Author Description

1. Primitive: The Word And Concept / Adrian Forty -- 2. The Primitive As Modern Problem: Invention And Crisis / Dalibor Vesely -- 3. Origins Redefined: A Tale Of Pigs And Primitive Huts / Mari Hvattum -- 4. The Primitive Hut: Fantasies Of Survival In An All-white World / Lorens Holm -- 5. Gottfried Semper's Primitive Hut: Duration, Construction And Self-creation / Jonathan A. Hale -- 6. Mineral Matters: Formation And Transformation / Richard Weston -- 7. Post-colonizing The Primitive / Felipe Hernandez And Lea Knudsen Allen -- 8. Notes For An Alternative History Of The Primitive Hut / Stephen Cairns. Edited By Jo Odgers, Flora Samuel And Adam Sharr. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 273-277) And Index.