Panel 4: “Never Neutral. Never Innocent.” Engaging the Motives/Politics of Foreign Architects in the Africa of the “Independence” years
Following the years of fervent independence in Africa, many foreign architects were engaged to spearhead architectural/construction projects within the newly independent nation-states. This period falls squarely within the Cold War and so the presence of these architects/urban planners etc, could not have been neutral. Panellists will consider how the political leanings of the various foreign architects/planners influenced their praxes in their years of engagement in Africa.
10:00 am
Presentation
- Augustus Richardson, Architect
- Gideon Djakumah, Architect
- Bärbel Müller, Architect and Lecturer at the Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
- David Kojo Derban, Architect
- Prof. Henry N.A. Wellington, Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana
- Dr. Titus Ebenezer Kwofie, Department of Architecture, KNUST
11:00 am
Panel & Discussion:
- Augustus Richardson
- Gideon Dzakuma
- Baerbel Müller
- David Kojo Derban
- Prof. Henry N.A. Wellington
- Dr. Titus Ebenezer Kwofie
Moderator: Bernard Akoi-Jackson
VENUE: blaxTARLINES Kumasi,Project Space for Contemporary Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi
Concept, research and curation of the symposium: Bernard Akoi-Jackson (PhD), blaxTARLINES Kumasi, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi
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