IASTE 2021 CONFERENCE PROGRAM


TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
REGISTRATION
ROYAL SUITE BAR

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
OPENING REMARKS
ROYAL SUITE

Introductory Remarks
Mark Gillem
University of Oregon, Eugene, U.S.A.

Welcome to Nottingham and NTU
Andrew Knight
Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Welcome to the 2021 Conference
Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem
Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

On the Conference Structure: Virtual Traditions
Nezar AlSayyad
University of California, Berkeley

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
KEYNOTE 1
ROYAL SUITE

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
LUNCH BREAK

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM: 
PAPER SESSIONS 1

A.1 VIRTUAL RECONSTRUCTION
HIGHGROVE ROOM
Chair: Ming Sun
Nottingham Trent University, U.K[

Tracing the Uncertainty of the Virtual Reconstruction of the Egyptian Labyrinth through History
Farida Waheed, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Cali Histórica: Connecting People, Places, and Historical Institutions
Aura Maria Jaramillo and Daniella Zamora, Columbia University, U.S.A.

Reconstruction and Recording: Earthquakes and Adaptation of Heritage Settlements in Chile
Bernadette Devilat, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Collecting the Past: Visualizing the Roman Bath in Ankara
Gizem H. Güner, ODTÜ, Turkey

B.1 TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS AND SETTLEMENTS
HAMPTON-WINDSOR ROOM
Chair: Ahmed el-Kholei
Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain

Chinese Ancestral Hall: Socio-Spatial Traditions, Ritual Architecture Form, and Decaying Clan Communities
Xiang Ren, University of Sheffield, U.K.

A Critical Review of the Adaptive Reuses of Two Built Heritages in Hong Kong
Xiaoxu Yan, University of Hong Kong, China

Continuity, Change, and Adaptation: The Transformation of Ahmedabad Fort Wall, India
Sweta Kandari, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, India

The Ecosystem of Transmission in Traditional Kachchh Weaving: Negotiating Artisanal Knowledge in the Framework of UNESCO‘s Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention
Nisha Subramaniam, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, India

Spatial Networks and Intangible Heritage: An Alternative Approach to Understanding Heritage in Contemporary Societies
Anjali Mittal, Nimit Gandhi, Nishant Gautam, and Tarun Kumar, School of Planning and Architecture, India

C.1 THE PRACTICE OF DESIGN
KENSINGTON ROOM
Chair: Shundana Yusaf
University of Utah, U.S.A.

Revamping German Educational Facilities into Communal Centers and the Role of the Architect
Jan Braker and Bedour Braker, Jan Braker Architekt, Germany

The Dynamics of New Mosque Designs in Indonesia: Expressions of Piety as a Lifestyle
Arief Setiawan, Kennesaw State University, U.S.A.

The Techno-Cultural Turn of the Tradition of Architectonics
Serdar Eri?en, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Rethinking the Pedestrian Experience in Beirut
Dina Mneimneh, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Integrating Traditions in the Design Process and Practice: Opportunities and Challenges in Historic Cairo
Maye Yehia, Amira el Hakeh, and Mohammad el Mesallamy, Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, Egypt

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
COFFEE BREAK

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
PAPER SESSIONS 2

A.2 VIRTUAL VS. REAL
HIGHGROVE ROOM
Chair: Gehan Selim
Leeds University, U.K.

Virtual Velocities: Traversing Trajectories of Ecological Epistemologies
Diane Wildsmith, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia

The Combination of Digital and Physical Environments in Theatrical Performances in Cyprus
Maria Christoforou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Village Covenant in China: From a Living Tradition to a Virtual Tradition, Not the Opposite
Yigong Zhang and Xiao Liu, Tsinghua Wenbo Institute for Heritage Conservation and Research, China

Virtual Memories and Traditional Practice: Congxi Ancestral Hall and House of Tan Yeok Nee from 1870 to 1911
Xiaoqing Liu, University of Hong Kong, China

