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Collects recent scholarship on modernism which outlines a new
decentred history of global modernism in architecture Over 100
black and white illustrations Contributions from the US, UK, Europe
and Australia
Collects recent scholarship on modernism which outlines a new
decentred history of global modernism in architecture Over 100
black and white illustrations Contributions from the US, UK, Europe
and Australia
Architectural relics of nineteenth and twentieth-century
colonialism dot cityscapes throughout our globalizing world, just
as built traces of colonialism remain embedded within the urban
fabric of many European capitals. Neocolonialism and Built Heritage
addresses the sustained presence and influence of historic built
environments and processes inherited from colonialism within the
contemporary lives of cities in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Novel in
their focused consideration of ways in which these built
environments reinforce neocolonialist connections among former
colonies and colonizers, states and international organizations,
the volume's case studies engage highly relevant issues such as
historic preservation, heritage management, tourism, toponymy, and
cultural imperialism. Interrogating the life of the past in the
present, authors thus challenge readers to consider the roles
played by a diversity of historic built environments in the ongoing
asymmetrical balance of power and unequal distribution capital
around the globe. They present buildings' maintenance, management,
reuse, and (re)interpretation, and in so doing they raise important
questions, the ramifications of which transcend the specifics of
the individual sites and architectural histories they present.
Architectural relics of nineteenth and twentieth-century
colonialism dot cityscapes throughout our globalizing world, just
as built traces of colonialism remain embedded within the urban
fabric of many European capitals. Neocolonialism and Built Heritage
addresses the sustained presence and influence of historic built
environments and processes inherited from colonialism within the
contemporary lives of cities in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Novel in
their focused consideration of ways in which these built
environments reinforce neocolonialist connections among former
colonies and colonizers, states and international organizations,
the volume's case studies engage highly relevant issues such as
historic preservation, heritage management, tourism, toponymy, and
cultural imperialism. Interrogating the life of the past in the
present, authors thus challenge readers to consider the roles
played by a diversity of historic built environments in the ongoing
asymmetrical balance of power and unequal distribution capital
around the globe. They present buildings' maintenance, management,
reuse, and (re)interpretation, and in so doing they raise important
questions, the ramifications of which transcend the specifics of
the individual sites and architectural histories they present.
Through Islamic Architecture Today and Tomorrow, established
experts, designers, and newer scholars from the world of ‘Islamic
architecture’, broadly conceived, consider the field’s changing
nature and continued relevance in our rapidly globalizing context.
Reflective essays address the meaning of ‘Islamic’ in built
environments, as well as the geographical, chronological, and
disciplinary diversity of a dynamic field of study that encompasses
far more than mosques and tombs. Essays address the use and
interpretation of historic structures and spaces, in addition to
contemporary design, conservation, and touristic experience, as
well as research, publication, and pedagogical practices. It
introduces scholars and practitioners to the state of Islamic
architecture as a field of inquiry and provides a snapshot of the
issues and challenges facing the field today. Looking forward, it
invites readers to consider built environments in Islamic contexts
as integral to global systems from an interdisciplinary and
inclusive perspective. While this volume offers nuanced
perspectives on a host of pressing questions, it ultimately aims to
advance a necessarily on-going conversation. The book will have
wide appeal among architectural historians, art historians, and
other scholars working on material in the traditional Islamic
regions of the world (North Africa, the Middle East, and South
Asia) and beyond, as well as scholars of religion and society.
Practicing architects, landscape architects, planners,
preservationists, and heritage managers in the regions addressed
may also be interested in the volume. Essays have been written with
non-specialist and student readers in mind. Undergraduate,
graduate, and design students may use selected essays, or the
entire collection, in university or graduate school coursework in
architecture and Middle Eastern or Islamic studies.
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