Workshop on Leisurescapes
Landscapes of Leisure: Architectural Histories of Tourism and Development
The Mesarch Lab of the Department of Architecture of the University of Cyprus organizes the workshop “Landscapes of Leisure: Architectural Histories of Tourism and Development, on June 5, 2018. Presentations and discussions will take place at the «Peace Room» (62 Ledras street – Nicosia) from 12:30pm to18:45pm according to the program below and are open to the public.
Tourism has been intricately tied to international development agendas since the Cold War, and just like the themes of housing, environment, and peace, tourism has been at the root of decolonization, modernization and development strategies crossing the industrial and non-industrial worlds. This workshop aims to offer timely and crucial insights into the potentials and perils of tourism politics, by revisiting their histories and their impact on the built environment from the 1950s until today. The workshop aims to situate the architectural and urban history of tourist landscapes within the discourses of modernity, nation building, urbanization and decolonization; focusing on the way these landscapes have been intertwined with social, political, ethnic, and environmental challenges. By reflecting on the intertwinement of tourist landscapes with multiple types of politics the workshop ultimately aspires to introduce critical perspectives to the past and present discourses of development. The presentations will discuss the above-mentioned topics through case studies of landscapes of leisure in Cyprus and internationally.
Speakers
Sibel Bozdoǧan, Boston University | Jiat-Hwee Chang, National University of Singapore | Meltem Gürel, Bilkent University | Juliana Maxim, University of San Diego | Panayiota Pyla, University of Cyprus | Socrates Stratis, University of Cyprus | Maria Hadjimichael, University of Cyprus | Petros Phokaides, National Technical University of Athens | Georgia Daskalaki, University of Cyprus | Dimitris Venizelos, University of Cyprus.
Tuesday – June 5, 2018
09:00 - 11:00
Walk/visit Nicosia city center, Saray and Ledra Palace hotel
12:30 - 12:50 Introduction to the workshop + exhibition
Panayiota Pyla and Petros Phokaides, Is tourism a passport to development and peace? think twice
12:50 - 14:30 Session 1: Landscapes of tourismModerator: Petros Phokaides
Juliana Maxim, Romanian Black Sea resorts in the 1950s and 1960sGeorgia Daskalaki, ‘Aphrodite’s realm’: representations of tourist landscapes as symbols of modernizationDimitris Venizelos, Modernizing the Golden Coast: the United Nations agenda in CyprusMeltem Gürel, Modernizing Florya Coast as a leisure and tourism landscape in the 1950s
14:45 - 16:05 Session 2: Cyprus leisure-scapes: Contested pasts/futuresModerator: Socrates Stratis
Dimitris Venizelos, The constructed and the unspoiled: tourist development in Cyprus through photographic archivesPetros Phokaides, The historiography of leisure and conflict: the Famagusta modern coastlineMaria Hadjimichael, The stealing of the seashore as a second wave of the enclosure movement: examples from CyprusSocrates Stratis, Countermapping the Cypriot coastline
16:30 – 17:50 Session 3: The (geo)politics of leisureModerator: Panayiota Pyla
Sibel Bozdoǧan, Geopolitics, mobility and hospitality: landscapes of tourism in postwar TurkeyPanayiota Pyla, A “clean” industry for Cyprus: the politics and economics of leisure and developmentJiat-Hwee Chang, The dark recesses of the Bali style: architecture, cultural tourism and violent conflicts
18:00 – 18.45 Roundtable discussion
Image caption:
Amathus Hotel, The Architects Collaborative International Inc. (TAC), in collaboration with Fotis Kolakidis, Limassol, 1971-1973.Source: Κολακίδης και Συνεργάτες, ψηφιοποίηση από Mesarch Lab, UCy, 2012
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This sounds like a really thoughtful workshop, and I like that it's tracing tourism's role in development all the way back to the Cold War rather than treating it as just a modern phenomenon. The part about tourist landscapes being tied to nation building and decolonization is what caught my attention most, since we rarely think about resorts and leisure zones as political architecture. Speaking of old tourist imagery, I've been going through vintage travel photos lately and honestly some of them have that charming grainy look, so sometimes I even use a low quality image tool to recreate that retro vibe on purpose. Wish I could make it to Nicosia for this one.
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