ARCHLABOUR

Architecture, Colonialism and Labour 

“ArchLabour: Architecture, Colonialism and Labour” develops a theoretical framework for assessing mass labour in former colonial territories, in order to shine a spotlight on invisible workers, thus establishing a connection between historical subalternity and today’s inequalities. read more

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Colonial and Post-colonial Landscapes International Congress 11-13 February 2026
Conference

Colonial and Post-colonial Landscapes International Congress 11-13 February 2026

Jul 21, 2025 1 min read
On What Material Do You Want It to be Made…? Negotiations and Colonial Building Sites in African Territories Under Late Portuguese Rule (Working Paper)
Ana Vaz MilheiroWorking Papers

On What Material Do You Want It to be Made…? Negotiations and Colonial Building Sites in African Territories Under Late Portuguese Rule (Working Paper)

Sep 30, 2025 2 min read
Mining Labor, Housing, and Building Sites Across Central Africa (Working Paper)
Beatriz SerrazinaWorking Papers

Mining Labor, Housing, and Building Sites Across Central Africa (Working Paper)

Sep 30, 2025 1 min read
The prohibition of the trafficking of Asian labourers in the Atlantic at the end of XIX century
CommunicationSónia Pereira Henrique

The prohibition of the trafficking of Asian labourers in the Atlantic at the end of XIX century

Sep 11, 2025 3 min read
Architecture and resistance: the construction of the Strategic Villages in the Zambezi Valley, Mozambique (1970-1973)
CommunicationAna Vaz MilheiroFrancesca Vita

Architecture and resistance: the construction of the Strategic Villages in the Zambezi Valley, Mozambique (1970-1973)

Jul 18, 2025 2 min read
Material, labour, construction sites. The military reordering of rural areas in Guinea-Bissau (1968-1974)
CommunicationFrancesca Vita

Material, labour, construction sites. The military reordering of rural areas in Guinea-Bissau (1968-1974)

Jun 6, 2025 3 min read
On What Material Do You Want It to be Made…? Negotiations and Colonial Building Sites in African Territories under Late Portuguese Rule
CommunicationAna Vaz Milheiro

On What Material Do You Want It to be Made…? Negotiations and Colonial Building Sites in African Territories under Late Portuguese Rule

May 26, 2025 4 min read
The bungalow: counter-histories of a global colonial home
CommunicationFrancesca Vita

The bungalow: counter-histories of a global colonial home

May 25, 2025 3 min read
Mining Labor, Housing and Building Sites in Late Colonialism across Central Africa
CommunicationBeatriz Serrazina

Mining Labor, Housing and Building Sites in Late Colonialism across Central Africa

May 26, 2025 3 min read
Colonial Building Sites: Labour, Skills and Construction Technologies
Ana Vaz MilheiroBeatriz SerrazinaPanel

Colonial Building Sites: Labour, Skills and Construction Technologies

May 26, 2025 3 min read
Waterford Kamhlaba: nove frames de um estaleiro habitado (notas de campo)
Book ChapterAna Vaz Milheiro

Waterford Kamhlaba: nove frames de um estaleiro habitado (notas de campo)

May 24, 2025 2 min read
Colonial Public Works: Architecture Beyond Labor Subalternity
Ana Vaz MilheiroFrancesca VitaPanel

Colonial Public Works: Architecture Beyond Labor Subalternity

May 1, 2025 3 min read
Building the Benguela Railway: laborers and construction skills
CommunicationBeatriz Serrazina

Building the Benguela Railway: laborers and construction skills

May 1, 2025 3 min read
Capitalist Colonization vs. Assisted Colonization: Italian Practices Highlighted in the Colonization of Angola (1925–1971)
CommunicationAna Vaz MilheiroFilipa Fiúza

Capitalist Colonization vs. Assisted Colonization: Italian Practices Highlighted in the Colonization of Angola (1925–1971)

Apr 11, 2025 2 min read
Trânsitos coloniais e gênero
CourseExhibitionAna Vaz Milheiro

Trânsitos coloniais e gênero

Apr 3, 2025 1 min read
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