LA LOINGTAINE
PUBLISHING
La Loingtaine Publishing is an independent micro-publisher dedicated to the dissemination of original, research-based publications across languages, cultures, and disciplines.
Drawing on an international network of contributors and collaborators, we produce rigorously edited and carefully designed books in multiple languages, including non-European scripts. Our programme focuses on cultural heritage and forms of intangible knowledge, with particular attention to the relationships between culture and science.
La Loingtaine Publishing aims to contribute to the development of cultural heritage studies by providing a platform for innovative and cross-disciplinary research, including work engaging with the historical and epistemological dimensions of knowledge. Our publications give space to forms of inquiry and traditions of thought – both Western and non-Western – that remain largely absent from mainstream publishing.
We place strong emphasis on editorial quality, visual coherence, and the development of richly illustrated works. Each book is conceived as a contribution to ongoing reflection: a place where knowledge, form, and image meet.
Our publications are conceived as long-term reference resources and are intended to support teaching and curriculum development in emerging fields of study.
La Loingtaine Publishing est une micro-maison d’édition indépendante dédiée à la diffusion de travaux de recherche originaux à l’intersection des langues, des cultures et des disciplines. S’appuyant sur un réseau international de collaboratrices et collaborateurs, elle conçoit des publications rigoureusement éditées et soigneusement réalisées, en plusieurs langues, y compris dans des systèmes d’écriture non européens. Son programme porte sur le patrimoine culturel et les formes de savoirs immatériels, avec une attention particulière aux relations entre culture et science ainsi qu’à leurs dimensions historiques et épistémologiques. La maison d’édition vise à contribuer au développement des études sur le patrimoine culturel en offrant une plateforme à des recherches innovantes, transdisciplinaires et encore peu représentées. Ses publications, souvent richement illustrées, sont conçues comme des ouvrages de référence destinés à soutenir l’enseignement et le développement de curricula dans des champs émergents.
INVITATION TO CONTACT US
If you are developing a project you would like to discuss, we welcome you to contact us by email, letter, or telephone. Please note that we do not provide funding and do not commission publications.
Our logo is a Japanese sign meaning:
the house where a river runs by –
just as La Loingtaine Publishing takes its name after the property that extends right down to the river Loing.
CURRENT NEWS
We are delighted to finally be able to release our first printed volume – ‘SAMOA’S ICONIC
FALE: How Culture Informs Architecture’ by La‘auli Peter Higginson and Philippe Lair.
The book not only is the result of years of information-gathering and research by the authors but also of a long process of checking and elaborating the collected material into a coherent and up-to-date monograph on Samoan traditional architecture and its meaning in contemporary society. The book’s detailed description of the most important manifestation of Samoan heritage – the Faletele and Faleafolau, will be a key reference for anyone interested in Samoan and Pacific culture.
We believe, however, that beyond Samoa and its readers, the book will find a global audience of academics and laymen interested in the traditional dwellings and their manifestations of a society’s beliefs and values – the interdependence between intangible and tangible aspects of a culture.
To celebrate the occasion we organized a small book reception at La Loingtaine the 19 Nov. 2023. Etienne Clément, Director for UNESCO’s Pacific Office in Samoa 2013-2015, gave a small introduction to the book, which you can find under the review section ‘What others say’ below.
If you are interested in buying the book, in writing a review or have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will love to hear from you.
In the meantime, we are working with new and exciting projects.
OUR BOOKS
BOOK NO 1
BOOK NO 2
