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Addressing the theme of everyday life of urban heritage in divided cities, this paper addresses the quotidian life of an important thoroughfare in the divided city of Nicosia through a tripartite theoretical framework that blends critical reflection on established positions, subjective personal experience, and architectural responses to conflict. Firstly, and mindful of the maturity of the academic discourse surrounding contested cities, the paper begins by acknowledging the broad...
For centuries, genealogy has been a model for historical investigation, associated with antiquarianism and dynastic models. It is a practice long associated with heraldry, dynasty, marriage negotiation, pedigree, and the organization of family. However, in the past two or three decades, genealogy has boomed and is now a global phenomenon with a massive amateur audience. In fact, today, amateur historians produce more history than professional historians. Furthermore, genealogy has become s...
In contexts of mass displacement, communities are uprooted, social networks are dislocated, tradition and norms are misplaced, forgotten, or reinvented, identities become disjointed, and the physical integrity of the body rules supreme. In the flux and disorder of crisis, public health researchers and practitioners have often focused their attention on responding swiftly, sometimes unilaterally, to the least common denominators of health: decreasing mortality, eliminating disease, and incr...
With the increased focus on preserving the past has come scrutiny and criticism of commemorative practices and the “heritage crusade.” One of the main critiques in this regard has been that of the connection between preserving the past and the will to forget. The saliency of this point becomes clear in divided cities and sites of contestation, where the problematic aspect of intentional forgetting is rendered in clear and obvious ways. This paper will focus on this issue by reviewing cultu...
As Laurajane Smith and David C. Harvey have shown, heritage, as a cultural and social phenomenon, is something more than just historical monuments. Heritage, consisting of various elements (including local culture and products, such as food, drinks, recipes passed from generation to generation, as well as of other crafts), can be increased in a continuous process thanks to bigger or smaller communities of people that, among the others, not only feel strong attachment to the place in which ...
The diversity of heritage environments in the Middle East is identified with their unique natural and human vernacular framework. Heritage diversity is a significant characteristic in the region. The objective of this paper is to illustrate their significance specifically in light of the physical environment constraints to their sustainability and What Does Heritage Contribute? This paper explores the diversity of heritage environments in the Middle East which are facing global challenges ...
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