Tag: Saddam Hussein

• How do monuments augment a country’s national identity?

  If this is a topic of interest, I highly recommend Lawrence Vale’s article “Mediated Monuments & National Identity.”  Here’s the abstract I wrote of this article with full citation at the bottom in case you want to look it up. It even mentions the Petronas Twin Towers from my country of residence! Lawrence J. Vale…

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  October 15, 2015

  History & Culture

  architecture, Lawrence Vale, marxist interpretation of architecture, monuments of national identity, petronas towers, Saddam Hussein

• How Governments Use Architecture

  I wrote this abstract of Vale’s article listed below. The abstract highlights Vale’s attempt to show how governments use architecture to reinforce their ideology or to link their government to the glorious past.  Vale, Lawrence J. “Mediated monuments and national identity.” Journal of Architecture 4.4 (Winter 1999): 391-408. Lawrence J. Vale in this article “explores the relationship…

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  December 21, 2013

  History & Culture

  Babylon, China’s Forbidden City, Mao Zedong, petronas towers, Saddam Hussein, Tienanmen Square, Zimbabwe national identity