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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE AND FURNITURE OF VÂLCEA AND SIBIU COUNTY, ROMANIA IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT [PDF]
Pro Ligno, 2014 The objective of this paper is to address in a critical and synthetic manner Romanian vernacular architecture and traditional furniture in a European context.
Biborka BARTHA, Marina CIONCA
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Application of vernacular architectural ideas in New Saffein Village of Kish Island [PDF]
, 2011 The vernacular architecture of Iran is a result of a long time process of both social and cultural developments which have expanded all over the country.
Abdullah, John Ashraf Lucas +2 more
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2019 Due to the increasing pressure brought by recent global environmental problems, building designers are embracing regionalism and the knowledge of traditional structures, arguing that these structures are energy efficient and highly sustainable.
Anh Tuan Nguyen +3 more
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Newton Hall and the cruck buildings of North West England [PDF]
, 2010 This study is an introduction to the archaeology and history of Newton Hall, Hyde, in Tameside. As a timber-framed cruck building from the late medieval period it is one of the oldest homes in North West England, and was one of the first such buildings ...
Nevell, MD
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Contributing to global urban history, planning theory and the geography of ideas, this article discusses the travels of Henri Lefebvre’s The Right to the City in the wake of May 1968, in France. That year, under the direction of Mario González and Max Baquero, a small team including the Italian architect Vittorio Garatti, French planner Jean ...
William Kutz
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VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE AS AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN APPROACH With Interpretation of Paul Ricoeurs Critical Theory [PDF]
, 2016 The aim of this study is to find an alternative design approach that can answer the challenges of global warming and universalization. By conducting a study on the possibility of vernacular architecture as one of the alternative design approaches, to ...
Hidayatun, Maria Immaculata +2 more
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AUGURAL TERRITORIES: On the Prophetic Organizing of the Mid‐range
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article I introduce the concept of augural territories to theorize the urbanism that emerged during pandemic lockdowns. I draw on ethnographic research in Madrid to examine how community‐based responses—including mutual aid networks, food pantries and neighbourhood associations—disrupted the spatial and temporal logics of territorial ...
Alberto Corsín Jiménez
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VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE IN JAKARTA AND SURROUNDINGS [PDF]
, 2011 The city of Batavia as a native of Jakarta, is believed by many experts is a fusion of several ethnic groups who lived together for several centuries, such as the Sundanese, Javanese, Arabic, Balinese, Bugis, Sumbawa; Ambon, Chinese and Malays ...
Wahyudi, Agung
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