Deserts are not empty / editor, Samia Henni ; contributors, Saphiya Abu Al-Maati, Menna Agha, Asaiel Al Saeed, Aseel Al Yaqoub, Yousef Awaad Hussein, Ariella Aïsha 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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Henni, Samia, 1980- editor.

Abu Al-Maati, Saphiya, Contributor.

Agha, Menna, contributor.

Saeed, Asaiel Al, contributor.

Yaqoub, Aseel Al, contributor.

Hussein, Yousef Awaad, contributor.

Azoulay, Ariella Aïsha, contributor.

Cooper, Danika, contributor.

Guabli, Brahim El, contributor.

Hyde, Timothy, contributor.

Jarvis, Jill, contributor.

Kona, Bongani, contributor.

Alsayer, Dalal Musaed, contributor.

Observatoire des armements, contributor.

Robles, Fancisco E., contributor.

Tavares, Paulo, contributor.

Vronskaya, Alla, contributor.

XqSu, contributor.

Series:

Columbia books on architecture and the city

Language:

Arabic

Central American Indian (Other)

English

Karelian

Nubian languages

Portuguese

Russian

Uighur

Subjects (All):

Deserts.

Arid regions.

Arid regions--Government policy.

History.

Decolonization in literature.

Decolonization in art.

Land use, Rural.

Attitude change.

Exploitation.

Contempt (Attitude).

Physical Description:

367 pages, 17 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), color plans, portraits ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, 2022

Language Note:

Mostly English texts and interviews. Includes quotations (some with English translation) in Arabic, Karelian, Nubian, O'odham, Portuguese, Rusian, or Uyghur.

Summary:

"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.

Notes:

Statement of responsibility from back flap of printed paper wrapper.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781941332740

1941332749

OCLC:

1338667949