temporality, a biographical view of dwelling, situated learning, technology–culture non-duality, and socio-spatial references.

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Why is it important?

Ethnographic surveys of building processes rarely feature in mainstream architectural history. The curious dearth of studies derives perhaps from the absence of a relevant methodological orientation and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The article intends to fill this void toward an ethnography of architecture involving an oral culture. The cross-disciplinary methods may be fruitful in addressing knowhow in comparable cultures.