 | Neocolonialism and Built Heritage: Echoes of Empire in Africa, Asia, and Europe Subjects: Built Environment; Humanities; Language & Literature; Development Studies Environment Social Work Urban Studies; Social Sciences; Architecture; History; Literature; Cultural Studies; Sociology & Social Policy; Architectural Conservation and Building Conservation; Architectural History; Theory of Architecture; African History; Asian History; Imperial & Colonial History; Post-Colonial Studies; African Cultural Studies; Middle Eastern Cultural Studies; Post Colonial Discourse; Race & Ethnic Studies; Architectural relics of nineteenth and twentieth-century colonialism dot cityscapes throughout our globalizing world, just as built traces of colonialism remain embedded within the urban fabric of many European capitals. Neocolonialism and Built Heritage addresses the sustained presence and influence of historic built environments and processes inherited from colonialism within the contemporary lives of cities in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Novel in their focused consideration of ways in which these built environments reinforce neocolonialist connections among former colonies and colonizers, states and international organizations, the volume's case studies engage highly relevant issues such as historic preservation, heritage management, tourism, toponymy, and cultural imperialism. Interrogating the life of the past in the present, authors thus challenge readers to consider the roles played by a diversity of historic built environments in the ongoing asymmetrical balance of power and unequal distribution capital around the globe. They present buildings' maintenance, management, reuse, and (re)interpretation, and in so doing they raise important questions, the ramifications of which transcend the specifics of the individual sites and architectural histories they present. Daniel E. Coslett earned a Ph.D. in the history and theory of built environments from the University of Washington's College of Built Environments, as well as an M.A. in the subject from Cornell University. His research addresses colonial and postcolonial North Africa, focusing on intersections of architectural design, urban planning, archaeology, and historic preservation, as well as heritage management and tourism development. At Western Washington University and the University of Washington he teaches subjects including historic preservation, architectural analysis, as well as modern and colonial architectural history. He is also an assistant editor at the International Journal of Islamic Architecture . |
