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TDSR 30.1 TRADITIONAL DWELLINGS AND SETTLEMENTS REVIEW International Association for the Study of JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS Traditional Environments Center for Environmental Design Research 390 Wurster Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-1839 THE POLITICS OF TRADITION FALL 2018 BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OCTOBER 4–7, 2018 | COIMBRA, PORTUGAL | SPECIAL ISSUE — CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS issn # 1050 - 2092 TDSR VOLUME XXX NUMBER I FALL 2018 Editor: Nezar AlSayyad Managing Editor: David Moffat Art Director: Annabelle Ison Production Coordinator: Stuart Chan iaste Executive Coordinator: Salma Abdelfattah Editorial Board Members: Cecilia Chu, University of Hong Kong Yasser Elsheshtawy, United Arab Emirates University Mark Gillem, University of Oregon, Eugene Duanfang Lu, University of Sydney María Moreno-Carranco, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Robert Mugerauer, University of Washington, Seattle Mrinalini Rajagopalan, University of Pittsburgh Mike Robinson, University of Birmingham Ipek Tureli, McGill University Dell Upton, University of California, Los Angeles Marcel Vellinga, Oxford Brookes University Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review (TDSR) is the official publication of the interna- tional association for the study of traditional environments ( iaste). As a semi- annual refereed journal, TDSR acts as a forum for the exchange of ideas and a means to dis- seminate information and report on research activities. All articles submitted to TDSR are eval- uated through a blind peer-review process. TDSR has been funded by grants from the Graham Foundation, the Getty Publication Program, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Environmental Design Research, the University of California at Berkeley, and many others. iaste was established at the First International Symposium on Traditional Dwellings and Settlements held at Berkeley in April 1988. iaste is an interdisciplinary forum where scholars from various disciplines and countries can exchange ideas, discuss methods and approaches, and share findings. As opposed to disciplinary associations, iaste is a nonprofit organization concerned with the comparative and cross-cultural understanding of traditional habitat as an expression of informal cultural conventions. iaste’s purpose is to serve as an umbrella association for all scholars studying vernacular, indigenous, popular and traditional environments. Current activities of iaste include the organization of biennial conferences on selected themes in traditional-environments research, the publication of edited books on selected themes, a public outreach program which includes supporting films and documentaries, and the publication of the Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series, which includes all papers presented at iaste conferences and accepted for publication. iaste membership is open to all who are interested in traditional environments and their re- lated studies. In addition to receiving the Association’s semi-annual journal, TDSR, members are eligible to attend the biennial conference at reduced rates. Subscription to the journal is available only with membership in iaste. Domestic order rates are as follows: Individual, $60 (one year), $110 (two years); Institutional, $120 (one year), $230 (two years). Foreign members add $20 per year for mailing. Libraries, museums, and academic organizations qualify as in- stitutions. Subscriptions are payable in U.S. dollars only (by check drawn on a U.S. bank, U.S. money order, or international bank draft). Send inquiries to: iaste/cedr 390 Wurster Hall #1839 University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-1839 Tel: 510.642.6801 Fax: 510.643.5571 E-mail: [email protected] http://iaste.berkeley.edu TDSR VOLUME XXX NUMBER I FALL 2018 TRADITIONAL DWELLINGS AND SETTLEMENTS REVIEW Journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments © 2018, The International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments. All rights reserved. No part of this pub- lication may be reproduced in any form without prior permission from iaste. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS founder / co-founder iaste advisory council Nezar AlSayyad / Jean-Paul Bourdier Eeva Aarrevaara Morna Livingston Lahti University of Applied Sciences Philadelphia University president & chair Finland u.s.a. executive board Khaled Adham Laurence Keith Loftin Nezar AlSayyad United Arab Emirates University University of Colorado University of California Al Ain, u.a.e. Denver, u.s.a. Berkeley, u.s.a. Stefan Al Mar Loren-Méndez director University of Pennsylvania Seville Universityy Mark Gillem Philadelphia, u.s.a. Spain University of Oregon Joe Aranha Duanfang Lu Eugene, u.s.a. Texas Tech University University of Sydney Lubbock, u.s.a. Australia executive board Heba Ahmed William Bechhoefer Daniel Maudlin Cairo