RECONSTRUCTING MEMORY BY COMMODIFYING HISTORY A STUDY OF THE PHENOMENON IN HISTORIC CAIRO SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY
Nihal Ossama Shaaban Hafez;
Abstract
The research is a reading of the politics of the production of spaces for memory in
Historic Cairo through its heritage practice. It focuses on the practices of foreign
advocates of heritage in Cairo since the nineteenth century starting by the Comité de
Conservation des Monuments d’Art Arabe till the recent practices that started late
twentieth century. Through the case studies approach, archival work and primary
resources, the research raises questions about the intervention of foreign advocates to
recall local memories and the approaches they adopt. It sheds light on two case studies
from two different paradigms: Gayer-Anderson museum and Al-Azhar Park project.
Although both cases are different in scale, time and the final product, they both follow
the same mode of operation (attitude): foreign advocates claim spaces that were
originally owned by local realm through exchanges and deals with local government.
The research pursues the patterns of decontextualization and recontextualization of
different elements to produce spaces for these foreign-made memories
Historic Cairo through its heritage practice. It focuses on the practices of foreign
advocates of heritage in Cairo since the nineteenth century starting by the Comité de
Conservation des Monuments d’Art Arabe till the recent practices that started late
twentieth century. Through the case studies approach, archival work and primary
resources, the research raises questions about the intervention of foreign advocates to
recall local memories and the approaches they adopt. It sheds light on two case studies
from two different paradigms: Gayer-Anderson museum and Al-Azhar Park project.
Although both cases are different in scale, time and the final product, they both follow
the same mode of operation (attitude): foreign advocates claim spaces that were
originally owned by local realm through exchanges and deals with local government.
The research pursues the patterns of decontextualization and recontextualization of
different elements to produce spaces for these foreign-made memories
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| Title | RECONSTRUCTING MEMORY BY COMMODIFYING HISTORY A STUDY OF THE PHENOMENON IN HISTORIC CAIRO SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY | Other Titles | التاريخ كسلعة لإعادة بناء ذاكرة المكان دراسة الظاهرة منذ القرن التاسع عشر تطبيقاً على القاهرة التاريخية | Authors | Nihal Ossama Shaaban Hafez | Issue Date | 2018 |
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