9. Tradition Versus Modernity in Heritage Preservation Discourse in Postcolonial Morocco-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

9. Tradition Versus Modernity in Heritage Preservation Discourse in Postcolonial Morocco

Published:2024-04-10 Issue: Volume: Page:163-176
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Container-title:Tangible and Intangible Heritage in the Age of Globalisation
language:en
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Author:

Lamzah Assia¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. National School of Architecture

Abstract

Assia Lamzah analyses the dualities between Orientalism and Occidentalism and their consequences for heritage in postcolonial Morocco. She questions the dichotomies long used in architecture and urban planning, such as traditional versus modern or oriental versus occidental, and discusses the ways they have been developed and normalised. This is done through a case study of Jemaa el-Fna Plaza in the Marrakesh medina, where precolonial conceptions and spatial construction have been continuously renewed to create a contemporary heritage site that corresponds to the needs of the local population and adapts to a dynamic Moroccan society.

Publisher

Open Book Publishers

Link

https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0388.09.pdf

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