TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2004

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM   
REGISTRATION
ROOM: GALLERY, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
OPENING SESSION
ROOM: MAIN AUDITORIUM, MAIN BUILDING

Opening Addresses
Nadia Alhasani, America University of Sharjah, U.A.E.
Nezar AlSayyad, University of California, Berkeley , U.S.A.

Welcome Remarks            
Winfred Thompson, Chancellor of American University of Sharjah, U.A.E.

On the Conference Theme: Post Traditional Environments in a Post Global World
Nezar AlSayyad, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM           
COFFEE BREAK

11:20 AM – 1:10 PM              
PLENARY SESSION
THE POST TRADITIONAL CITY IN A POST GLOBAL WORLD
ROOM: HALL A, MAIN BUILDING

Chairs:
Nezar AlSayyad
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Nadia Alhasani
America University of Sharjah, U.A.E.

 Images of the Post-Global Post-Traditional City: A Case of Iconoclasm or Iconophilia?
M. Christine Boyer
Princeton University, Princeton, U.S.A.

World Heritage: A Redefinition
Howayda Al-Harithy
American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Discussant: Dell Upton
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

1:10 PM – 2:10 PM
BREAK (Lunch on your own at nearby campus eating establishments)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2004 

2:10 PM – 4:00 PM                 PAPER SESSIONS 

A.1 CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND TOURISM
ROOM: ROOM AD1-102, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Keith Loftin
University of Colorado, Denver, U.S.A.

Reordering and After: Editing Ecosystems and History in the Restoration of Heritage Landscapes under Globalization
Gordon Brent Ingram and Michael Habib
Vancouver, Canada and American University of Sharjah, U.A.E.

Conservation and Building Practice in a World Heritage City: The Case of Sana’a, Yemen
Michele Lamprakos
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, U.S.A.

Urban Conservation and Post-Traditional Environments: From Depopulation to Regeneration
Reza Abouei
University of Sheffield, U.K. 

Salimah, Lebanon: A Story of Reconciliation Between Built Heritage and Reconstruction
Hana S. Alamuddin
Beirut, Lebanon 

B.1 CITIZENSHIP AND SPACE IN A POST GLOBAL ERA
ROOM: ROOM AD1-108, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair:  Harrison Fraker
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

The Contested Landscape of Ebel-Es-Saqi:
A Traditional Rural Landscape in a Post-Traditional World
Jala Makhzoumi
American University of Beirut, Lebanon 

Infantile Citizenship in a Postglobal Istanbul
Ipek Tureli
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Imported Models, Hybrid Spaces: Representative Projects in Santa Monica, California, and Oberhausen, North-Rhine Westphalia
Ileana Apostol
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Traditions in the Space of Capital Flow
Marwan Ghandour
Iowa State University, Ames, U.S.A. 

C.1 CONSTRUCTED AUTHENTICITY
ROOM: ROOM AD1-110, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Gunawan Tjahjono
University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia

Form and Meaning: In Search of Authenticity in the Coastal Tourist Resorts of Egypt
Hisham S. Gabr
Cairo University, Egypt 

Prisoners of the Californian Dream: Panic Suburbs in Hong Kong
Laura Ruggeri
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Imaginary Environments: Recent Trends in Dubai Residential Projects
Azza Eleishe
Ajman University of Science and Technology, Ajman, U.A.E.

“The City within a City” in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Dipti Khera
Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.

4:00 PM – 4:20 PM                
COFFEE BREAK

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2004

 4:20 PM – 6:10 PM                 PAPER SESSIONS

A.2 CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
ROOM: ROOM AD1-102, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Sofia Shwayri
New York University, U.S.A.

The Hybrid Bazaar: Life in the Streets of Barabazaar, Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Martin Beattie
University of Newcastle, U.K.

Study of the Post-Traditional Condition and Effects of Global Changes of
Spatial Environments in Cairo
Moshira El-Rafey
Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

Practicing the Built Tradition in Tai O: Revitalizing Vernacular Neighborhoods in Post-Traditional Hong Kong
Gary W.K. Yeung
Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong 

B.2 PUBLIC SPACE AND CITIZENSHIP
ROOM: ROOM AD1-108, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Paul Amar
University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.

What Politics is this Place? (Post)Glocal Politics in Latin America’s Public Spaces
Clara Irazabal
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Urban Public Space under Postglobal Conditions: Does it Still Matter?
Amer A. Moustafa
American University of Sharjah, U.A.E.

