From Shelters to Dwellings

In Zaatari camp, Jordan, thousands of Syrian refugees were sheltered in tents and caravans, which they steadily appropriated and turned into dwellings that responded to their social and cultural needs. In this book, Ayham Dalal takes a closer look at this remarkable transformation. He draws on the t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Dalal, Ayham, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Alemán
Publicado: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2022
Bielefeld : 2022.
Colección:Re-Figuration von Räumen ; Volume 3
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Acronyms
  • List of Arabic Words
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical Overview
  • Part One: Dismantling
  • Interlude. Syrians in Jordan and the Construction of Camps
  • Chapter 1 Zaatari Camp and its Planning
  • Part Two: Reassembling the Social
  • Introduction. The Social Ordering of Space
  • Chapter 2 Visual Privacy
  • Chapter 3 Family Relations
  • Chapter 4 Culture, Knowledge, Memory and Identity
  • Outro. From the Social to the Material
  • Part Three: Reassembling the Material
  • Chapter 5 The Caravan
  • Chapter 6 Tents, Zinco and Cement
  • Refugees as Architects
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography