A cloud of things | A network of texts: form, content, politics, and meaning in an Australian architectural periodical

Mark Adrian Sawyer

doi:10.4225/23/5acaddf760d47

A cloud of things | A network of texts: form, content, politics, and meaning in an Australian architectural periodical

Mark Adrian Sawyer

UWA Design School

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This thesis examines the independent Australian architectural periodical Transition, arguing that many of the practices, concepts, and theories explored in that magazine made their way into architectural discourse from across disciplinary and geographic boundaries. The thesis adopts a necessarily multidisciplinary approach, deploying tools from historical and analytic bibliography, sociology, graphic design theory, architectural theory, and semiotics. The periodical is revealed as a gathering of disparate actors, concerns, and interests, which were nonetheless drawn together into a printed, bound, and distributable object, one that has been a significant contributor to the construction of Australian architectural culture.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Westbrook, Nigel, Supervisor Goldswain, Philip, Supervisor
Thesis sponsors	Australian Government Research Training Program
Award date	10 Mar 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4225/23/5acaddf760d47
Publication status	Unpublished - 2017

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