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Memory travels : death, belonging and architecture

University of British Columbia

This thesis examines the tension and cooperation between politics of conformity and difference that are embedded in urban spaces, such as burials and mosques in Britain and beyond. It examines the social, political and cultural ideologies and complexities of the historical past and present by focusing on death, belonging and architecture. It will show that the past has become re-imagined and embedded into the postcolonial concrete present. Thereby, carving out new national traditions and memories that travel through time and space. The study suggests that urban space, although often ignored is important not only for our everyday consciousness and social realities, but is pivotal to examine and study especially in relation to national policies, such as “multiculturalism”.

Great Britain

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eng

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0066554

Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Policy Studies - MAAPPS

Arts, Faculty of; Asian Research, Institute of

2008-11

Graduate

DSpace