Architectural Tourism
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Architectural Tourism

Architectural Tourism

LUND HUMPHRIES PUBLISHERS LTDISBN: 9781848222274

Site-Seeing, Itineraries and Cultural Heritage

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By Shelley Hornstein
Imprint: LUND HUMPHRIES PUBLISHERS LTD
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Format: HARDBACK
Dimensions: 100 x 100 mm
Weight: 820 g
Pages: 176

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Shelley Hornstein is Professor of Architectural History and Visual Culture at York University, Canada. Her work looks at the intersection of memory and place in architecture and urban sites. She is also exploring issues of demolition, virtual space and Jewish topographies, and the imbrication of architecture and human rights. A graduate of the Universit+¬ de Strasbourg, France, Professor Hornstein has served as Associate Dean, Co-Director of the Centre for Feminist Research and twice as Chair of the Department of Fine Arts, Atkinson College.

Introduction to Archi-tourism; the most photographed places in history to Instagram today; Romancing the Stone: the guide book and architectural mythologies of place; The Bilbao Effect, starchitecture and the rise of the designer museum; Memorials and the culture of ruins; House Hunters International, architecture television and the lure of home elsewhere; Unesco World Heritage Sites, national identity, and what we choose to remember; Conclusion: archives of the planet as a cautionary tale

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