University University of Maryland University of Plymouth Egypt College Park, u.s.a. United Kingdom Howayda Al-Harithy Jeffrey Cody María Moreno-Carranco American University of Beirut Getty Conservation Institute Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Lebanon Los Angeles, u.s.a. Mexico Mohammad Aljassar Howard Davis Robert Mugerauer Kuwait University University of Oregon University of Washington Kuwait Eugene, u.s.a. Seattle, u.s.a. Anne-Marie Broudehoux Renu Desai Nasser Rabbat University of Quebec CEPT University M.I.T. Montreal, Canada Ahmedabad, India Cambridge, u.s.a. Cecilia Chu Dalila Elkerdany Mike Robinson University of Hong Kong Cairo University University of Birmingham China Egypt United Kingdom Hesham Khairy Issa Yasser ElSheshtawy Sofia Shwayri Cairo University United Arab Emirates University Seoul National University Egypt Al Ain, u.a.e. South Korea Chee-Kien Lai Clara Irazábal Gunawan Tjahjono Singapore University of Technology Columbia University University of Indonesia and Design New York, u.s.a. Jakarta, Indonesia Singapore Hasan-Uddin Khan Dell Upton Mrinalini Rajagopalan Roger Williams University University of California University of Pittsburgh Bristol, u.s.a. Los Angeles, u.s.a. u.s.a. Anthony King Marcel Vellinga Ipek Tureli Bristol, England Oxford Brookes University McGill University United Kingdom Montreal, Canada Montira Horayangura Unakul UNESCO Bangkok, Thailand TDSR VOLUME XXX NUMBER I FALL 2018 Contents 13 EDITOR’S NOTE POLITICS AND VERNACULAR MANNERISM IN POLAND Nezar AlSayyad Andrzej Piotrowski POLITICIZATION OF HERITAGE; HERITAGIZATION OF 14 PLENARY SESSION THE INHERITED ON THE POLITICS OF TRADITION AND HERITAGE Abeer Allahham THE POLITICS OF TRADITION: A POSTCOLONIAL CASE TRADITION AND POLITICS: THE TALE OF TWO José Forjaz CAPITALS IN HISTORIC TRAVANCORE AND MODERN KERALA, INDIA PRACTICING AND LIVING URBAN HERITAGE Binumol Tom and Sujakumari L Jyoti Hosagrahar RELATIONS BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND POLITICAL POWER IN LAND MANAGEMENT IN GUINEA-BISSAU 15 PLENARY SESSION Geraldo Pina ARCHITECTURE, PRACTICE, AND THE POLITICS OF TRADITION 20 C.1 MEDIA AND EVENTS FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE: THE LONG DURATION OF THE SPLIT SECOND HOW INDIAN IS THE TAJ MAHAL? EMERGENT Eyal Weizman MYTHOLOGIES AND THE OTHERING OF HERITAGE IN SOCIAL MEDIA BUILDING RACE AND NATION Soumya Dasgupta Mabel Wilson WHO CONTROLS THE CONVERSATION? THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 16 A.1 COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL TRADITIONS Rosemary Latter FORGOTTEN POSTCOLONIAL DREAMS: THE URBAN REAL SPACES OF RESEARCH BECOMING VIRTUAL: PLANS OF SINGAPORE’S FIRST LOCAL GOVERNMENT VISA POLITICS AND THE LACK OF EVERYDAY FREEDOMS FROM 1955 TO 1959 Alison Snyder Chee-Kien Lai PANORAMIC MILITARIZATION: THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL BURNING AND THE ONGOING IMPACT OF URBAN DESIGN IN CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL COLONIALISM IN AUSTRALIA Ayda Melika Campbell Drake RESISTING THE DISCOURSE OF OBEDIENCE: AN URBAN DEVELOPING BUILDING TRADITIONS: THE ETHIO- TRANSFORMATION STORY IN AYAZMA, ISTANBUL SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING TECHNOLOGY IN Meltem Al ADDIS ABABA, 1954–1971 Erik Sigge and Helena Mattsson 23 D.1 EVERYDAY PRACTICES URBAN STREETSCAPES IN MOZAMBIQUE: CHALLENGING COLONIAL-ERA TRADITIONAL EVERYDAY SOCIAL PRACTICES IN KUWAIT’S EVER- INSCRIPTIONS? CHANGING URBAN AND SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS Maria Paula Meneses Lamis Behbehani EVOKING THE PAST, RUINING THE PRESENT: EVERYDAY SHAPING OF THE SECURE CITY: THE CASE UNSUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION OF OF PORTO ALEGRE “POSTCOLONIAL” GOA Fabio Vanin Vishvesh Kandolkar EVERYDAY PRACTICES OF “FUN” AND “RESISTANCE” IN THE STREETS OF TEHRAN Shahrzad Shirvani 18 B.1 TRADITION AND POLITICS SPACE AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN CAIRO’S CITY OF THE NUBIAN TRADITION AND THE PARADOX OF POLITICS DEAD Hisham Gabr, Tarek Abdelhamid, Nouran El-Begermy, and Rim Alaa, Sherif Elfiki, and Ahmed El Antably Lamya El-Sabban 6 TDSR 30.1 25 A.2 CONFLICT AND MEMORY: COMMUNITY SPACE AND 32 D.2 HOUSING FORMS I PLANNING BOTH CITY AND VILLAGE: THE WEST BANK CONSTRUCTING THE POLITICAL IDENTITY OF AN “COMMUNAL SETTLEMENT” AS BRIDGING THE “ELITE”: THE CASE OF SAIDA, LEBANON RURAL-URBAN DIVIDE (1967–2005) Howayda Al-Harithy Yael Allweil POLITICIZED TRADITIONS: THE REPRODUCTION HOMEOWNERSHIP, DESIGN, AND POSTCOLONIALITY: OF SPATIAL CONTESTATION THROUGH THE COMPARING TWO EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAMS MEMORIZATION OF CONFLICT IN PORTUGAL, 1974–82 Gehan Selim Rui Aristedes Lebre RETHINKING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND PORTUGUESE STATE-SUBSIDIZED MULTIFAMILY RESILIENCE IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY HOUSING INITIATIVES: PARADIGMS OF THE Sahera Bleibleh TWENTIETH CENTURY THE LANGUAGE OF A
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