Lo-TEK : design by radical indigenism
Record details
- ISBN: 3836578182
- ISBN: 9783836578189
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Physical Description:
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419 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 25 cm - Publisher: Cologne : Taschen, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
General Note: | Book has special binding with only one side fixed to cover. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographcal refereces (pages 410-414) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Wade Davis -- Introduction: The mythology of technology -- Waru Waru agricultural terraces of the Inca, Peru -- Jingkieng Dieng Jri living root bridges of the Khasis, India -- Palayan rice terraces of the Ifugao, Philippines -- Subak rice terraces of the Subak, Bali -- Milpa forest gardens of the Maya, Mexico -- Kihamba forest gardens of the Chagga, Tanzania -- Waffle gardens of the Zuni, New Mexico -- Boma corrals of the Maasai, Kenya -- Qanat underground aqueducts of the Persians, Iran -- Anok corrals of the Ngisonyaka Turkana, Kenya -- Torta reed floating islands of the Uros, Peru -- Al-Tahla floating islands of the Ma'dan, Iraq -- Bheri wastewater aquaculture of the Bengalese, India -- Acadja aquaculture of the Tofinu, Benin -- Sawah Tambak rice-fish aquaculture of the Javanese, Indonesia -- Conclusion: constructing a new mythology. |
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Salt Spring Island Public Library | 700 WAT (Text) | 33123009700072 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-08-13 |