Urban Heritage and the Politics of the Present: Perspectives from the Middle East
Mona Fawaz (ed.), - 2006
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This edited volume brings together a collection of critical investigations in local and regional practices of urban heritage preservation. First presented in City Debates 2005, the essays document case-studies and critical inquiries that scrutinize how urban design and planning practices have approached the question of heritage preservation. Panelists addressed the cutural and political dimensions of urban heritage projects in relation to history and its active interpretations, probing questions about how romanticized versions of history are created, whether through the "museumification" of urban monuments or urban quarters or the circulation of particular images of tradition.
The book brings together 12 papers, 4 commentaries and an introduction taken from six regional contexts and presented by local and international authors. Among those, one can find both professional/practicing designers and planners and scholars, confronting hence the worlds of theory and practice to generate productive discussions.
The book brings together 12 papers, 4 commentaries and an introduction taken from six regional contexts and presented by local and international authors. Among those, one can find both professional/practicing designers and planners and scholars, confronting hence the worlds of theory and practice to generate productive discussions.
