Contents
Editor's note Nezar AISayyad 13
Plenary session on the politics of tradition and heritage 14
Plenary session architecture, practice, and the politics of tradition 15
A.1 Colonial and postcolonial traditions forgotten postcolonial dreams: the urban plans of Singapore's first local government 16
B.1 Tradition and politics 18
C.1 Media and events 20
D.1 Everyday practices 23
A.2 Conflict and memory: community space and planning 25
B.2 Architects and struggles with tradition 27
C.2 Urban spectacles 30
D.2 Housing forms I 32
A.3 Conflict and memory: heritage spaces 35
B.3 Architectural practices 37
C.3 Urban transformations 39
D.3 Housing forms 42
A.4 Preservation programs and practices 44
B.4 Gender and space 47
C.4 Plans and public spaces 49
D.4 Regimes and reality 52
A.5 Colonial encounters 54
B.5 Urban politics and public participation 57
C.5 Tradition and place 59
D.5 Tradition and education 62
A.6 Portuguese Colonial Encounters 64
B.6 Urban planning and socio-spatial transformations 67
C.6 Tradition. modernity and development 69
D.6 Tradition in literature 72
A.7 The politics of tradition 76
B.7 Tradition and urbanism 77
C.7 Social-spatial practices in historic urban centers of the Middle East 79
D.7 Remembered landscapes 81
A.8 Building nationalism 84
B.8 Museums and the places of memory 86
C.8 Redefining tradition in nonconventional landscapes 89
D.8 Spaces of the spirit 91
A.9 Urban public space 93
B.9 Production of indigenous spaces 96
C.9 Urban informality 99
D.9 Housing traditions transformed 99
A.10 Liberalism, neoliberalism, and the social order 104
B.10 Repossessing the vernacular 106
C.10 Postwar/postrevolution planning and design 109
D.10 Postwar/postrevolution planning and design 111
A.11 Contesting new place-making traditions 113
B.11 Vernacular traditions in South and Southeast Asia 116
C.11 Open session 118
Conference organization 121
Author index 123
Guide for preparation of manuscripts 126