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J. Phillip Thompson.
Bassett, Aurora Kazi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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2017-09-15T15:31:13Z
2017-09-15T15:31:13Z
2017
2017
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111371
1003291279
Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2017.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-67).
Using the form of an essay I discuss the preservation of built heritage from the 'difficult' histories of colonialism and enslavement, linking together the global stories of oppression through colonialism and slavery to the global tourism and pressure for economic growth today. I focus on Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma), which has the world's largest collection of Victorian and Edwardian colonial architecture. Years of active neglect by the military government have preserved these aging structures, but this era is coming to an end amid with often conflicting pressures to modernize and campaigns to actively restore the historic downtown. In this thesis I explore the politics of preservation and the market forces of international tourism that have led to nostalgic restorations of colonial relations for elite travelers.
by Aurora Kazi Bassett.
M.C.P.
67 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Urban Studies and Planning.
Difficult history : saving Yangon from colonial nostalgia
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