Modern Flows: Introducing Tech-Scapes of New Vernacular Architecture Practices in Egypt
Mohamed Attia Tantawy, Hand Over, Egypt

B.2 TRADITION VS. MODERNITY: TRANSFORMING PLACES
HAMPTON-WINDSOR ROOM
Chair: Mohammad al-Jassar
Kuwait University, Kuwait

Nostalgia against Evolving Forms of Tradition and Heritage: The Case of Nubian Culture
Nagwa Sherif, American University in Cairo, Egypt

Challenging Tradition in Togo
Anne Marshall, University of Idaho, U.S.A.

Clandestine Fun in Suburban Gardens of Tehran
Shahrzad Shirvani, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

The Socio-Spatial Transformation of British Colonial Markets in Hill Stations of India: The Case of Mussoorie
Samiksha Chaudhary and Ram Sateesh Pasupuleti, Indian Institute of Technology, India

Reinventing Modern Heritage: Changing Landscapes of Former Industrial Areas in Hong Kong
Wenxin Zeng, University of Hong Kong, China

C.2 PLANNING AND PLACEMAKING
KENSINGTON ROOM
Chair: Flávia Brito do Nascimento
University of São Paulo, Brazil

From “Complete Man” to “Model Citizens”: The Planning of Christian Model Villages in Early Twentieth-Century China
Calvin Liang, Chuhai College of Higher Education, Hong Kong, China

Breaking and Making Traditions: Disjuncture in Spatial Planning Futurities for Delhi
Manas Murthy, University of Oregon, U.S.A

New “Traditions” in Housing Design in the Bay Area‘s Silicon Valley
Hatice Sadikogu Asan, Stanford University, U.S.A.

Globalizing Tradition: The Virtual Reconstruction of Identity in West Sumatra’s Grand Mosque
Feni Kurniati, University of Oregon, U.S.A 

Advertising Cairo’s Walled Enclaves
Manar Hussein, American University in Cairo, Egypt

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
OPENING RECEPTION AND EXHIBIT
Nottingham Castle


WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
PAPER SESSIONS 3

A.3 DIGITAL TOOLS
HIGHGROVE ROOM
Chair: Chris Reynolds
Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Architecture, Heritage, and the Metaverse: New Approaches and Methods for the Digital Built Environment
Andrea Moneta, Nottingham Trent University and Society of British Theatre Designers, U.K.

Digitizing Heritage as an Integrated Sustainable Tool for Informative Interpretation: The Case of Umm-Qais, Jordan
Gehan Selim,1 Monther Jamhawi,2 Shouib Ma‘bdeh,2 and Andrew Holland3
1University of Leeds, U.K., 2Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 3University of Leeds, U.K.

Building Information Modeling as a Virtual Tool in the Sustainable Retrofitting of Heritage Buildings in Egypt
Nermine Aly Hany Hassan, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt

Visualizing the Unseen Rice Street in Colonial Taiwan: An Application of Geographic Information Systems and Interpretations of Everydayness
Ping-Sheng Wu and An-Yu Cheng, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

The Importance of Digital Technology for the Growth of the Multiuse House Typology
Sura Saud al-Sabah, Architect, Kuwait

B.3 INDIGENOUS AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES
HAMPTON-WINDSOR ROOM
Chair: Manu Sobti
University of Queensland, Australia

Urban Stratification: An Inclusive Urban Cultural Landscape of Hsinchu City
Shu-Yi Wang, Chinese Cultural University, Taiwan

Mapping Socio-Spatial Traditions of Contemporary Sacred Landscapes
Ana Souto Galvan and Alexandra Chairetaki, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Repackaging the Local: Japanese Uniqueness and International Consumption in the 1980s Japanese Bubble Economy
Hui-Ying Kerr, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Favelas and Heritage: Heritage-Making and Narratives
Flávia Brito do Nascimento, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Cultural Heritage as Enabler of Urban Conservation of Siwa Oasis, Egypt
Heba Safey Eldeen, Misr International University, Egypt

C.3 INFORMAL URBANISM AND REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
KENSINGTON ROOM
Chair: Joseph Godlewski, Syracuse University, U.S.A.

