{"podcast":{"title":"A is for Architecture Podcast","slug":"a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985","podcast_index_feed_id":4885985,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6123d53c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://linktr.ee/AisforArchitecturePodcast?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnCGrgtkfHCX8az9QUdgkogeS1FuGmRof_9ezHrdQhJWXkvMPEGnO4uL1fj9w_aem_eRaQzK_kKC7Z47Hp01zBXg","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16197383/16197383-1736374370337-6056a54ee71eb.jpg","author":"Ambrose Gillick","episode_count":208,"summary":"Explore the world of architecture with the A is for Architecture Podcast hosted by Ambrose Gillick. Through conversations with designers, scholars and practitioners, Ambrose unpacks the creative and theoretical dimensions of architecture. Whether you're a professional, student, or design enthusiast, the A is for Architecture Podcast offers the best insights into how buildings shape society and society shapes buildings. To keep it free and good, subscribe to the podcast on Patreon. The podcast is not affiliated with Ambrose's place of works.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T14:20:32.969281+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985"},"episode":{"title":"Itohan Osayimwese: Africa, ornament and architecture.","slug":"itohan-osayimwese-africa-ornament-and-architecture","published_at":"2026-03-05T22:19:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985/itohan-osayimwese-africa-ornament-and-architecture","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ambrose-gillick/episodes/Itohan-Osayimwese-Africa--ornament-and-architecture-e3g0ko6","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6123d53c/podcast/play/116461766/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-5%2F5e49f126-521c-35be-9efd-6ce025798b74.mp3","summary":"In Episode 192 of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Itohan Osayimwese, Professor of the History of Art & Architecture and Urban Studies and Department Chair at Brown University, discusses small parts of her big book, Africa's Buildings: Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage , published with Princeton University Press in October last year. In our conversation, Itohan argues that during the age of European empire, colonizers not only expropriated African art and artifacts but systematically – strategically - dismembered buildings, removing them piece-by-piece. In doing so, structural and ornamental components became, in the alienating setting of European and North American museums, reduced to craft artefacts, denuded of weight and depth of cultural knowledge and meaning. This fragmentation, Itohan argues, has contributed to scholarly and popular silences about African architectural histories, erasing built environments as sites of cultural expression, social life and technological innovation. The book reframes these displaced elements as architecture proper, challenging stereotypes that reduce African building traditions to tasteful ethnographic curiosities, arguing instead that they might be better seen as potential tools for restitution and repair. Itohan can be found at work here . The book is linked above. + Music credits: ⁠Bruno Gillick Image credits: Main: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Book cover: ©Martin Franken #AfricanArchitecture #ColonialLoot #CulturalHeritage #RestitutionAfrica #DecolonizingArchitecture","meta_description":"In Episode 192 of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Itohan Osayimwese, Professor of the History of Art & Architecture and Urban Studies and Departmen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4267,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985/episodes/itohan-osayimwese-africa-ornament-and-architecture/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985/itohan-osayimwese-africa-ornament-and-architecture.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}