Cultural Heritage Transfer of the Traditional Thai House: Usiri Family Houses

Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Heritage – the Concept of ‘ Collective Bio - Cultural Heritage ’

IIED together with researchers in Peru, Panama, India, China and Kenya is conducting participatory research on traditional knowledge systems of indigenous and local communities and the role of customary law in protecting traditional knowledge . Through communitylevel case studies, we aim to ensure that international and national policy is built on a good understanding of local realities, norms ...

Facade Tectonics in Traditional Houses of Shiraz, Iran, Case Study: Zinat-al-Molk House

Cultural Heritage

Il Progetto Nu.M.E. (Nuovo Museo Elettronico della Storia della Città di Bologna), è iniziato nel 1997 dall’idea di poter creare un ambiente virtuale che permettesse di realizzare una ricostruzione tridimensionale dell’habitat urbano e delle sue trasformazioni storiche dai giorni nostri al 1200. È nata così la città in 4 dimensioni (tre dimensioni spaziali più una temporale) che permette ai vis...

Contentment and Architecture An Investigation of the Manifestation of the Concept of Contentment in the Pattern of Iranian Traditional Houses (Case Study: Mortaz House)

The concept of contentment derived from the content is one of the names of Allah that in Islamic foundations has been emphasized. The traditional man, relying on these bases, to illustrate the divine names, he has tried in different aspects of his life. Architecture is one of the areas which these names appear in it and from a variety of architectures; the house provides the most possible for t...

on translation of phatic communion and socio-cultural relationships between the characters of the novels

phatic communion is a cultural concept which differs across cultures. according to hofstede (2001), the u.s. tends to have individualistic culture; however, asian countries tend to have collectivistic cultures. these cultures view phatic communion differently. in individualistic cultures like u.s., phatic communion reflects speakers’ socio-cultural relationships in conversations. to see whether...