Theorist

Walter E. A. van Beek

1943–present ethnography of West Africa; critic of Griaule

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Details

Nationality: Dutch

Notes

University of Utrecht; Tilburg.

Connections

associated with Dogon Cosmological Reading (Griaule corpus; contested)
critiqued Marcel Griaule
authored Dogon Restudied: A Field Evaluation of the Work of Marcel Griaule

Sources

van Beek, Walter E. A. Dogon Restudied: A Field Evaluation of the Work of Marcel Griaule. 1991.

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First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Walter E. A. van Beek." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/walter-van-beek/. Accessed July 17, 2026.