Consuming myths, globalizing traditions
By: Yasser Elsheshtawy, Ali Alraouf, Mennat El-Husseiny
Contributors: 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 -- volume 249; Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- v. 249.
Publisher: International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: Architecture; Congresses; Philosophy; Architecture and society
Notes: Cover title.

Selected papers from the 2012 IASTE conference.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Museums in Arabia and the myth of cultural enlightenment / Yasser Elsheshtawy; title: The myth of urban diversity: the tale of two souqs in two gulf cities, Manama and Doha / Ali Alraouf; title: Egyptian state-led competitions: between political agendas and the myth of the "space of possible" / Mennat El-Husseiny.