Verlorenvlei vernacular : a structuralist analysis of Sandveld folk architecture

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dc.contributor.advisorHall, Martinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGribble, Johnen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-20T12:30:27Z
dc.date.available2016-09-20T12:30:27Z
dc.date.issued1990en_ZA
dc.description.abstractA sample of 41 vernacular houses from the Verloenvlei and Lange Vlei valleys in the Sandveld on the Cape West coast, have been subjected to a structuralist analysis of their form. As elements of human material culture these houses represent the physical objectification of invisible culture. They are the products of a culturally dictated mental process of design, and in their form reflect the successful mediation by their creators of a set of binary oppositions common to all human experience. The mental rules that guide this process of design, and therefore account for the physical form of the object, are called the artifactual competence. Because, as a product of this competence, an artifact has implicit within its form the set of rules that account for its being, it is theoretically possible, through an inductive analysis of artifactual form, to isolate this set of relational rules. The houses in the sample were all carefully recorded and then compared and contrasted. This resulted in the creation of a statement of architectural competence for Verlorenvlei vernacular architecture, based upon which an explanation of its function as an element of human material culture, and a participant in human social relations was attempted.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGribble, J. (1990). <i>Verlorenvlei vernacular : a structuralist analysis of Sandveld folk architecture</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21820en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGribble, John. <i>"Verlorenvlei vernacular : a structuralist analysis of Sandveld folk architecture."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21820en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGribble, J. 1990. Verlorenvlei vernacular : a structuralist analysis of Sandveld folk architecture. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gribble, John AB - A sample of 41 vernacular houses from the Verloenvlei and Lange Vlei valleys in the Sandveld on the Cape West coast, have been subjected to a structuralist analysis of their form. As elements of human material culture these houses represent the physical objectification of invisible culture. They are the products of a culturally dictated mental process of design, and in their form reflect the successful mediation by their creators of a set of binary oppositions common to all human experience. The mental rules that guide this process of design, and therefore account for the physical form of the object, are called the artifactual competence. Because, as a product of this competence, an artifact has implicit within its form the set of rules that account for its being, it is theoretically possible, through an inductive analysis of artifactual form, to isolate this set of relational rules. The houses in the sample were all carefully recorded and then compared and contrasted. This resulted in the creation of a statement of architectural competence for Verlorenvlei vernacular architecture, based upon which an explanation of its function as an element of human material culture, and a participant in human social relations was attempted. DA - 1990 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1990 T1 - Verlorenvlei vernacular : a structuralist analysis of Sandveld folk architecture TI - Verlorenvlei vernacular : a structuralist analysis of Sandveld folk architecture UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21820 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21820
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGribble J. Verlorenvlei vernacular : a structuralist analysis of Sandveld folk architecture. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 1990 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21820en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFarmhouses - South Africa - Verlorenvleien_ZA
dc.subject.otherMaterial culture - South Africa - Verlorenvleien_ZA
dc.titleVerlorenvlei vernacular : a structuralist analysis of Sandveld folk architectureen_ZA
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