Disseminating the living story: promoting youth awareness of Lebanon contested heritage

Author's Department

Architecture Department

All Authors

Gehan Selim, Nabil Mohareb, Eslam Elsamahy

Document Type

Research Article

Publication Date

7-5-2022

Abstract

This article introduces an intervention framework to build the capacity of Lebanese youth to participate in effectively preserving Beirut’s heritage. Despite the current sectarian politics, enabling the youth to voice their narratives of the lived everyday contestation could herald their substantial contribution to the city’s urban reconciliation and peace-making process with the past. Through interviews and focus groups within the wider academic community, NGOs, and activists in Lebanon, the youth reflected on their interpretations of contestation and which elements of the local contested heritage are authentic. We argue that such authenticity is gained through lived space and experience, as we engage with emerging work that grasps authenticity as a subject of performance, negotiation, and experience.

First Page

907

Last Page

922

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