Management of the Commons and Global Poverty in the Developing World: Critiques and Strategies for New Imaginaries for the Development of Slums
Ana Rosa Chagas Cavalcanti, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Informal Placemaking at the Urban-Rural Frontier: Socio-Spatial Strategies in Nanjing, China
Huaqing Huang, Nanjing University, China

Virtual Investigation: Place Identity and Perceptions of Refugee Resettlement in Utica, NY
Pamanee Chaiwat, University of Oregon, U.S.A.

Community Displacement: How Socio-Spatial Traditions in Filipino and Marshallese Culture Are Transposed on New Landscapes
Lyndsey Deaton1 and James Miller2
1University of Oregon, U.S.A., 2OCAD University, Canada

Between Integration and Segregation of New Traditions: The Case of Syrian Refugee Settlements in Egypt
Maye Yehia1 and Iman Hegazy2
1Arab Academy, Egypt, 2Bauhaus University, Germany

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM
COFFEE BREAK

11:20 AM – 12:20 PM
KEYNOTE 2
ROYAL SUITE 

12:20 PM – 1:20 PM
LUNCH BREAK

1:20 PM – 3:00 PM
PAPER SESSIONS 4

A.4 DIGITIZING IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
HIGHGROVE ROOM
Chair: Ali Alraouf
HBK University, Qatar

Site, Archive, Medium, and the Case of Lifta
Mark Jarzombek,1 Eliyahu Keller,1 and Eytan Mann2
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A., 2Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Reinventing Bamboo Architecture through Computational Design Thinking: From Tradition to Digital Practice
Esti Nurdiah, Tsung-Hsein Wang, and Wen-Shao Chang, University of Sheffield, U.K.

Developing a Digital Humanities Approach to Future Archiving: A Case Study of the Postmodern Architectural Legacy of Tel Aviv
Yael Allweil,1 Kartikeya Date,1 and Tzafrir Fainholtz2
1IIAS, Israel, 2Technion IIT, Israel

Preservation and Conservation of the Los Manantiales Concrete Shell in the Digital Era
Marisela Mendoza1 and Juan Del Cuerto Ruiz-Funes2
1Nottingham Trent University, U.K., 2Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico

B.4 INDIGENOUS AND VERNACULAR DISCOURSES
HAMPTON-WINDSOR ROOM
Chair: Natali Barber
Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

The Changing Culture and Traditions of Post-ISIS Mosul
Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem and Omar al-Hafith
Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

The Use of New Technology by the Department of Antiquities of Jordan to Protect Cultural Heritage
Samia Emile Khoury, Department of Antiquities, Jordan

Tradition Embodied: Forever Distant Jiaxiang for Chinese Rural Emigrants
Wei Zhao, Louisiana Tech University, U.S.A.

Applied Vernacular
Jaymes Cloninger, Motivf Corporation, U.S.A.

C.4 OPEN SESSION: ART, CRAFT, AND ARCHITECTURE
KENSINGTON ROOM
Chair: Ana Souto 
Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Social Change which Occurred as a Result of Lace Design Education for Young Women in Nottingham, 1945-1960
Nichola Burton, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

When Boston Isn’t Boston: Useful Lies of Reconstructive Game Models
Aurelien Catros1 and Maxime Leblanc2
1Université de Montreal, Canada, 2McGill University, Canada

Garbage as Generators: Alternative Ecosystems of the Global South
Angeliki Tsoukala and Aparajita Santra, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.

