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Spirit structures of Papua New Guinea : art and architecture in the Kaiaimunucene / Michael Hirschbichler ; part I translated from German by Melanie Janet Sindelar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hirschbichler, Michael, author.
- Series:
- Routledge research in architecture
- Standardized Title:
- Mythische Konstruktionen. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Spirit houses (Religious facilities)--Papua New Guinea.
- Spirit houses (Religious facilities).
- Architecture and anthropology--Papua New Guinea.
- Architecture and anthropology.
- Art and anthropology--Papua New Guinea.
- Art and anthropology.
- Papua New Guinea--Religion.
- Papua New Guinea.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 269 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Michael Hirschbichler works across the disciplines of art, architecture, and anthropology. He is the director of Atelier Hirschbichler and a researcher at TU Delft. His work focuses on spatial constructions in the Anthropocene/Kaiaimunucene, with a particular emphasis on the interrelationship between their material and immaterial aspects (narratives, memories, ideologies, beliefs), between facts and cultural fictions. Michael Hirschbichler studied at ETH Zurich and Humboldt Universitt̃ zu Berlin and completed his doctoral dissertation on "Mythical Constructions" at Berlin University of the Arts. He was a lecturer at ETH Zurich, avisiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and director of the Architecture Program at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology. He is a recipient of the Rome Prize by the German Academy Villa Massimo.
- Contents:
- Mythological landscapes
- Cosmos of signs
- Social assemblages
- Ritual spaces
- Art and architecture in the Kaiaimunucene : a transformative conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 18, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hirschbichler, Michael. Spirit structures of Papua New Guinea
- ISBN:
- 9781003384762
- 1003384765
- 9781040035597
- 1040035590
- 9781040035504
- 1040035507
- Publisher Number:
- 40032388269
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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