Deserts are not empty / [editor, Samia Henni ; contributors, Saphiya Abu Al-Maati, Menna Agha, Asaiel Al Saeed, Aseel Al Yaqoub, Yousef Awaad Hussein, Ariella A̐uisha Azoulay, Danika Cooper, Brahim El Guabli, Timothy Hyde, Jill Jarvis, Bongani Kona, Dalal Musaed Alsayer, Observatoire des armements, Francisco E. Robles, Paulo Tavares, Alla Vronskaya, and XqSu].
| Other author/creator | Henni, Samia, 1980- editor. https://isni.org/isni/000000048307483X |
| Other author/creator | Abu Al-Maati, Saphiya, contributor. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, [2022] |
| Copyright Notice | ̐u2022 |
| Description | 367 pages, 17 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), color plans, portraits ; 21 cm. |
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| Series | Columbia books on architecture and the city Columbia books on architecture and the city. ^A1454196 |
| Abstract | "Colonial and imperial powers have often portrayed arid lands as "empty" spaces ready to be occupied, exploited, extracted, and polluted. Despite the undeniable presence of human and nonhuman lives and forces in desert territories, the "regime of emptiness" has inhabited, and is still inhabiting, many imaginaries. 'Deserts Are Not Empty' challenges this colonial tendency, questions its roots and ramifications, and remaps the representations, theories, histories, and stories of arid lands--which comprise approximately one-third of the Earth's land surface. The volume brings together poems in original languages, conversations with collectives, and essays by scholars and professionals from the fields of architecture, architectural history and theory, curatorial studies, comparative literature, film studies, landscape architecture, and photography. These different approaches and diverse voices draw on a framework of decoloniality to unsettle and unlearn the desert, opening up possibilities to see, think, imagine it otherwise."-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Statement of responsibility from back flap of printed paper wrapper. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Language | Mostly English texts and interviews. Includes quotations (some with English translation) in Arabic, Karelian, Nubian, O'odham, Portuguese, Rusian, or Uyghur. |
| ISBN | 9781941332740 |
| ISBN | 1941332749 (paperback) |
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