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<p>A wall in the AKDC@MIT office suite decorated with posters for events and the dust jackets of some recent purchases</p>

<p>In this video, Amine Kasmi, a conservation architect and associate professor at the Department of Architecture, University of Tlemcen, Algeria, discusses the historical evolution of the term "medina" in relation to the Islamic cities of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.</p>

<p>A presentation by Sola Akintunde, Founder and Trustee of WASCH Trust, discusses projects that preserve architectural heritage through the adaptive reuse thereof, and the relationship of this process to the larger decolonization project.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Also from the A3-Archnet Panel on Endangered Heritage, 31 July 2020: </strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.archnet.org/sites/6398?media_content_id=689860" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Endangered Heritage: "Cultural Heritage, the Built Environment & Çultural Learning, Raji Isar</a></li><li><a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/9070?media_content_id=685505" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Endangered Heritage: Building Early Accra, Kuukuwa Manful</a></li></ul>

<p>Presentation by <a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/9772" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lahbib ElMoumni</a>, Co-Founder of MAMMA and professor at the Ecole National d'Architecture (ENA) in Casablanca. Transcription available.</p>

<p>Nigerian architect, urban planner, and educator <a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/9513" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Aradeon</a> returns to the theme of his influential 11 February 1998 lecture with a reconsideration Nigerian architecture. The presentation was part of an online panel "Architecture: The Search for Identity, Justice & Continuity," presented by <a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/9070" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A3:Archives of African Architectures</a> and the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/7195" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aga Khan Documentation Center</a>, MIT Libraries.</p>

<p>A presentation by Yudhishtir Raj Isar of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture on the preservation of built cultural heritage and the involvement of the community. He concludes the presentation with a screening of short film by the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/1903" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aga Khan Trust for Culture</a>, "<a href="https://youtu.be/F8373bb_vfs?si=4f3bNQOoL_bEcwgQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti: A Cultural Revival</a>."</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Also from the A3-Archnet Panel on Endangered Heritage, 31 July 2020</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/9070?media_content_id=685510" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Endangered Heritage: Repurposing as Preservation, Sola Akintunde</a></li><li><a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/9070?media_content_id=685505" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Endangered Heritage: Building Early Accra, Kuukuwa Manful</a></li></ul>

<p>A presentation by Kuukuwa Manful, Principal Investigator of the Building Early Accra Project discussed efforts to document architecture and urban development in <a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/3478" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Accra</a>, Ghana. The project involved the conservation, digitization, and dissemination of archives relating to the early urban history of Accra.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Also from the A3-Archnet Panel on Endangered Heritage, 31 July 2020:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/9070?media_content_id=685510" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Endangered Heritage: Repurposing as Preservation, Sola Akintunde</a></li><li><a href="https://www.archnet.org/sites/6398?media_content_id=689860" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Endangered Heritage: "Cultural Heritage, the Built Environment & Çultural Learning, Raji Isar</a></li></ul>

Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT Recieves 2018 Mohamed Makiya Award

The Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT (AKDC@MIT) is a research center supporting the teaching of, and scholarship on, the history and theory of architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design, visual culture, and conservation, as well as the practice of architecture, in Muslim societies, with particular focus on the research and teaching activities of the faculty, students, and post-doctoral fellows of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA). Situated within the MIT Libraries, AKDC@MIT, was established in 1979 by a gift from His Highness the Aga Khan, and is a part of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA) at MIT and Harvard.

The Documentation Center is a repository of selected primary sources including:

Aga Khan Visual Archive
Architects’ Archives
Scholars’ Archives
Other specialized archives

In addition, the Center funds acquisitions and cataloging of visual and printed documentation on the visual and material cultures of the Islamic world writ large, building rich collections in all languages and formats in these subject areas. AKDC@MIT acquires research materials not commonly found in other collections in North America for the MIT Libraries, including a wide range of specialized periodicals, monographs on architecture, urban planning and development, maps, and documents of preservation and planning authorities.

AKDC@MIT is also responsible for curation of the intellectual and content core of Archnet, a globally-accessible, intellectual resource focused on architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design, visual culture, and conservation issues with a focus on Muslim cultures and civilizations.

The Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT Libraries is partnered with the Documentation Center of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University. Harvard and MIT affiliates have reciprocal access to library collections at both institutions. The Centers provide, acquire, and borrow materials necessary to produce the best scholarship possible and through planned activities, aim to play a significant role in bringing together the various interests and fields of inquiry from both institutions.

For more about our activities, visit our collection on Archnet.

Source:

AKDC@MIT. About the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT. Retrieved November 18, 2018, from https://libraries.mit.edu/akdc/about-akdcmit/