Welcome to the SAH Indigenous Architecture Affiliate Group!

Mission

The SAH Indigenous Architecture Affiliate Group aims to build a community of scholars whose work focuses on Indigenous architecture. The group defines Indigenous architecture as architecture designed by or for Indigenous people and considers architecture in a broader sense to include not only buildings, but how people define and use space on the land, how they create buildings in response to their worldviews, and how they foster reciprocal relationships with the natural world.

Members can connect and collaborate on research and plan SAH paper sessions and SAH Connects virtual programs that focus on Indigenous architecture. In addition, the group aims to increase publications on Indigenous architecture and increase the representation of Indigenous architecture within SAH publications such as Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, SAH Archipedia, and the BUS book series along with more general publications such as surveys of architectural history. The group aims to support and mentor Indigenous students of architecture and architectural history.

Please note this site is currently under construction.