Lo-tek : design by radical indigenism / Julia Watson ; foreword by Wade Davis.
"Three hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a mythology of technology. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, this mythology ignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation, deeming it primitive. Today, we have slowly come to realize tha...
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| Language: | English |
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Cologne :
Taschen,
[2020]
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| Physical Description: | 418 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Foreword / Wade Davis
- Introduction: The mythology of technology
- Waru Waru agricultural terraces of the Inca, Peru
- Jingkieng Dieng Jri living root bridges of the Khasis, India
- Palayan rice terraces of the Ifugao, Philippines
- Subak rice terraces of the Subak, Bali
- Milpa forest gardens of the Maya, Mexico
- Kihamba forest gardens of the Chagga, Tanzania
- Surangam underground aqueducts of the Malayali, India
- Waitiwina dams of the Enawene-nawe, Brazil
- Apete forest islands of the Kayapo, Brazil
- Waffle gardens of the Zuni, New Mexico
- Boma corrals of the Maasai, Kenya
- Qanat underground aqueducts of the Persians, Iran
- Anok corrals of the Ngisonyaka Turkana, Kenya
- Torta reed floating islands of the Uros, Peru
- Al-Tahla floating islands of the Ma'dan, Iraq
- Bheri wastewater aquaculture of the Bengalese, India
- Acadja aquaculture of the Tofinu, Benin
- Sawah Tambak rice-fish aquaculture of the Javanese, Indonesia
- Conclusion: constructing a new mythology.