- Mar 2025
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journals.openedition.org journals.openedition.org
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He participated in an American university practice of admitting foreign students to enlarge the English-language corpus on interdisciplinary and international material; some of his protégés went back to their home countries (Turkey, Brazil) but others took their specializations in areas such as Asian urbanism or their research into Sri Lankan modes of town planning to enrich and expand US university curricula.
King would utilize the varied backgrounds of international students to create a more encompassing view of the material he taught, which then allowed for students to move into the design world utilizing means of design from different countries and introducing them to new areas.
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As editor of the 1991 compendium Culture, Globalization and the World-System, with its important injection of post-colonial theory into world-system thinking, King was one of many who brought the anti-hegemonic components of post-colonial inquiry into the study of architecture, but in a very accessible way (King, 1991)
Compendium - a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject
Anti-hegemonic - in opposition to hegemony, which can be defined as dominance over a group
Rephrasing for clarification: Anthony D. King, editor of a collection of information about Globalization, was one of the many contributors who wrote against the popular beliefs surrounding architecture in a post-colonial world. he did so especially accessibly.
How can architecture relate specifically to post colonialism and what effects does that have on design?
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One scholar tirelessly expanding the art-historical ambit in such directions was Anthony D. King, a historian of urbanism who had appointments in sociology as well as art history at the University of Binghamton until his retirement in 2006.
Anthony D. King - well known Architecture historian
University of Binghamton - public university in Binghampton, NY. Focuses on research
Urbanism - a way of life specific to a geographical location
Art historical ambit - the scope of commonly discussed art history
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