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Full-Text Articles in Architecture
Heritage Sites, Leah Burke
Heritage Sites, Leah Burke
Masters Theses
A written thesis to accompany the M.F.A. Exhibition Heritage Sites, in which vignettes of the artist’s personal and familial narratives become a backdrop for examining themes such as global tourism, the notion of universal heritage, and questioning Puerto Rico as a postcolonial place. A two channel short video layers archival imagery with original material to examine the ways Puerto Rico has been represented and misrepresented personally and globally.
The Cultural Landscape Of As-Salt, Jordan: Keys To World Heritage Nomination, Dania Khlaifat
The Cultural Landscape Of As-Salt, Jordan: Keys To World Heritage Nomination, Dania Khlaifat
Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Masters Projects
As-Salt, a city in Jordan, has undergone heritage enhancement projects since the 1990s and is currently undergoing a heritage regeneration project in its downtown core, in preparation for potential World Heritage designation. Consequently, the State Party representing As-Salt submitted a report in 2015 to UNESCO for World Heritage Nomination.
The report was entitled “Arab Eclecticism - Foundation and evolution of an Architectural School in the city of As-Salt (1860-1925)”. It focused mainly on the architectural image of the city. Unfortunately, the report was unsuccessful in proving the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of As-Salt, a value used by UNESCO to determine …