Religious function of Sagha-Nefar Architecture in Mazandaran on the Qajar era
F. Mahmoudi, Mahmood Tavoosi
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THE PATTERNS OF PROTECTION FOR HOUSING COMMONS: Building Occupations in São Paulo
Abstract This article discusses the reproduction of housing as a commons in São Paulo. It analyzes the occupation of vacant real estate properties and their subsequent transformation into low‐income housing in central São Paulo as instances of commoning.
Daniël Bossuyt, Camila D'Ottaviano
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Spatial layout characteristics of Northern Wei Luoyang: A spatial humanities analysis of the "Record of the Monasteries of Luoyang". [PDF]
Sun R, Liu W.
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The religious-sublime in music, literature and architecture
Claudio Cifuentes-Aldunate
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CARING FOR CATS IN CAIRO: Urban Grammars of Compassion
Abstract At first sight, Cairo is a cruel and harsh city, marked by extreme inequality and offering few resources for the poor. Like other metropolises, Cairo can easily numb its residents to the suffering of others. But it is also a city in which quiet, barely noticeable acts of compassion occur every day.
Amira Mittermaier
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Guiding differently for travelling like them: the Egyptian-Ottoman publicist Safa and his 1913 Arabic guidebook to the late Ottoman capital. [PDF]
Okan OC.
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POWER AND PREJUDICE: The Micropolitics of Electricity Access in Uganda's Urban Informal Settlements
Abstract In this article I examine the micropolitics of electricity access in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda, by drawing on field research conducted in 2022. I argue that local dynamics shape and variegate household‐level experiences with electricity and urge consideration of these micropolitics for effective energy provision.
Penlope Yaguma
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The Symbol at Your Door: Number and Geometry in Religious Architecture in the Greek and Latin Middle Ages by Nigel Hiscock [PDF]
Indra Kagis McEwen
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Spiritual places: Spatial recognition of Tibetan Buddhist spiritual perception. [PDF]
Gadan D, Zhang Z.
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