
Architecture + Infrastructures Working Paper Series 2: Colonial and Post-Colonial Landscapes: Architecture, Cities and Labour
Editors: Beatriz Serrazina and Francesca Vita
Series Coordinator: Ana Vaz Milheiro
Design: vivóeusébio
Edition: 1st Edition
Editor: Dinâmia’CET-Iscte, 2026
Format: Printed and Digital

Editor’s note
Beatriz Serrazina, Francesca Vita

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