3:15 PM – 6:00 PM
NOTTINGHAM CITY WALKING TOUR
The tour will feature visits to a number of historic sites across Nottingham in the company of four local historians and heritage specialists.  Participants will be divided into groups of no more than 30.  The first part of the tour consists of Historic Nottingham.  It will start at the University’s Newton Building main entrance at .  The first part of the tour will start at 3 :15 PM at the University’s Newton Building main entrance, and it will start at the same time for all the groups, who will take different routes.  Other attractions will include the City of Caves, the Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Pub, and the Lace Market.  The tour will end at Nottingham Castle.  The two parts have an estimated time of 90 minutes each, for those who do not want to do the whole tour.


THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
PAPER SESSIONS 5

A.5 MANAGING GLOBALIZATION AND TRADITION
HIGHGROVE ROOM
Chair: Amir Gohar
University of Huddersfield, U.K.

Are Cities in the Arab Region Ready for the 4IR? Impacts on Image, Identity, and Cultural Heritage
1Ahmed el-Kholei and 2Ghada Yassein,
1Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain, 2Menofia University, Egypt

(Re)placing Home: Examining the Shift in Mosul’s Urban Spaces and Demographics after Abandoning the Historic Core in the Postwar Setting
Yousif al-DaffaieNottingham Trent University, U.K.

Diaspora, Praxis to Modern-Day Globalized Contexts
Pakinam Zeid
Alexandria University, Egypt

Cyberabad’s Dispossessed Communities: How the Built Environment Structures Children’s Social Lives
Lyndsey Deaton, University of Oregon, U.S.A.

Political Mirroring and the Imaginary of Postwar Americanized Japanese Houses
Izumi Kuroishi, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan

B.5 VERNACULARS NEW AND OLD: TRANSFORMING TYPOLOGIES
HAMPTON-WINDSOR ROOM
Chair: Tanu Sankalia
University of San Francisco, U.S.A.

The Show and the Show-House: Lifestyle Traditions in the Digital Age
Debbie Whelan, University of Lincoln, U.K.

Practicing Vernacular Typologies and Gentrification Aesthetics: What the National Beautiful China Project Has Meant for a Fishing Settlement in Xiamen
Yongming Chen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Production of Space in Traditional Towns and Villages in a Mode with Chinese Characteristics: A Study of Urban Form in Huizhou, 1998-2018
Xiao Cheng, University of Nottingham, U.K.

The Virtue of the Virtual in the Age of Vanishing Reality: Gulf Architectural and Urban Heritage
Ali Alraouf, HBK University and Urban Planning Authority, Qatar

Traditions in Transit: Upholding Central Values and Concepts in a Blended Conference Environment
Tina Engels-Schwarzpaul, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

C.5 MIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND URBANIZATION
KENSINGTON ROOM
Chair: Masi Jafari
Dortmund University, Germany

Urban Villages as Invisible Beacons of Economic and Social Success: The Role of Migrant Communities in Shenzhen, China
Pengyu Chen,1 Tim Heath,1 and Jiayi Jin2
1University of Nottingham, U.K., 2Northumbria University, U.K.

Cultivating New Traditions: The Life of Young Migrants in Urban Mumbai
Min Tang, University of Leuven, Belgium, and University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France

Remittance House in China: The Journeys of Migrant Laborers to Manufacture Hope
Yi-Ling Lin, University of Hong Kong, China

Transition in the Built Tradition of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Asmita Dahal, University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.

Tradition Reinterpreted: Unplanned Urban Practices by Migrant and Youth Cultures as Emerging Identities for Kuwait
Mae al-Ansari, Kuwait University, Kuwait

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
COFFEE BREAK

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
KEYNOTE 3
ROYAL SUITE

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
LUNCH BREAK

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM 
PAPER SESSIONS 6 

A.6 MUSEUMS, MEMORIALS, AND TRAVEL
HIGHGROVE ROOM
Chair: Andrew Knight
Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Trafalgar Squared: Marine A, Memorialized
Stuart Burch
Nottingham Trent University, U.K., and Communication University of China, China

Vanishing Memory and Identity: Tomb Caretakers and Their Descendants at the Imperial Tombs of the Qing Dynasty in China, Seventeenth Century to the Present Day
Meng Li and Gehan Selim, University of Leeds, U.K.

