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Funding Source
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State
of Texas Research Enhancement Funds (Texas Tech
University): $1,500, 1992; $2,000, 1993 - Personal
Funds: $6,000 |
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The documentation of the traditional architecture of
western Sumba Island, Indonesia. The research identifies and records the
interrelationships of the architecture of the traditional clan-house, the
lithic ancestral tomb, village organization, and their expressions of
Sumbanese beliefs, customs, and social structure. The research in Wanukaka,
where one of the world’s last megalithic cultures has entered a state of
erosion, provides Joanna Mross the opportunity to explore simultaneously
her academic interest in architecture and the fine arts, and her personal
interests in archeology and anthropology.
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Publications: |
1995
"The Ancestral Tomb and Vernacular House Architecture of Wanukaka,
West Sumba, Indonesia", published and presented in the Conference
Proceedings of the ACSA Bi-Regional (SE/SW) Annual Meeting, University
of Texas Press, San Antonio.
1993 "Research Methods and
Findings: The Traditional Architecture of Wanukaka, West Sumba,"
presented at The Association of Collegiate Schools for Architecture Annual
Regional Meeting, University of Texas at Austin.
1993 "The Ancestral Tomb and
Traditional House Architecture of Wanukaka, West Sumba," presented at
the Fifth International and Interdisciplinary Forum on Built Form and
Cultural Research, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
1993 "The Architecture of
West Sumba: Power Through Culture and Tradition," presented at the 24th
Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA),
Chicago, Illinois.
1992 "The Traditional
Architecture of Sumba Barat: An Expression of Spiritual Belief, Culture
and Social Order," presented and published in the International
Symposium on Architecture and Culture Proceedings, ed. Tim Donais,
Ottawa: School of Architecture, Carleton University Canada. |
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