Homogenisation of representations / edited by Mobjtaba Sadria.

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

230 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm

"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.

9781848856257 (paperback)
1848856253 (paperback)

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.

Conference papers (document genres)
Conference papers and proceedings.

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

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 287429
Cote: BIB 228478
Statut: Disponible