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Goan Architecture ShowcasePost-Modern is often characterised by the pursuit of local and contingent theories unlike the grand and totalising theory of modernism. In architecture, the Po-Mo approach has brought about a keen interest and detailed study of the oft unknown and unrecognised contributors to the field of building - the brick masons, the stone masons, the carpenters, the potters, other craftspersons and also women, whose contribution habitually goes unnoticed.
Recent thinking has also been to reposition architecture into the social sciences, so that architectural development can be seen in conjunction with other areas of culture.
Supported by the Homi Bhabha Fellowships Council, Hidden Hands - Masterbuilders of Goa by Heta Pandit not only presents the architecture of Goan houses through crafts that went to make them; it is also a narrative that attempts to link the historical, environmental, social and cultural framework that has produced the distinctive architectural style of Goa.
While elements of the Pre-Portuguese period exist, it was during the Portuguese rule that a distinctive architectural "Goanese" style evolved. In the Early Phase (1510 A.D-1750 A.D.), the Church and the army played a dominating role. Having come to trade, by force if needed, the major buildings of this period were the fortress-factories and churches and c
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