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Lo-TEK : design by radical indigenism /

Three hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a mythology of technology. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism and racism, this mythology ignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation, deeming it primitive. Today, we have slowly come to realize that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Watson, Julia, 1977- (Author)
Other Authors:	Davis, Wade (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cologne : Taschen, [2019]
Subjects:	Vernacular architecture. Architecture > Environmental aspects. Sustainable architecture.

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