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Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève: Iron and Knowledge as Materials of Colonization

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Post date April 23, 2021
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Henri Labrouste’s Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve is a building of conflicting ideas. On its classical stone exterior the names of 810 authors inscribe a catalog of the most prominent philosophers, scientists and authors of the time. Within its walls, these same author’s works are housed amidst a modern forest of skeletal iron and glass. Just as Labrouste’s […]

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Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) | Bangkok 1782

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Post date February 16, 2021
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A relic of Thai architecture untouched by colonial influence Wat Phra Kaew The history of Wat Phra Kaew is inextricably entangled in the history of Thailand itself. The building’s lack of colonial architectural influence is a rarity in southeast Asia for buildings of the same era and can be tied to the lack of colonial […]

Tags Buddhism, Crypto-Colonialism, Temple, Thailand