Heritage, semiotics and innovations: architectural space, object-designs, meanings and implications in sustainable development
When matters of sustainable development and innovation are on the table for discussion in Africa, culture is often sidelined. Designs, shapes and sizes of new technological innovations need to integrate African aesthetes as a way to uphold the culture of people represented who often utilize or benef...
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| description | When matters of sustainable development and innovation are on the table for discussion in Africa, culture is often sidelined. Designs, shapes and sizes of new technological innovations need to integrate African aesthetes as a way to uphold the culture of people represented who often utilize or benefit from the inventions or constructions. Artefactual materials or objects (such as buildings) should appeal to the people of Africa and solve their daily challenges. Using semiotics, this paper cautions innovators, planners, thinkers and producers of “modern” residential homes; that these, as material objects, have other roles they play. Dwellings assume the heritage of a people far removed from the traditionally thought spaces and objects such as drums, museums, songs, literary texts, pieces of cloth and so on. As such, planners have a mandate to deliberately uphold their people’s cultural sensitivity if sustainable development is to mean in Zimbabwe and Africa in general. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-36902022-06-27T13:49:06Z Heritage, semiotics and innovations: architectural space, object-designs, meanings and implications in sustainable development Saidi, Umali Heritage Artefactual Semiotics Architecture When matters of sustainable development and innovation are on the table for discussion in Africa, culture is often sidelined. Designs, shapes and sizes of new technological innovations need to integrate African aesthetes as a way to uphold the culture of people represented who often utilize or benefit from the inventions or constructions. Artefactual materials or objects (such as buildings) should appeal to the people of Africa and solve their daily challenges. Using semiotics, this paper cautions innovators, planners, thinkers and producers of “modern” residential homes; that these, as material objects, have other roles they play. Dwellings assume the heritage of a people far removed from the traditionally thought spaces and objects such as drums, museums, songs, literary texts, pieces of cloth and so on. As such, planners have a mandate to deliberately uphold their people’s cultural sensitivity if sustainable development is to mean in Zimbabwe and Africa in general. 2019-07-08T11:06:40Z 2019-07-08T11:06:40Z 2018 Article 1035-0330 https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/F4VasvhAGdeKXDsPmhhU/full?target=10.1080/10350330.2018.1443584 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3690 en Social Semiotics;Vol. 29; No. 4: p. 448-462 open Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| spellingShingle | Heritage Artefactual Semiotics Architecture Saidi, Umali Heritage, semiotics and innovations: architectural space, object-designs, meanings and implications in sustainable development |
| title | Heritage, semiotics and innovations: architectural space, object-designs, meanings and implications in sustainable development |
| title_full | Heritage, semiotics and innovations: architectural space, object-designs, meanings and implications in sustainable development |
| title_fullStr | Heritage, semiotics and innovations: architectural space, object-designs, meanings and implications in sustainable development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heritage, semiotics and innovations: architectural space, object-designs, meanings and implications in sustainable development |
| title_short | Heritage, semiotics and innovations: architectural space, object-designs, meanings and implications in sustainable development |
| title_sort | heritage, semiotics and innovations: architectural space, object-designs, meanings and implications in sustainable development |
| topic | Heritage Artefactual Semiotics Architecture |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/F4VasvhAGdeKXDsPmhhU/full?target=10.1080/10350330.2018.1443584 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3690 |
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