Exploring the Science of Vhavenda Traditional Architectural Design and Building Technology

Thizwilondi Joanbeth Madima, Eric Ndivhuho Mathoho, L. D. Tshikukuvhe, Ekene Kingsley Amaechi
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Before now, historiographies and archival accounts of African innovations have often been told from mainly a Western and Eurocentric perspective. This chapter aims to expand this argument. It does this through a philosophical appraisal of the trajectory of progression in the traditional architectural designs and building technologies in the pre-colonial Vhavenda communities. This means exploring the scientific bases behind the progression of the different shapes and forms of the architectural designs and the building technology in the traditional Vhavenda communities. What counts is not whether these progressions have followed a Eurocentric notion of science, but rather unearthing the local rationale within which they are justified, and are hence ought to be regarded as “science.” Following these objectives, two questions are very important: (1) What are the major changes in the traditional Vhavenda architectural designs and building infrastructures? (2) How are these changes justified within the Vhavenda indigenous knowledge system?
探索瓦文达传统建筑设计与建筑技术的科学
在此之前,关于非洲创新的史学和档案记录通常主要是从西方和欧洲中心的角度来讲述的。本章旨在扩展这一论点。它通过对前殖民时期Vhavenda社区传统建筑设计和建筑技术发展轨迹的哲学评估来做到这一点。这意味着探索传统Vhavenda社区中不同形状和形式的建筑设计和建筑技术背后的科学基础。重要的不是这些进步是否遵循了一种以欧洲为中心的科学观念,而是揭示了它们被证明是合理的、因此应该被视为“科学”的当地理论基础。遵循这些目标,有两个问题非常重要:(1)传统的Vhavenda建筑设计和建筑基础设施的主要变化是什么?(2)这些变化如何在Vhavenda土著知识体系中得到证明?
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