Movement

Dogon Cosmological Reading (Griaule corpus; contested)

1948–
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Mid-twentieth-century French ethnographic reading of Dogon settlement and granary form as cosmological diagram; strongly contested by van Beek 1991 and others.

Cosmos Meaning Sign

Details

Origin
Mali

Referenced by

Sources

  1. van Beek, W. Dogon Restudied. 1991.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Dogon Cosmological Reading (Griaule corpus; contested)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/dogon-cosmology-griaule/. Accessed July 17, 2026.