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Learning the Political Value of Space in Pakistan

Drawing upon experience from attending a faculty development seminar in Lahore, Pakistan, Paul Edleman explores the meaning of space and how space is utilized in Lahore. Edleman argues that politics and space can be intertwined in the architecture of a city and the expression of the city's culture.
Political Science • Political Science -- Infrastructure • Arts • Arts -- Architecture • Social Science • Social Science -- Infrastructure

Re-discovering Pakistan’s Abandoned Sikh Temples

Rajender Kaur was a "2019 participant in the CAORC-AIPS Faculty Development Seminar to Pakistan. In this essay, she discusses the history and legacy of several abandoned Sikh temples (or gurudwara) she visited while in Lahore and Islamabad."
Religion • Arts -- Architecture • Social Science -- Culture & Identity • Religion -- Sikhism

The Resonant Tomb: Sufi Shrines in the Indo-Persian World

Shundana Yusuf was a 2017-18 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in India and Iran for four months. Yusuf "explores the importance of audition in the history of Islamic architecture."
Religion -- Islam • Mass Media • Arts -- Architecture