Asking the question of modern architecture in Guadeloupe amounts to examining the transition that affected this « old French colony », which became in 1946 a French department (administrative division), just like her continental sister Guyana and her other insular sister Martinique. by Christian Galpin Attached file to this document : Guadeloupe, the modern transition
The interpretation of opposite points of view between Europe and the Americas has frequently generated deep controversies. Remember the international Euro-American congresses on the Latin American baroque, ever since the first one held in Rome in 1980: European echoes versus specific entities. In fact, the question of the Latin American cultural sphere’s alternative use for [...]
The objective of this research track is to look at the multiplicity of actors that shaped the transfer of European architecture overseas. Research in architectural history traditionally focuses primarily, if not exclusively, on the activity of architects. While a central place will be given to this particular actor of the designing and building process, the [...]
European architecture outside of Europe has been mediated and circulated via publications and public events (gazettes, magazines, journals, exhibitions, conferences). Systematic analysis of a range of these media should help identify canonical designs. Research across a number of European titles can contribute to reveal and question national specificities, or conversely similarities across national contexts. The [...]
This third research track focuses on the mapping of the built environment itself as a key to document and study the coming into being of European architecture outside of Europe and the transnational issues at stake. In comparison with the second research track, which starts from printed media, the focus here is on assembling data [...]
This research track is transversal and interdisciplinary. It will offer support to the researchers involved in the three above-mentioned tracks and will pursue the following activities : 1. It will implement the digital means to be used in order to ensure a continuous and interactive communication among participants in the Action throughout its duration. A [...]