Bangla Bricks: Making and Unmaking Monsoon Grounds
Cullen, B. 2020. Bangla Bricks: Making and Unmaking Monsoon Grounds. Monsoon [+ Other] Grounds Symposium and Exhibition. University of Westminster 21 - 22 Mar 2019 Monsoon Assemblages.
Cullen, B. 2020. Bangla Bricks: Making and Unmaking Monsoon Grounds. Monsoon [+ Other] Grounds Symposium and Exhibition. University of Westminster 21 - 22 Mar 2019 Monsoon Assemblages.
Title | Bangla Bricks: Making and Unmaking Monsoon Grounds |
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Authors | Cullen, B. |
Type | Conference paper |
Abstract | This photo-essay traces the life course of Bangladesh bricks to explore how the monsoon is enmeshed within built environments. It is based on ethnographic observations of brick making in Bangladesh, a terrain within which the monsoon is deeply implicated. Following the cycle of the brick from sediment to clay, from clay to brick and from brick to sediment reveals entanglements of weather, geology and human energies. The mobile materiality of the monsoon is entwined within the very building blocks of Bangladesh’s cities and the infrastructures on which they depend. |
Keywords | brick |
monsoon | |
materiality | |
ethnography | |
photography | |
Year | 2020 |
Conference | Monsoon [+ Other] Grounds Symposium and Exhibition |
Publisher | Monsoon Assemblages |
Publisher's version | |
Publication dates | |
Published | Jan 2020 |
Book title | Monsoon [+ other] Grounds |
Book editor | Bremner, L. |
Cook, J. | |
ISBN | 9780992965716 |
Funder | ERC - European Research Council |
Web address (URL) of conference proceedings | http://monass.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Monsoon-other-Grounds_Online.pdf |
Web address (URL) | https://www.monass.org |