• Globalism: the field has widened and also opened to remote places
• The widening of disciplinary boundaries: the rise of the postcolonial studies and by the impact of environmentalism
• Acceleration of historicity: boundaries between architectural criticism and architectural history have become blurred, there exist new approaches to periodisation.
• Effects of new technologies and media: convenient access to knowledge is a time saver but also sth that makes us lazier.

References

Ockman, J., Progressive Learning, the Architectural Review, full article available here

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