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Architecture and Development
Israeli Construction in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Settler Colonial Imagination, 1958-1973
Taschenbuch von Ayala Levin
Sprache: Englisch

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In Architecture and Development Ayala Levin charts the settler colonial imagination and practices that undergirded Israeli architectural development aid in Africa. Focusing on the "golden age" of Israel's diplomatic relations in and throughout the continent from 1958 to 1973, Levin finds that Israel positioned itself as a developing-nation alternative in the competition over aid and influence between global North and global South. In analyses of the design and construction of prestigious governmental projects in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia, Levin details how architects, planners, and a trade union--owned construction company staged Israel as a new center of nonaligned expertise. These actors and professionals paradoxically capitalized on their settler colonial experience in Palestine, refashioning it as an alternative to Western colonial expertise. Levin traces how Israel became involved in the modernization of governance, education, and agriculture in Africa, as well as how African leaders chose to work with Israel to forge new South-South connections. In so doing, she offers new ways of understanding the role of architecture as a vehicle of postcolonial development and in the mobilization of development resources.
In Architecture and Development Ayala Levin charts the settler colonial imagination and practices that undergirded Israeli architectural development aid in Africa. Focusing on the "golden age" of Israel's diplomatic relations in and throughout the continent from 1958 to 1973, Levin finds that Israel positioned itself as a developing-nation alternative in the competition over aid and influence between global North and global South. In analyses of the design and construction of prestigious governmental projects in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia, Levin details how architects, planners, and a trade union--owned construction company staged Israel as a new center of nonaligned expertise. These actors and professionals paradoxically capitalized on their settler colonial experience in Palestine, refashioning it as an alternative to Western colonial expertise. Levin traces how Israel became involved in the modernization of governance, education, and agriculture in Africa, as well as how African leaders chose to work with Israel to forge new South-South connections. In so doing, she offers new ways of understanding the role of architecture as a vehicle of postcolonial development and in the mobilization of development resources.
Über den Autor
Ayala Levin
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Settler Colonial Expertise in the Theater of Development 1
1. Fast-Tracking the Nation-State: The Design and Construction of the Sierra Leone Parliament 25
2. Rootedness and Open-Ended Planning: The Sierra Leone National Urbanization Plan 68
3. Planning a Postcolonial University Campus: The University of Ife, Nigeria 97
4. Designing the University of Ife: Climate, Regeneration, and Ornament 125
5. Israeli Aid, Private Entrepreneurship, and Architectural Education in Addis Ababa 165
Postscript. Ghosts of Modernity 195
Notes 219
Bibliography 269
Index 295
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781478017882
ISBN-10: 1478017880
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Levin, Ayala
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 254 x 178 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Ayala Levin
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.02.2022
Gewicht: 0,637 kg
Artikel-ID: 119926625
Über den Autor
Ayala Levin
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Settler Colonial Expertise in the Theater of Development 1
1. Fast-Tracking the Nation-State: The Design and Construction of the Sierra Leone Parliament 25
2. Rootedness and Open-Ended Planning: The Sierra Leone National Urbanization Plan 68
3. Planning a Postcolonial University Campus: The University of Ife, Nigeria 97
4. Designing the University of Ife: Climate, Regeneration, and Ornament 125
5. Israeli Aid, Private Entrepreneurship, and Architectural Education in Addis Ababa 165
Postscript. Ghosts of Modernity 195
Notes 219
Bibliography 269
Index 295
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781478017882
ISBN-10: 1478017880
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Levin, Ayala
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 254 x 178 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Ayala Levin
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.02.2022
Gewicht: 0,637 kg
Artikel-ID: 119926625
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