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Promoting urban development and managing cultural heritage: critical issues of cultural revival in bahrain

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dc.contributor.author Ayesha, S
dc.contributor.editor Wijesundara, J
dc.contributor.editor Dayaratne, R
dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-06T08:44:56Z
dc.date.available 2024-11-06T08:44:56Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Ayesha, S., (2016). Promoting urban development and managing cultural heritage: critical issues of cultural revival in bahrain. In J. Wijesundara, & R. Dayaratne,(Eds.). Proceedings of the International Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP 2016. (pp. 129-147). Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa.
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/22919
dc.description.abstract Alongside rapid urbanization of the region and the city, Bahrain has placed a significant emphasis on the revival of historical cultural and built heritage, in recent years. Focused on attracting global attention and local investment whilst fostering economic growth and addressing some of the social challenges related to rapid urbanization, Bahrain’s new city projects are using elements of heritage to promote the development projects both at the local and international levels. Indeed, cultural heritage enables people to better understand previous generations and the history of where they come from and can thereby provide an automatic sense of unity and belonging. In these, numerous critical issues arise related to the need to recognise and retain authenticity as an inherent value of cultural heritage in order to employ such development in the task of uniting people. The objective of this paper is to examine how the engagement of heritage in development has incited a cultural revival, within the transformation of mega city developments. It aims to demonstrate how relevant or irrelevant authenticity is, in relation to promoting heritage restoration and redevelopment of heritage buildings. The paper evaluates the presence of authentic historical fabric in the revived architecture of old Muharraq - the previous capital of the country that has undergone a renaissance of tangible and intangible heritage from the past. It critically analyses and questions how this new-built heritage is being produced, by whom, and most importantly for whom. The research employs the study of documentation of these projects, reflecting on their aims and motivations. It buttresses the analysis by the engagement of people’s perceptions derived using a survey of opinions. The intention is to gain an insight on how local residents relate to these renewal projects and if they do indeed promote national pride and a sense of belonging to their historic past. In conclusion, the paper seeks to locate if authenticity is, if at all, relevant to the people’s engagement with their cultural and built heritage in Bahrain. Moreover, it will evaluate the ways in which the cultural revival has promoted investment and tourism at local and international levels and help create a sense of belong among the people. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Architecture University of Moratuwa en_US
dc.subject Heritage en_US
dc.subject authenticity en_US
dc.subject integrity en_US
dc.subject urban development, en_US
dc.subject area conservation en_US
dc.title Promoting urban development and managing cultural heritage: critical issues of cultural revival in bahrain en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.year 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.conference Fourth International Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 129-147 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of the International Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.email aashah@uob.edu.bh en_US


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