Engaging Audiences with Difficult Pasts: Voices of ‘68 @ Ulster Museum
Chris Reynolds, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Haifa City Museum and the Heritage Monument: Reshaping Local History and Constructing a Spatial Narrative
Keren Ben Hilell and Yael Allweil, Technion IIT, Israel

Travel Replacement in the Nineteenth Century: Panoramas and Stereo Photography
Dietrich Neumann, Brown University, U.S.A.

B.6 IDENTITY, ETHNICITY, AND ARCHITECTURE
HAMPTON-WINDSOR ROOM
Chair: Ashraf Salama
University of Strathclyde, U.K. 

Managing a Utopia: Dwelling in the Late Portuguese Empire (1945-74) through Guinea-Bissau
Rui Artistides Lebre, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Hybrid Place: The Tianguis and Santuario de Guadalupe of Cuetzalan, Mexico
Tanu Sankalia, University of San Francisco, U.S.A.

Provincial Women as Provocateurs of Virtual Histories: Insights from South Asia
Shundana Yusaf, University of Utah, U.S.A.

Spaces of Ethnic Consumption in Sydney
Yingfei Wang and Duanfang Lu, University of Sydney, Australia

Rural Renewal in Hong Kong’s New Territories: Cases of Cultivated Heritages, Hybrid Identities, and Negotiated Ecologies
Thomas Chung, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

C.6 TRIGGERING SOCIOSPATIAL TRADITIONS

KENSINGTON ROOM
Chair: Cecilia Chu
University of Hong Kong, China

Pluralism, Governance, and the New Right in German Memory Politics
Jenny Wüstenberg, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Neoliberalizing Traditions in Ecological Civilization: Reconciling Landscape Design and Engineering in Wetland Construction of Tai Lake Basin, China
Ting Wang, University of Hong Kong, China

The 1984-85 Miners’ Strike in Nottinghamshire: Gone but Not Forgotten
Natalie Braber, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

A Critical Analysis of Urban Transformation of Najaf’s Historic Urban Center and its Impact on Local Traditions in the 21st Century 
Sabeeh Lafta Farhan1 and Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem2
1Wasit University, Iraq, 2Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
COFFEE BREAK

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM 
PAPER SESSIONS 7

A.7 IMPACTS OF A DIGITAL AGE
HIGHGROVE ROOM
Chair: Mike Robinson
Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Revisiting Kant’s Moral Theory on Human-Object Relationships in the Context of Virtual Heritage Environments
Andrew Knight and Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Cultural Relics, Place Meanings, and the Archaeological Imagination
Cecilia Chu, University of Hong Kong, China

Virtual Warfare: Militarized Memory in the “Cultural-Centric” Iraq War
Ayda Melika, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.

Regeneration of the Urban Village from the Cultural Production Perspective: The Case of Nantou Old Town in Shenzhen
Yifei Li and Ruitong Yang, Shenzhen University, China

A New Tradition in the Era of Mobility Systems: Mobile Digital Traces
Esin Ekizoglu, School of Architecture of Paris-Val de Seine and Paris Diderot University, France

B.7 PEOPLE, PLACE, AND TRADITION
HAMPTON-WINDSOR ROOM
Chair: Yael Allweil
Technion, Israel

Retracing Footsteps: Itinerant Hawkers in Singapore, 1903–1986
Chee-Kien Lai, Studio Metis, Singapore

Street Trading Activities and the Economic Dynamics of Urban Socio-Spatial Vernacular in Lagos Metropolis
Oluwaseun Onolaja, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Proto-Virtual Environments: Old Calabar from the Diary of an Eighteenth-Century Slave Trader
Joseph Godlewski
Syracuse University, U.S.A.

