This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti ar... more This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti architecture in the World Heritage City of Ilha de Mocambique. It questions how initiatives to preserve traditional ways of building in this area, of which parts could be described as an urban slum, may reflect a sustainable return to the art of building. Implied is that preservation of this way of building may have a value in the form of strengthening cultural identity and possible environmental and socio-economic advantages. However, in order to overcome negative associations with colonial subordination, poverty and low social status, such initiatives need to be part of a wider programme of strengthening cultural and social capital among the population,avoiding division into tangible and intangible heritage management, and include broad ecological and socio-economic considerations.
Page 1. Slums, museums, or rethinking site-specific architectural practice? Traditional building ... more Page 1. Slums, museums, or rethinking site-specific architectural practice? Traditional building techniques and World Heritage in Ilha de Moçambique Paper presented at the PhD seminar Regarding the Unseen, 27.10.2010, Danish School of Heritage Studies ...
This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti ar... more This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti architecture in the World Heritage City of Ilha de Moçambique. It questions how initiatives to preserve traditional ways of building in this area, of which parts could be described as an urban slum, may reflect a sustainable return to the art of building. Implied is that preservation of this way of building may have a value in the form of strengthening cultural identity and possible environmental and socio-economic advantages. However, in order to overcome negative associations with colonial subordination, poverty and low social status, such initiatives need to be part of a wider programme of strengthening cultural and social capital among the population, avoiding division into tangible and intangible heritage management, and include broad ecological and socio-economic considerations.
The European myth that real Africans should be living in straw huts was manifested in different w... more The European myth that real Africans should be living in straw huts was manifested in different ways during colonial times in Ilha de Moçambique, a World Heritage site on the African Indian Ocean coast. People struggled to leave the traditional house behind, achieve the status of "civilized" and achieve more civil rights, while the palm leaf covered dwelling gained a different meaning as a tourist attraction part of a heritage conservation project in the 1960s.
Proceedings from ICOMOS 17th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, Paris December 2011
This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti ar... more This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti architecture in the World Heritage City of Ilha de Moçambique. It questions how initiatives to preserve traditional ways of building in this area, of which parts could be described as an urban slum, may reflect a sustainable return to the art of building. Implied is that preservation of this way of building may have a value in the form of strengthening cultural identity and possible environmental and socio-economic advantages. However, in order to overcome negative associations with colonial subordination, poverty and low social status, such initiatives need to be part of a wider programme of strengthening cultural and social capital among the population, avoiding division into tangible and intangible heritage management, and include broad ecological and socio-economic considerations.
This study examines approximately 100 physical house and plot surveys across the study area in Ma... more This study examines approximately 100 physical house and plot surveys across the study area in Maputo, Mozambique, including 50 which were case study sites in either the 1990 or 2000 surveys, using similar survey techniques – which permits a longitudinal overview of change in the area from central Maputo north along the railway line.
This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti ar... more This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti architecture in the World Heritage City of Ilha de Mocambique. It questions how initiatives to preserve traditional ways of building in this area, of which parts could be described as an urban slum, may reflect a sustainable return to the art of building. Implied is that preservation of this way of building may have a value in the form of strengthening cultural identity and possible environmental and socio-economic advantages. However, in order to overcome negative associations with colonial subordination, poverty and low social status, such initiatives need to be part of a wider programme of strengthening cultural and social capital among the population,avoiding division into tangible and intangible heritage management, and include broad ecological and socio-economic considerations.
Page 1. Slums, museums, or rethinking site-specific architectural practice? Traditional building ... more Page 1. Slums, museums, or rethinking site-specific architectural practice? Traditional building techniques and World Heritage in Ilha de Moçambique Paper presented at the PhD seminar Regarding the Unseen, 27.10.2010, Danish School of Heritage Studies ...
This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti ar... more This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti architecture in the World Heritage City of Ilha de Moçambique. It questions how initiatives to preserve traditional ways of building in this area, of which parts could be described as an urban slum, may reflect a sustainable return to the art of building. Implied is that preservation of this way of building may have a value in the form of strengthening cultural identity and possible environmental and socio-economic advantages. However, in order to overcome negative associations with colonial subordination, poverty and low social status, such initiatives need to be part of a wider programme of strengthening cultural and social capital among the population, avoiding division into tangible and intangible heritage management, and include broad ecological and socio-economic considerations.
The European myth that real Africans should be living in straw huts was manifested in different w... more The European myth that real Africans should be living in straw huts was manifested in different ways during colonial times in Ilha de Moçambique, a World Heritage site on the African Indian Ocean coast. People struggled to leave the traditional house behind, achieve the status of "civilized" and achieve more civil rights, while the palm leaf covered dwelling gained a different meaning as a tourist attraction part of a heritage conservation project in the 1960s.
Proceedings from ICOMOS 17th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, Paris December 2011
This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti ar... more This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti architecture in the World Heritage City of Ilha de Moçambique. It questions how initiatives to preserve traditional ways of building in this area, of which parts could be described as an urban slum, may reflect a sustainable return to the art of building. Implied is that preservation of this way of building may have a value in the form of strengthening cultural identity and possible environmental and socio-economic advantages. However, in order to overcome negative associations with colonial subordination, poverty and low social status, such initiatives need to be part of a wider programme of strengthening cultural and social capital among the population, avoiding division into tangible and intangible heritage management, and include broad ecological and socio-economic considerations.
This study examines approximately 100 physical house and plot surveys across the study area in Ma... more This study examines approximately 100 physical house and plot surveys across the study area in Maputo, Mozambique, including 50 which were case study sites in either the 1990 or 2000 surveys, using similar survey techniques – which permits a longitudinal overview of change in the area from central Maputo north along the railway line.
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