Class, Space, and the Remaking Of Beirut
Kristin V. Monroe
Stanford University, U.S.A.

Questioning the “Publicness” of Public Space in Postindustrial Cities
Z. Muge Akkar
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

C.2 AUTHENTICITY IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM
ROOM: ROOM AD1-110, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Morna Livingston
Philadelphia University, U.S.A.

Antipodean Authenticity
Mike Austin
UNITEC School of Architecture, Auckland, New Zealand

Neotraditional Trends in Architecture: The Egyptian Case
Mohamed A.M. Hanafi
Ajman University of Science and Technology, U.A.E.

The City and the Minarets
Sebnem Yucel Young
Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey

Historic Districts of Sharjah and Dubai: What Future in a Postglobal World?
Djamel Boussaa
United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, U.A.E.

6:10 PM – 10:00 PM                  
OPENING DINNER
WALKING TOUR OF SHARJAH HERITAGE AREA AND OPENING MEJLIS
(Buses depart from Main Plaza. Dinner will be served.)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2004

9:00 AM – 10:50 AM              PAPER SESSIONS

A.3 DWELLINGS
ROOM: ROOM AD1-102, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Howayda Al-Harithy
American University of Beirut, Lebanon

What Has Changed Can Change Again: The Living-Integrating Traditional Houses of Turkey
Deniz Orhun
Auburn, U.S.A.

Evolution of Traditional Architectural Form in the Post-Traditional Era: A Toraja Ethnic House in Indonesia
Laksmi Gondokusumo Siregar
University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia

Loss of Locus in the Indian Home
Shikha Jain
Vastu Kala Academy, College of  Architecture, New Delhi,India

The Morphological Characteristics of a Traditional House-Form at a Post-Traditional Moment: The Taneyan Lanjhang in Eastern Java
Endang Titi Sunarti Darjosanjoto
Sepuluh-Nopember ITS, Surabaya, Indonesia

B.3 Local Identity and Traditional Built Forms in Post Global Era
ROOM: ROOM AD1-108, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Margaret Crawford
Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S.A.

Introducing "Adequate Architecture" in Contemporary Africa: Projects of European Professionals in Guinea and Mali
Fernando Varanda
Universidade Lusofona, Lisbon, Portugal

Dirt by Design (or the Power of Pisé)
Laurence Keith Loftin III and Jacqueline Victor
University of Colorado and University of Denver, U.S.A.

Beyond Regionalism: The Work of Geoffrey Bawa in Sri Lanka
William B. Bechhoefer
University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A.

Re-conceiving Afghan Cellular Architecture for the Reconstruction of Rural Schools
Donald J. Watts and Cenk Yoldas
Kansas State University, Manhattan, U.S.A.

C.3 Post Traditional / Post Global
ROOM: ROOM AD1-110, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Noha Nasser
University of Central England, Perry Barr, U.K.

Global Architecture and Local Identity: The Emirate of Dubai
Samia Rab
American University of Sharjah, U.A.E.

Mexico City as a Post-Traditional and Postglobal Place
Maria Moreno
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

The Globalization of Architecture in Beirut
Sawsan Saridar and Hisham M.A. Elkadi
University of Newcastle, U.K. and University of Ulster, Belfast, U.K.

Post-Traditional? Postglobal? Postplace! East Asia Real Estate Online
Mark Elliot
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

10:50 AM – 11:10 AM                       
COFFEE BREAK

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2004

11:10 AM – 1:00 PM            
PLENARY SESSION
MEMORY, TRADITIONALISM AND POST-GLOBALISM  
ROOM: HALL A, MAIN BUILDING

Chairs:
Nezar AlSayyad
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Nadia Alhasani
American University of Sharjah, U.A.E.

Post-Globalism and Neo-Traditionalism: New York and Berlin
Peter Marcuse
Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.

The Violence of Memory: Museums and Citizenship in a “Post-Global” World
C. Greig Crysler
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Discussant:            
Margaret Crawford
Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S.A.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2004

 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM
TOUR OF DUBAI HERITAGE AREA AND CONTEMPORARY SITES
(Buses depart from Main Plaza.  Box lunches provided.)

