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Settler Nationalism in America
by University of Texas at Austin Architectural History Program
This podcast develops a settler colonial interpretation of "American Architecture" using concepts from settler colonial theory, cultural studies, and architectural history. Each episode interprets one architectural case study found in the University of Texas at Austin's Alexander Archives. This research was completed by students enrolled in an architectural history elective course in the School of Architecture.
Episodes
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The Ninth Ward, New Orleans
This episode examines the Lower Ninth Ward as a case study in the ongoing structure of settler colonialism and its impact on land, vulnerability, and community displacement. Rather than treating Hurricane Katrina as an isolated tragedy that impacted the Lower Ninth Ward, Shannon Lee and Gabriela...
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Levitt & Sons, Levittown, PA (1952)
In this podcast, Fiona Pravida and Olivia Brand examine the long history of Levittown, Pennsylvania to examine the ways that the racial restrictions of settler colonialism evolved into new legalized patterns of racial exclusion in the postwar period. In comparing the language of the Walking...
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Atlantic Terra Cotta Company, New York, NY (1907-1943)
In this episode, Lei'Aylah Anderson-Combee examines the critical role of terracotta as an ornamental material in promoting a Eurocentric conception of American character. Tracing its use in modernizing cities across Texas, Anderson-Combee compares the ways that terracotta ornament and indigenous...
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Colored Carnegie Library, Houston, Texas (1913), William Sydney Pittman architect
In this episode, Allison Frederick examines the ways that the Houston Colored Carnegie Library subversively promoted settler colonial ideas about white supremacy and Black inferiority. In her analysis, she demonstrates the ways that philanthropy, whiteness, and imperialism worked together to keep...
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P. L. Mannen Residence, San Antonio, Texas, Ayers & Ayers Architects (1926)
In this episode, Rohan Bergfield investigates the settler colonial overtones of the L.P. Mannen Residence, a 1926 home that looks like it belongs to the romantic Spanish mission era. This home's mission aesthetic displaces the indigenous Mexican architectural identities originally found on this...
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Brooks County Courthouse, Falfurrias, Texas (1914), Alfred Giles architect
In this episode, Jake Pescatore argues that English architect Alfred Giles' design for the Brooks County Courthouse was the result of a western settler-colonial mindset infecting the world of architecture towards the end of the 19th century. Following the design trends of the time, the...
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Old Main Building at UT Austin, Austin, Texas (1882-1889), The Ruffini Brothers
In this episode, Sriya Katanguru uses the architectural plans and first buildings created for the University of Texas at Austin's campus to analyze the relationship between land, the university, and the state. She finds that both the aesthetic choices and the commercialization of land holdings...
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Mission de Valero (later known as The Alamo), San Antonio, Texas, founded by Fray Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares (1718); restored by Ayers & Ayers Architects (1936)
In this podcast, Joy Delight Presbre discusses they ways 19th century missionaries and 20th century travel agencies and preservationists used mission architectures to construct a white social imaginary to replace the native subjects of San Antonio with new definitions of white indigeneity.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This podcast develops a settler colonial interpretation of "American Architecture" using concepts from settler colonial theory, cultural studies, and architectural history. Each episode interprets one architectural case study found in the University of Texas at Austin's Alexander Archives. This research was completed by students enrolled in an architectural history elective course in the School of Architecture.
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University of Texas at Austin Architectural History Program
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