Homogenisation of representations / edited by Mobjtaba Sadria.

Title & Author:

Homogenisation of representations / edited by Mobjtaba Sadria.

Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : Aga Khan Award for Architecture, [2012]

Description:

230 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
Papers from the second of two Knowledge Construction Workshops organised by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, held in Vancouver, February 26-28, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references.
Section One. Foundations -- Section Two. Building blocks -- Section Three. Building bridges.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP30.00 0.

Summary:

"Modern scholarship recognises the plurality of societies and modernities in the age of globalisation, but does it follow that plurality is now represented at all levels of society? How is plurality - or countering trends towards homogeneity - literally built in to our everyday environments and our social worlds? Here, a leading group of thinkers and practitioners from diverse backgrounds discuss the evidence for the homogenisation of representations in the built environment - in cities, architecture and material cultural heritage - and in the lived environment of culture, politics and economics. Drawing upon a range of disciplinary approaches and ethnographic examples from cities around the world, this volume identifies contemporary and historical dimensions of the dynamics of pluralisation and homogenisation. It represents a major new contribution to the debates about modernity, architecture and the complex processes shaping cities and citizens"--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9781848856257 (paperback)
1848856253 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture and society Congresses.
City planning Social aspects Congresses.
Cultural pluralism Religious aspects Islam Congresses.
Architecture and society.
Architecture et société Congrès.
Diversité culturelle Aspect religieux Islam Congrès.
City planning Social aspects.
Cultural pluralism Religious aspects Islam.

Form/genre:

Conference papers (document genres)
Conference papers and proceedings.

Added entries:

Sadria, M. (Modjtaba), 1949- editor.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Organization), publisher, issuing body.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287429
Call No.: BIB 228478
Status: Available

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