Abstracts
Abstract
This article investigates the emergence of certain trends in Amman. It centres on the rise of replications of “historicized” architectural styles or/and the re-invention of the forms of cultural and heritage icons in places that have undergone urban and economic planning and regeneration schemes, projects such as Rainbow Street and Faisal Plaza in Amman. It focuses more specifically on presenting Amman’s urban heritage as an in-between situation where discursive practices lead to an urban reality that has not been recognized, appreciated, properly studied or even incorporated in the formal and popular definitions of Jordan.
Résumé
Cet article se penche sur l’émergence de certaines tendances à Amman. Il se concentre sur l’essor des répliques de styles architecturaux “historisés” et/ou la ré-invention des formes d’icônes culturelles et patrimoniales dans des lieux qui ont été l’objet de plans et de projets de régénération urbaine et économique, tels que Rainbow Street et Faisal Plaza à Amman. Il présente plus précisément le patrimoine urbain d’Amman comme un entre-deux pratiques discursives menant à une réalité urbaine qui n’a pas été reconnue, appréciée, étudiée ou même intégrée dans les définitions tant officielles que populaires de la Jordanie.
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