{"id":1217,"date":"2021-09-28T10:32:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T08:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2021-09-28T10:32:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T08:32:08","slug":"vernacular-architecture-virtual-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/en\/2021\/09\/28\/vernacular-architecture-virtual-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernacular architecture virtual exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1219 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/files\/2021\/09\/vernac-archi-exhbtn-300x106.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"826\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/files\/2021\/09\/vernac-archi-exhbtn-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/files\/2021\/09\/vernac-archi-exhbtn-768x270.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although often overlooked and unappreciated, human dwellings are an essential part of daily life, standing at the centre of work, ceremony, socialization, and human culture. Buildings, much like other artefacts, embody the values and culture of the people who design, construct and inhabit these spaces. This Heritage Month we would like to celebrate our shared cultural heritage through our diverse vernacular architecture and exhibit the creative ingenuity of our South African ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is comprised of items from the James Walton Collection and the Andr\u00e9 Pretorius Collection that are housed at the Special Collections of Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service, and available on SUNDigital.<\/p>\n<p>Take a walk through the <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.sun.ac.za\/c.php?g=1074859\">virtual exhibition<\/a> and immerse yourself in the daily lives of the South African people, through the eyes of their homes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although often overlooked and unappreciated, human dwellings are an essential part of daily life, standing at the centre of work, ceremony, socialization, and human culture. Buildings, much like other artefacts, embody the values and culture of the people who design, construct and inhabit these spaces. This Heritage Month we would like to celebrate our shared &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/en\/2021\/09\/28\/vernacular-architecture-virtual-exhibition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vernacular architecture virtual exhibition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10039,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1217"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/bibnuus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}