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Exploring the Science of Vhavenda Traditional Architectural Design and Building Technology

Exploring the Science of Vhavenda Traditional Architectural Design and Building Technology

Thizwilondi Joanbeth Madima, Eric Ndivhuho Mathoho, Livhuwani Daphney Tshikukuvhe, Ekene Kingsley Amaechi
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781799874928|ISBN10: 1799874923|EISBN13: 9781799874935
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7492-8.ch010
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MLA

Madima, Thizwilondi Joanbeth, et al. "Exploring the Science of Vhavenda Traditional Architectural Design and Building Technology." Handbook of Research on Protecting and Managing Global Indigenous Knowledge Systems, edited by Rendani Tshifhumulo and Tshimangadzo Justice Makhanikhe, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 162-184. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7492-8.ch010

APA

Madima, T. J., Mathoho, E. N., Tshikukuvhe, L. D., & Amaechi, E. K. (2022). Exploring the Science of Vhavenda Traditional Architectural Design and Building Technology. In R. Tshifhumulo & T. Makhanikhe (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Protecting and Managing Global Indigenous Knowledge Systems (pp. 162-184). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7492-8.ch010

Chicago

Madima, Thizwilondi Joanbeth, et al. "Exploring the Science of Vhavenda Traditional Architectural Design and Building Technology." In Handbook of Research on Protecting and Managing Global Indigenous Knowledge Systems, edited by Rendani Tshifhumulo and Tshimangadzo Justice Makhanikhe, 162-184. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7492-8.ch010

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Abstract

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?

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