The new issue of the journal of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), Context, is now out, and looks at the effects of national identity on the historic built environment.
The issue follows the theme from a wide range of perspectives.
· From Australia, Louisa Moore describes how historic areas in Sydney, far from being an elitist concern, were saved through the people power of concerted action by trade unions
· Erika Hanna describes the changing and increasingly democratic meanings attached to the architecture of Georgian Dublin
· Nektaria Kokkinou’s article describes the brutal effects of the Green Line, designated to separate the Greek and Turkish communities, on Nicosia’s architectural heritage
· Andrew McLelland from Northern Ireland examines how changing the meaning and identity of some of the landmarks of the Troubles plays a small but important part in the continuing process of reconciliation in the province
· Richard Courtney calls for a civic rather than an ethnic definition of Englishness
· Stuart West’s view from Orkney which draws on the entire historical sweep of human settlement in the British Isles, offers an altogether more subtle argument on the Scottish independence referendum.
As ever, themed issues of Context also include more general conservation articles as well as news, book reviews and reports from IHBC’s officers.
Forthcoming Context themes include the ‘Value of Heritage’ and ‘Wood’.
If you have any suggestions for articles or other material contact Fiona Newton at editorial@ihbc.org.uk
For information on Context’s future issues, guidance for authors, and links to the journal’s archives, see: LINK
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