Architectural theorisations and phenomena in Asia : the polychronotypic jetztzeit

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"This book is the first overall and detailed discussion of contemporary Asia’s architectural theorisations and phenomena based on its heteroglossic and decolonisation character. Lin presents a theoretical journey of transdisciplinary reflection upon contemporary Asia’s pragmatic phenomena which is methodologically achieved by means of elaborations of how tangible Asian architecture can be philosophically theorised and how interchangeable architectural theory is practically ‘Asianised’. Discussions in the book are critically integrated with comparative studies focused on Japan, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. These empirical examinations are highlights of phenomenal localities, architecture, cities and cultures which reference the historicity of the Asia Pacific, Asia’s contemporary architectural situations, and their subtle relationship with the ‘West’. The schematisation of intended ‘fuzziness’ for Asia and its architecture is framed as the notion polychronotypic jetztzeit to represent a present time-place context of contemporary Asian architecture and urbanism. This book will be of great interest to scholars of Asian Studies, Architectural Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Urban Studies and Cultural Studies."-- Read more... Abstract: This book is the first overall and detailed discussion of contemporary Asia's architectural theorisations and phenomena based on its heteroglossic and decolonisation character. This book will be of great interest to scholars of Asian Studies, Architectural Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Urban Studies and Cultural Studies. Read more... Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Introduction: Writing and Unwriting Asian Architecture (Francis Chia-Hui Lin)....Pages 1-33 Front Matter ....Pages 35-35 The Past in the Present: The Immediate Historicity of Asia (Francis Chia-Hui Lin)....Pages 37-70 Trans-boundary Methodologies: Cultural Appropriation and Heteroglossia (Francis Chia-Hui Lin)....Pages 71-100 Bracketing Before Framing: The Grounding of Colony Architecture (Francis Chia-Hui Lin)....Pages 101-137 Front Matter ....Pages 139-139 The Tenryuubito and the Resistance to It: Exemplifying Cultural-Political Enclaves (Francis Chia-Hui Lin)....Pages 141-168 Non-native Natives and Insular Urbanism: The Matter of Communitarian Localities in Asia (Francis Chia-Hui Lin)....Pages 169-197 Exhibitions Without Exhibits: Musealising History and Architecture (Francis Chia-Hui Lin)....Pages 199-240 Conclusion: The Entanglement or the Différend? (Francis Chia-Hui Lin)....Pages 241-245 Back Matter ....Pages 247-266