Cultural capital and the reinvention of heritage
By: Khaled Adham [and others]
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 -- v. 221; Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- v. 221.
Publisher: International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Vernacular architecture; Congresses; Heritage tourism; Historic preservation; Architecture; Conservation and restoration; Economic aspects; Political aspects
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: The theming of Arabia : cultural capitalism and the re-invention of tradition in the Persian Gulf / Khaled Adham; title: Regenerating urban traditions in Bahrain learning from Al-Bahrain : the authentic fake / Ali Alraouf; title: The future of the bayt arabi : preserving or re-creating a Syrian tradition / Fadah Totah; title: Tradition, tourism, and technology : epistemologies of resilience in Freiburg im Breisgau / Robert Mugerauer; title: "Norman" architecture : perception of origin and power in Irish cultural heritage / Marion McGarry and Hisham Elkadi.