Project Launch: Uneasy Leisure
- mesarch
- Feb 1, 2022
- 1 min read
We are happy to announce that our latest funded project 'Uneasy Leisure: Modern Hotels and Shared Heritage on a Divided Island' has kicked off. The project examines the post-1974 ‘afterlife’ of ten paradigmatic hotels, analysing the operative agency of the multiple narratives and interpretations they embody. Through a comparative analysis that draws on theoretical tools from architectural history and theory and critical heritage studies, this research will interrogate competing narratives of nationalism and identity; oscillations between remembrance and oblivion; and environmental frictions regarding dereliction, demolition, and preservation. By exposing the complexities of modern architectural heritage in a conflicted landscape, this project aims to inspire alternative heritage practices that recognize the complex politics of modern buildings and probe possibilities of transcending polarization.
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