Architecture and the right to heal : resettler nationalism in the aftermath of conflict and disaster / Esra Akcan.

Main entry:

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Title & Author:

Architecture and the right to heal : resettler nationalism in the aftermath of conflict and disaster / Esra Akcan.

Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2025.
©2025

Description:

xiv, 445 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Enforced disappearance : urban squares, cemeteries, memorials -- Partition : camps, model villages, retrofits -- Collapse : slums, real estate, cultural buildings -- Climate disaster : master plans, plantations, campuses -- Extinction : gardens, parks, ruderal urban spaces.

Summary:

"In Architecture and the Right to Heal, Esra Akcan explores architecture's role in the healing processes that take place following socioeconomic, political, and environmental disasters. Akcan frames these processes by discussing buildings and spaces in relation to climate change and transitional aspects of justice and energy. Focusing on lands held by the former Ottoman Empire, Akcan highlights the ongoing struggle to heal after internal social, state, and business-led violence. She puts forth the concept of resettler nationalism as a source of displacement and partition, also arguing that while architecture and urban planning have been weaponized to segregate and subjugate minorities throughout history, they should instead be used to confront systemic violence and make healing possible. By locating spaces of political and ecological harm, Akcan advocates for the right to heal in response to the effects of colonialism, calling for healing on individual, communal, and planetary levels"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781478032571 paperback
147803257X paperback
9781478029243 hardcover
1478029242 hardcover
electronic book
9781478061465

Subject:

Architecture and society.
Architecture and climate.
Nationalism and architecture.
Common good.
Architecture et société.
Architecture et climat.
Nationalisme et architecture.
Bien commun.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 322368
Call No.: 322368
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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