amplify: verb. to make larger, greater, or stronger; to enlarge; extend; to expand in stating or describing, as by details or illustrations; to clarify by expanding….to discourse at length… For three days in early July 2018, I worked with undergraduate, masters, and PhD students as one of three workshop tutors in the Accra Architecture Writing Workshop,… Continue reading Amplifying Local Voices on Ghana’s Built Environment: Accra Architecture Writing Workshop
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Colonial PR Films Provide Window into Africa’s More Recent Past
The UK’s Colonial Film Catalogue, a database of more than 6000 films (150 viewable online) provides an impressive, although subjective, window into the peoples living under British colonial rule. Although at times condescending, these videos find their value in providing a fantastic trip through time into life in these places. Many of the films I have… Continue reading Colonial PR Films Provide Window into Africa’s More Recent Past