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Space as material culture: residential stone buildings on the precolonial Swahili coast in a comparative perspective

Identifikátory výsledku

  • Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F49777513%3A23330%2F18%3A43955197" target="_blank" >RIV/49777513:23330/18:43955197 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Nalezeny alternativní kódy

    RIV/60460709:41330/18:79831

  • Výsledek na webu

    <a href="https://www.academia.edu/39788396/Space_as_Material_Culture_residential_stone_buildings_on_the_precolonial_Swahili_coast_in_a_comparative_perspective" target="_blank" >https://www.academia.edu/39788396/Space_as_Material_Culture_residential_stone_buildings_on_the_precolonial_Swahili_coast_in_a_comparative_perspective</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

Alternativní jazyky

  • Jazyk výsledku

    angličtina

  • Název v původním jazyce

    Space as material culture: residential stone buildings on the precolonial Swahili coast in a comparative perspective

  • Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

    This paper develops the notion that the structure of residential spaces has long been in a dialogue with social environments. It elaborates theoretical and methodological streams in the social sciences that focus on the interplay between society and the built environment. Space, rather than the built environment that articulates its structure, is subjected to analyses and conceptual interpretations relevant to the understanding of past constructed worlds. Although intangible and abstract, it is argued that space represents a type of material culture that could be studied through the use of the theory of affordances. We compare the layout of selected stone residences of various sizes that have been recorded in precolonial Swahili settlements at Gede, Kenya, and the Kilwa archipelago, Tanzania. To this end, we apply several methods of spatial analysis to reveal patterning in possible movements of people, and both physical and sensory access in buildings. The main goal of the paper is to derive an understanding of how these buildings helped to shape social values, and how they played a role in negotiation of multiple social interests, power, and trade relations among members of an urban society. The results highlight how material constructions like houses may channel social actions by reflecting contemporary social conventions. The argument also shows in what ways the unique nature of African urban heritage may be viewed, so that it could lend itself to cross-regional comparisons. The observations presented contribute to a broader discussion on the importance of interdisciplinary enquiry into the long history of African indigenous architecture.

  • Název v anglickém jazyce

    Space as material culture: residential stone buildings on the precolonial Swahili coast in a comparative perspective

  • Popis výsledku anglicky

    This paper develops the notion that the structure of residential spaces has long been in a dialogue with social environments. It elaborates theoretical and methodological streams in the social sciences that focus on the interplay between society and the built environment. Space, rather than the built environment that articulates its structure, is subjected to analyses and conceptual interpretations relevant to the understanding of past constructed worlds. Although intangible and abstract, it is argued that space represents a type of material culture that could be studied through the use of the theory of affordances. We compare the layout of selected stone residences of various sizes that have been recorded in precolonial Swahili settlements at Gede, Kenya, and the Kilwa archipelago, Tanzania. To this end, we apply several methods of spatial analysis to reveal patterning in possible movements of people, and both physical and sensory access in buildings. The main goal of the paper is to derive an understanding of how these buildings helped to shape social values, and how they played a role in negotiation of multiple social interests, power, and trade relations among members of an urban society. The results highlight how material constructions like houses may channel social actions by reflecting contemporary social conventions. The argument also shows in what ways the unique nature of African urban heritage may be viewed, so that it could lend itself to cross-regional comparisons. The observations presented contribute to a broader discussion on the importance of interdisciplinary enquiry into the long history of African indigenous architecture.

Klasifikace

  • Druh

    J<sub>SC</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

  • CEP obor

  • OECD FORD obor

    60102 - Archaeology

Návaznosti výsledku

  • Projekt

  • Návaznosti

    S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Ostatní

  • Rok uplatnění

    2018

  • Kód důvěrnosti údajů

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku

  • Název periodika

    South African Archaeological Bulletin

  • ISSN

    0038-1969

  • e-ISSN

  • Svazek periodika

    73

  • Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

    208

  • Stát vydavatele periodika

    ZA - Jihoafrická republika

  • Počet stran výsledku

    11

  • Strana od-do

    82-92

  • Kód UT WoS článku

  • EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

    2-s2.0-85074110896