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Publication Detail
Heritage and Renewal in Doha
  • Publication Type:
    Journal(Full / Special issue)
  • Authors:
    Campkin B
  • Publisher:
    UCL
  • Publication date:
    2014
  • Place of publication:
    London
  • Pagination:
    1, 36
  • Journal:
    Urban Pamphleteer
  • Issue:
    4
  • Editors:
    Campkin B,Melhuish C,Ross R
  • Country:
    UK
  • ISSN:
    2052-8647
  • Keywords:
    Heritage, Urban, Doha
Abstract
This issue aims to open up a comparative discussion about the role of heritage in urban renewal in Doha — a city in the throes of rapid and substantial transformation as it re-positions itself in a global network of cosmopolitan urban centres. As such, it presents a rich opportunity for examining the ways in which discourses around physical and cultural heritage are shaping approaches to urban planning, environmental and social sustainability, and architectural preservation and renewal around the world. Our contributors represent different voices and interests within this debate, across the fields of professional, academic and artistic practice in Doha and London, as well as everyday lived experience of Doha. They explore the meanings and manifestations of Qatari heritage and identity at the local, urban and international scale; the roles played by different actors and stakeholders in their formation; and the tools — technical, aesthetic and conceptual — which bring them into being. To ground the discussion of heritage and the value systems through which it is produced we investigate current plans for reconstruction of the central historic area of Doha, notably the neighbourhood of Al-Asmakh. Our authors and artists have created a platform for reflection and dialogue on the way that heritage is conceptualised and materialised in this context. The case of Al-Asmakh is also a microcosm for us to reflect on questions of community and belonging in cosmopolitan global cities, and the place for ordinary homes and livelihoods in those settings. These are challenges that increasingly demand our attention if cities are to be preserved as sites of thriving, diverse patterns of living.
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