Change of Lifestyle in a Suburban Housing Estate during Its Rebuilding
Yura Kim, Chubu University, Japan

Wither Bazaar and Maidan: Fake and Real Social Choreographies in the Neoliberal Indian Mall
Manu Sobti, University of Queensland, Australia

C.7 SEGREGATION AND SOCIAL SPACE
KENSINGTON ROOM
Chair: Noha Nasser
Cardiff University, U.K.

Lands of No Men: The Sites and Spaces of Women’s Activism in the (Post)Colonial Imagination
Sameh el Kharbawy, California State University, U.S.A.

Mind the Gap! Why Are Muslim Migrants and LGBTQI Not Sharing the Same Public Space in Hamburg? The Case of St. Georg
Bedour Braker and Jan Braker, Jan Braker Architekt, Germany

Separation between Two Adjacent Public Spaces as a Reflection of Segregated Society
Sulaiman Alfassa1 and Mohammad al-Jassar2
1May and Co. Design Office, Kuwait, 2Kuwait University, Kuwait

Iranian Women at Azadi Stadium: A Mediatized Participation in Restriction
Alireza Taherifard, University of Kassel, Germany

Between the Palimpsest and the Blank Slate: Reimagining Tradition and Erasure in the Regeneration of Burgess Park and the Aylesbury Estate, South London
Felipe Lanuza, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
RECEPTION & AWARD CEREMONY
ROYAL SUITE


FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

9:00 AM – 10:40 AM
PAPER SESSIONS 8

A.8 SPACE, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND DIGITAL APPS
HIGHGROVE ROOM
Chair: Hesham Issa
Cairo University, Egypt

Local Social Media and Its Contribution to Neighborhood Community Belonging
Nick Foard, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Democratizing Migrant Heritage: Crowdsourcing Heritage Using Mobile App Technology
Noha Nasser1 and Rosemary Latter2
1Cardiff University, U.K., 2Independent Scholar, U.S.A.

Moderating Cultural Change: Socio-Spatial Virtuality in Arab-American Immigrants’ Lives
Mohammad al-Jassarand Lynne Marie Dearborn2
1Kuwait University, Kuwait, 2University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.

The Instagrammer: The Mediatization of Visual Urban Experience through Instagramming
Alireza Taherifard1 and Seyed Yahya Islami2
1University of Kassel, Germany, 2University of Tehran, Iran

B.8 DESIGN, EDUCATION, AND DEVELOPMENT
HAMPTON-WINDSOR ROOM
Chair: Mui Ho
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Synthetic Spaces: Creating Narrative Architectures with 3D Digital Scanning
Nic Clear and Hyun Jun Park, University of Huddersfield, U.K.

Heritage Teaching by Stealth: Integrating Conservation Architecture Learning into an Undergraduate Architecture Course
Tom Hughes and Jeffrey Keays, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Tradition, Space, and Architectural Practice in Democratic South Africa
Gerald Stewardt Steyn, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Crafting Tradition: Bridging Vernacular Society, Education, and Professional Practice in Indonesia
Yenny Gunawan, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Indonesia

C.8 OPEN SESSION
KENSINGTON ROOM
Chair: Marisela Mendoza
Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Indigenous Placemaking in the Climate Diaspora
James Miller, OCAD University, Canada

Exercising the Virtual Collective Strategy in the Context of Twenty-First-Century “Alor” Traditional Society
Klara Puspa Indrawati, University of Oregon, U.S.A.

The Ubiquitous and Doubly Virtual Nature of Nostalgia: Visions for the Nicosia Buffer Zone
Christakis Chatzichristou and Kyriakos Miltiadous, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Architectural Quranic Inscriptions and the Dilemma of Interpretation
Noha Hussein, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

10:40 AM – 11:00 AM
COFFEE BREAK

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
CONCLUDING PLENARY SESSION
ROYAL SUITE

Chairs: Mark Gillem and Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem 
University of Oregon, U.S.A., and Nottingham Trent University, U.K.