Aims

By the end of the course, students will be able to :Understand the contribution of the basic human sciences to the discipline of architecture;Identify the fundamental concepts of anthropology, locate the broad dimensions of humanness, and understand the consequences concerning the place of architecture within human culture; Know the major moments and structures of humanness: tools, language, the relation to death, sexuality, the image, and the relation to space and place.

Main themes

After explaining the epistemological specificity of the human sciences, and of anthropology in particular, the course will address systematically the broad dimensions that constitute humanness (tools, language, the relation to death, sexuality, the image, memory) and will situate within them the functions of inhabitation, of architecture, and the relation to places within a territory. The essential currents and authors of anthropological thinking will be identified and explored. Cultural factors, both variable and invariable, will be questioned: nomadic and sedentary, rural and urban cultures will be examined. What are the differences among them? What similarities? The course will question the place of our culture - and particularly our present cultural moment - within the larger human structures and histories.

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Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

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