Constructing places of memory
Subtitle: tradition, perservation, and gentrification
By: Mohamed El Amrousi [and others]
Contributors: Varanda, Fernando; Belkind, Lara; Cowan, Susanne; International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments; University of California, Berkeley. Center for Environmental Design Research
Series: Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- v. 214; Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- v. 214.
Publisher: International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Identity (Psychology) in architecture; Congresses; Vernacular architecture; Architecture and society; Gentrification; Architecture; Conservation and restoration; Buildings, structures; Cultural property; Protection; World War, 1939-1945; Destruction and pillage; Buildings; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
Notes: Cover title.

Papers presented at the IASTE conference in Oxford, England in December 2008.

"Center for Environmental Design Research ... University of California at Berkeley"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: On the fringes of sacredness : constructing spaces of memory in Abu Dhabi / Mohamed El Amrousi; title: Tradition stereotypes and cultural resistance through traditional forms : the case of Yemen / Fernando Varanda; title: Stealth gentrification : camoflage and commerce on the Lower East Side / Lara Belkind; title: Death versus destruction : the fundamentalist positioning of preservationists during World War II / Susanne Cowan.