Originating from a disenfranchisement with the contemporary definition and realisation of Westernised architecture as a commodity and product, this thesis seeks to explore alternative examples of positive socio-spatial practice and agency. These alternative spatial practices and methodologies are drawn from participatory and grass-roots development agency in informal settlements and contexts of...

From the definitions provided by Edward Said in his Orientalism, it is possible to divide western oriental discourse into two different phases: one covering the early modern period up to eighteenth century which demonizes and misrepresents the East, and the other, arguably still in effect, which, in Said’s words, dominates and restructures it. The representations of the Turks in the early moder...

In his article, "Reading Orientalism and the Crisis of Epistemology in the Novels of Lawrence Durrell," James Gifford argues that Edward Said's Orientalism has had a far reaching impact on the study of literature as well as in Comparative Literature, especially in works which depict the "Eastern Other." However, a question arises in those texts which have completed the philosophical motion from...

Self-orientalism stands out as a political strategy implemented voluntarily by modernizing leaders during the formation of modern-nation-states, and intellectuals who are in contact with modern colonialists post-colonial period. In other words, orientalism has been internalized media state practices. age we live in, there is no apart from phenomenon self-orientalism. The internalization dynamic...

A much more ambiguous issue revolves around the origins of these regional inequalities and extends to the broader question of how development plans for the region are interpreted and understood. What seems particularly controversial is the diagnosis of the problems of Eastern Poland as a 'natural' function of the link between economic issues and subjective interpretations of contemporary social...

This paper aims to show how identity can be of importance to issues relating to development. More 1 specifically, it deals with how the Kosovar Albanians perception of their collective identity have affected Kosovo’s economic development. The study draws primarily from the theories of Identity Economics and Orientalism and presents a hypothesis which is then tested empirically through the analy...

The aim of this article is to construct a critique Western neo-orientalism through the film medium. Film product popular culture. After 9/11, concept emerged in West, especially America, which considers everything that not "Western" be terrorists, and radicals. To criticize “Ms. Marvel” researchers used theory identity from Stuart Hall Homi Bhabha get series. found construction symbol neo-orien...

This paper critically explores the role of colonial discourse studies in exploring cultural imperialism. It discusses relevance this academic field to our current understanding ideological dimensions colonialism, imperialism, and globalization. Moreover, it outlines how related conceptualizations such as Orientalism, Said’s Orient Occident, hegemony, postcolonial theories are intrinsically link...

Research on Kurdish women has burgeoned during the last decade, which is a positive sign of growing interest regarding highly marginalized population and region. However, most these works contain theoretical methodological inadequacies, fallacies contradictory messages agency, or lack it, women, along with an orientalist approach. Using feminist rhetorical criticism discourse approaches, togeth...