dc.contributor.advisor |
Kanaan, Joy |
dc.contributor.advisor |
Haddad, Rana |
dc.contributor.author |
Anouti, Ghida |
dc.date.accessioned |
2021-05-28T08:27:32Z |
dc.date.available |
2021-05-28T08:27:32Z |
dc.date.issued |
5/28/2021 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10938/22870 |
dc.description |
Joy Kanaan; Raafat Majzoub; Sinan Hassan; Rana Samara; Karim Najjar; Salma Samar Damluji; Robert Saliba |
dc.description.abstract |
This thesis explores the relationship between a nation and one of its most influential icons, Fairuz. As a site of power that participates in the shaping of Lebanon’s post-colonial identity, the icon harbors a monumental ability to propagate a fabricated national myth, one that simultaneously subdues and comforts the nationalist individual. Following a system of power structures that gave rise to a national icon of hierarchical superiority, the icon is currently at a critical moment in time, in tandem with the critical state of a nation. The icon’s body is at a moment of transition, as the nation anticipates its junction from the tangible to the intangible realm. A seemingly eternal legacy prevails, while the opportunity arises to preemptively eulogize the icon through a condemnation of its indoctrination of the nation as well as a celebration of its contribution to the national identity.
The dialectical influence of the icon is immortalized in the site of Zokak el Blat, a seminal site of her early flourishing, and a historically and culturally rich neighborhood. The architectural intervention proposes a processional movement that functions as a ceremony for the icon’s alternate eulogy. The visitor is guided through a series of programs in an allegorical experience where the past influence of the icon and the nation are confronted, and a transition into the construction of a future’s new national myths is promised. The intention of this thesis is to offer a space for the concomitant destruction and perpetuation of nationalist narratives that require a rejuvenated lens of future generations to question, scrutinize, unveil and redraw the national myth. |
dc.language.iso |
en |
dc.subject |
Nationalism |
dc.subject |
National myth |
dc.subject |
Fairuz |
dc.subject |
Zokak el Blat |
dc.subject |
Architecture |
dc.title |
Alternate Eulogy |
dc.type |
Student Project |
dc.contributor.department |
Department of Architecture and Design |
dc.contributor.faculty |
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture |
dc.contributor.institution |
American University of Beirut |