The power and politics of tradition
By: Hesham Khairy Issa, Alison B. Snyder, Daniela V. de Freitas Simões, Eliana Abu-Hamdi, James Steele
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 263; Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- v. 263.
Publisher: IASTE; CEDR
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Architecture and state; Congresses; Public spaces; Vernacular architecture; Architecture and society
Notes: Cover title.

Selected papers from the 2014 IASTE Conference.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The space of 'self-contained' in post-Arab Spring cities: power and social justice in Cairene suburbs / Hesham Khairy Issa; title: Experiencing government power on the streets of Istanbul / Alison B. Snyder; title: On whose tradition in the Portuguese architectural press: deconstructing narratives and agents / Daniela V. de Freitas Simões; title: The gate towers of Amman: the surrender of public space to build a neoliberal ruin / Eliana Abu-Hamdi; title: The fabrication of hegemony and post-colonial identity at Putrajaya / James Steele.