This collection contains abstracts for the research articles in International Journal of Islamic Architecture, Volume 9, Number 2 (2020). This issue, guest edited by Eray Çaylı, focuses on the theme of archives. To access the abstracts, click the orange "view the collections" button.
Full contents of Volume 9, Number 2
Editorials:
Research articles:
- Kara, Taushif. "Pray to the Archive: Abstracting History in Zanzibar." pp. 265-285.
- Carruthers, William. "Records of Dispossession: Archival Thinking and UNESCO’s Nubian Campaign in Egypt and Sudan." pp. 287-314.
- Amygdalou, Kalliopi. "Déjà Vu at the Archive: Photography, National Narratives, and the Multiple Histories of the Smyrna Fire." pp. 315-336.
- Allweil, Yael and Keren Ben Hilell. "Conducting Research on West Bank Settlements: Architecture as Punctum and Archive." pp. 337-360.
- Aykaç, Pinar. "Archives as Fields of Heritage-Making in Istanbul's Historic Peninsula." pp. 361-387.
- Moafi, Samaneh. "A Gift of Compassion: Welfare, Housing, and Domesticity in Contemporary Iran." pp. 391-408.
- Artan, Elif Çiğdem. "#OccupyGezi Architecture and Archival Tactics of Resistance." pp. 409-430.
Book reviews:
- Harmanşah, Ömür. Review of Persian Historic Urban Landscapes: Interpreting and Managing Maibud Over 6000 Years, by Eisa Esfanjary.
- Harmanşah, Ömür. The Iranian Expanse: Transforming Royal Identity Through Architecture, Landscape, and the Built Environment, 550 BCE–642 CE, by Matthew P. Canepa.
- Pieprzak, Katarzyna. Review of Globalized Authoritarianism: Megaprojects, Slums, and Class Relations in Urban Morocco, by Koenraad Bogaert.
- Seggerman, Alex Dika. Review of Review of Posthumous Images: Contemporary Art and Memory Politics in Post-Civil War Lebanon, by Chad Elias.
- Sokoly, Jochen. Review of The Tentmakers of Cairo: Egypt's Medieval and Modern Applique Craft, by Seif El Rashidi and Sam Bowker.
- Türeli, İpek. Review of New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism: Negotiating Nation and Islam Through Built Environment in Turkey, by Bülent Batuman.
- Kherdeen, Riad. Review of "Contemporary Muslim Fashions," M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, Ca, September 22, 2018–January 6, 2019.
- Rahimi-Golkhandan, Shabnam. Review of "Transforming Traditions: The Arts of 19th-Century Iran," Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, September 22, 2018–February 10, 2019.
Conference Précis:
- McSweeney, Anna. Précis of "Middle Eastern Crafts: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow," Victoria & Albert Museum, October 11–12, 2018.
- Sukkar, Ahmad. Précis of "Reconstructing Neighbourhoods of War," Orient-Institut Beirut, November 29–December 1, 2018.