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM      
EVENING FREE AT MARCATO MALL
(Participants will be able to have dinner at their own expense at nearby restaurants before bussing back to Hotel InterContinental Dubai.)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2004

9:00 AM – 10:50 AM              PAPER SESSIONS

A.4 IDENTITY, HYBRIDITY, AND HISTORY
ROOM: ROOM AD1-102, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Emily Gottreich
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Pars in Dubai and Dubai in Pars: A Problem of Identity
G. H. Memarian and Frank E. Brown
Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran, and Manchester University, U.K.,

A Quest for Hybrid Identity at Kadirga-Kumkapi in Istanbul
Ipek Yada Akpınar and Semra Aydinli
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

The Landscape as Guarantee of Local Culture: Castles and their Pertinence in the Region of Tartous, Syria
Palma Librato and Mohamed Saidi
Polytechnic School of Bari, Italy

Hybridity in Taiwanese Architecture Built During the Japanese Period
Chao-Ching Fu and Ming-Chih Tsai
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

B.4 CONFLICT, RESISTANCE AND SPACE IN A POST GLOBAL ERA   
ROOM: ROOM AD1-108, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Nada Mourtada
American University of Sharjah, U.A.E.

Carceral Cantonments: Securing the Outposts of Empire
Mark Gillem
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Police Praetorianism and New Arab “Cultural Emancipation”: The Contradictions of Urban Security Politics and Illiberal Globalization in Cairo
Paul Amar
University of California Santa Barbara, U.S.A.

Laying Siege to a Capital City: Baghdad Under U.S. Occupation, May 2003 and Beyond
Sofia Shwayri
New York University, U.S.A.

Tangible Military Sites vs. Intangible Memory: Battlefields on the Island of Kinmen
Hui-Wen Lin
National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, Taiwan

C.4 THEMING AND TOURISM
ROOM: ROOM AD1-110, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Florian Techel
American University of Sharjah, U.A.E.

Six Sites of Resistance in Disneyland and Singapore: Utopia or Euphoria?
Eunice M.F. Seng
Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.

Inhabiting Simulacra: The Reimagining of Environments in Japan
Nelson Graburn
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Poverty in/and the Theme Park: The Authentic Re-Creation of Slum Housing from Around the World
Romola Sanyal
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Monsters in the Closet: The Aestheticization of Poverty in Habitat’s “Slum Theme Park”
Gareth Jones
London School of Economics, U.K.

10:50 AM – 11:10 AM           
COFFEE BREAK

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2004

11:10 AM – 1:00 PM PAPER SESSIONS

A.5 FORGING HYBRID IDENTITY
ROOM: ROOM AD1-102, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Montira Horayangura
UNESCO, Thailand

Urban Ethnogenesis Begins at Home: The Making of Self and Place amid the Environmental Economy in Amazonia
Daniela M. Peluso
University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K.

Bali after the Bomb: Reconstructing Self, Overcoming (Post) Global Challenge
Gunawan Tjahjono
University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia

Reclaiming Identity through Architecture: New Native-American Cultural Facilities
Anne Lawrason Marshall
Arizona State University, Tempe, U.S.A.

Spatial Patterns of Ethnic Identity in a Postglobal World
Nadia Charalambous
Metsovio Polytechnic, Athens, Greece

B.5 IDENTITY AND STRUGGLE IN A POST-GLOBAL WORLD
ROOM: ROOM AD1-108, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Anne-Marie Broudehoux
University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada

Migration and Resistance in the Postglobal City
Sarwat Viquar
John Abbot College, Montreal, Canada

Spaces of American Surveillance and Control
Erica Leak
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Spaces of Neoliberalism and Religious Fundamentalism: Struggles over the Riverfront in Ahmedabad, India
Renu Desai
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Global Formations: Governance and Resistance in the Developing World
Rosaleen Duffy
Lancaster University, U.K.

C.5 GLOBAL NETWORKS
ROOM: ROOM AD1-110, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Yasser Elsheshtawy
United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, U.A.E.

Biomedical Technology Spatialized: Reterritorializing Life, Money and Power
Robert Mugerauer
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.

The Ghost Dance of Architecture: Redefining Authenticity in Digital Architecture?
Hesham Khairy Abdelfattah and Ali A. Raouf
Cairo University, Egypt

Bridging the Technology Gap? Analysis of a Culture-Based Model for Economic Development in Rural Alaska
Steven C. Dinero
Philadelphia University, U.S.A.

