Visual Culture(s) in the Gulf: An Anthology
Gulf Research Centre Cambridge
Edited by Nadia Mounajjed
First published 2016 Gulf Research Centre Cambridge © Gulf Research Centre Cambridge 2016
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4. Negotiating Dubai’s Cultural Identity: An Excavation of Meaning in the City’s Famous Projects 91 Butheina H. Kazim
2. Visual Censorship as Cross-cultural Negotiation: Teaching Art History in Saudi Arabia 47 Lucile Dupraz
7. From the Corner of an Eye: Visual Journeys along the Highways of Dubai David Kendall the Contributors
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5. Hyper-Contextual Megastructures: A Vision into New Architectural Identities for the UAE 111 Enrique Martínez
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.................................................................................. 179 GRC Publications ........................................................................................... 181
1. Visual Archives: Images from the Formative Years of the Emirates ........... 29 Nadia Mounajjed, Sharmeen Syed and Uns Kattan
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ContentsForeword:TheVisual Turn................................................................................ 11 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................... 15
Visual Culture(s) in the Gulf: An Introduction
3. Displaying in the Peninsula: Museums as Creators of a Visual Identity ..... 71 Pamela Erskine-Loftus
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6. Visualizing Urban Form as Mass Ornament in Muscat Capital Area ...... 137 Aurel von Richthofen
