“That Is Still our Tradition but in a Modern Form, but it Still Tells our Story”: Transitions in Buildings in Northern Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorAddo, I.A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-22T08:48:17Z
dc.date.available2024-08-22T08:48:17Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractTraditional building practices, which are typically regarded as repositories of heritage and material culture, are undergoing significant transitions in northern Ghana. This transition is evident in the use of building materials other than locally accessible traditional materials. These transitions are driving creativity and innovation as households strive for continuity of tradition, while at the same time, ensuring the sustainability of their buildings. This article analyses the architectural traditions and building practices in northern Ghana using the building work and commentaries of the people of Gbabshe in peri-urban Tamale as a case study. The results show that building practices are transitioning because of environmental changes, migration, wealth accumulation and access to modern building materials and technology. As the peri-urban community becomes urbanised, the people encounter “modern” building styles, which are appropriated into their traditional architecture, resulting in a hybridization of architecture. The innovative tendencies and philosophical continuities of these builders, and the desire to achieve sustainable buildings and the hybridization of Architecture has implications for the future of earth buildings’ relevance, resilience, sustainability, and sociocultural significance in people’s everyday lives.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2022.2151422
dc.identifier.urihttps://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/42350
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of African Cultural Studiesen_US
dc.subjecthybridityen_US
dc.subjectTraditional architectureen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.title“That Is Still our Tradition but in a Modern Form, but it Still Tells our Story”: Transitions in Buildings in Northern Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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