Traditional Environments Revisited: Paradoxes and Challenges in a Postglobal Digital Era
Youhansen Eid
Ain Shams University and Misr International University, Cairo, Egypt

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM              
BREAK
(IASTE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2004

2:30 PM – 4:15 PM                 PAPER SESSIONS              

A.6 POST TRADITIONAL SPACE
ROOM: ROOM AD1-102, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Jacqueline Victor
University of Denver, U.S.A.

European Postcolonial Cityscapes: “Tradition” as a Symbolic Aestheticization of Cultural Legitimacy in Southall, London
Noha Nasser
University of Central England, Perry Barr, U.K.

FACES: Contemporary Architecture in Cairo
Basil Ahmed Kamel
Cairo University, Egypt

Dubai’s Iconic Urbanism: Searching for a Locally- Defined Global Soul
Rula Sadik
American University of Sharjah, U.A.E. 

Post-Traditional Bangkok: The Real and Simulacra?
Supapim Harinasuta
University College London, U.K.

B.6 IDENTITY NEGOTIATION IN A POST GLOBAL WORLD
ROOM: ROOM AD1-108, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Clara Irazabal
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Identity, Difference, and Urban Danger: Vending in Florence, Italy
Margaret Crawford
Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S.A.

The Power of Image in the Marketing of Housing Qualities in Turkey
Semra Aydinli
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

New York’s Irish-American Community in a Postglobal World
Feargal Cochrane
University of Lancaster, U.K.

The “State-Philosophical” in the “Land Without Philosophy”: Shopping Malls, Interior Cities, and the Utopian Urban Dream in Dubai
Ahmed Kanna
Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S.A.

C.6 MAINTAINING AUTHENTICITY IN A POST TRADITIONAL WORLD
ROOM: ROOM AD1-110, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Mia Fuller
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Process and Product: Means Towards Evaluation
Susan Frosten
Philadelphia University, U.S.A.

Metropolitan Masala: Generating South Asian Identities in Chicago
Woodman Taylor
University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A.

Traditional Islamic Patterns in Postglobal Garb: Symbol of Culture or Fashion?
Diane Wildsmith
The University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Thesiger and the Authentic Periphery
Dennis Lewis
American University of Sharjah, U.A.E.

4:15 PM – 4:35 PM    
COFFEE BREAK

4:35 PM – 6:25 PM                 PAPER SESSIONS

A.7 DEALING WITH TRADITION: DESIGN AND DESIGN STUDIOS    
ROOM: ROOM AD1-102, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING             

Chair: William B. Bechhoefer
University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A.

Style as Context: Post-Traditional Open Space Design in Hong Kong
Mary Padua
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Why the Architect’s House Has One Sitting Room and the Client’s House Has Two Kitchens
Christos A. Hadjichristos
University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Designing Across the Border: Case Study of a Cross-Cultural Architectural Design Studio
Joseph Aranha
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, U.S.A.

Space Syntax as a Tool for Preserving Cultural Tradition in Housing Legislation: The Case of Tripoli, Libya
Ali Eldweeb Emhemed and Faozi Ujam
Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, U.K.

B.7 SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE IN A POST GLOBAL ERA
ROOM: ROOM AD1-108, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Lawrence Woods
American University of Sharjah, U.A.E.

Reconfiguring Urban Form and Physical Infrastructure in an Age of Globalization: An Intercontinental Comparison
Maria Soledad Garcia Ferrari
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K.

Growth Center and Archipelagic Settlements in Indonesia
Triatno Yudo Harjoko
The University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia

Mapping the Lausitz: New Geographies in the Peripheries of Central Europe
Ingo G.O. Weiskopf
Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Where Does Tradition Go?  The Role of NGOs in the Rehabilitation of Historic Cities in Palestine
Eman Assi
An-najah National University, West Bank

C.7 COLONIAL AND POST COLONIAL         
ROOM: ROOM AD1-110, ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

Chair: Hesham Khairy Abdelfattah
Cairo University, Egypt

Interrogating Asmara for Tradition
Mia Fuller
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

What Is Real and What Is Fake?: The Spanish Colonial Model Reinterpreted in Middle-Class Neighborhoods of Santiago
Marcela Pizzi and Maria Paz Valenzuela
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Persisting Surrogate Forms: Evaluating Architectural Development from Colonial to Postindependence Times in Malaysia
Chee-Kien Lai
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

What Can We Learn from British Colonial Public Buildings? Case Studies from Melaka, Malaysia
Roslan Bin Haji Talib
University of Malaya, Selangor, Malaysia