CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Helmi, Nadin Mohamed Naser |
|---|---|
| Title | Forging Grounds for Heritage Preservation: Road Map for Improving Public Engagement, the Case of Alexandria |
| Summary | In recent years, the issue of demolishing heritage buildings in Alexandria caught the attention of the public. Most notable, the buildings that fall under the protection of Law 144 for the year 2006. This pattern brought attention to the circumstances in which the buildings were demolished, also posed questions of the efficiency of the system that manages it. Moreover, the ambiguity of the law caused a conflict in the proceedings of listing and registering heritage buildings in the national heritage list. As a consequence, several heritage buildings were removed from the heritage list based on court rulings that stating the illegality of its listing in the national heritage records. In this relation, a social movement was established, Save Alex, to demand the preservation of the city's heritage. The thesis explores the role of civil society movements in particular "Save Alex movement", in raising a wave of heritage activism to claim public spaces and heritage back for the people. Based on the previously mentioned, the thesis analyzes the tools of mobilization that influence the policymaker's decision and approaches concerning the state policy in heritage and urban management. Moreover, the thesis views the potentials of involving the public in adaptive reuse projects through the case study of Societe Immobiliere building by SIGMA properties. Throughout the thesis, I argue that adopting a bottom-up approach for the protection of heritage will improve the failing system of urban governance. This thesis come to demonstrate – how community engagement is the most efficient method for safeguarding Egyptian architectural heritage. |
| Supervisor | Wollak,Katalin |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/helmi_nadin.pdf |
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