Historic mosques are religious living cultural heritage resources. Their conservation is a challenge throughout the Islamic World. It requires achieving a delicate balance of various values and stakeholders. They are often torn between two types of authorities and stakeholders, those who are responsible for religious and functional aspects on the one hand, and on the other those who are responsible for historic, archaeological and aesthetic aspects. Furthermore, certain historic mosques may be of interest to tourists. Thus, a third type of authorities, stakeholders and users may be engaged in their use, management and conservation.The Workshop Aims
To identify stakeholders of historic mosques;
To investigate the viewpoints, needs and interests of different stakeholders of historic mosques regarding:
Use and function;
Circulation in and around the building;
Presentation;
Aesthetics, decorations and architectural style;
Interpretation, meaning, history and symbolism;
Management;
Conservation and maintenance; and
Safety and security.
To test different approaches for reconciliation of conflicting viewpoints, needs and interests regarding historic mosques.
Participants
A group of young professionals, postgraduate students or final year undergraduates in the following four groups of disciplines:
Architecture - Interior design - Urban planning;
Archaeology - History – Art History;
Conservation - Restoration;
Cultural anthropology – Sociology.
The number of participants should be between 21and 30, to be divided into three groups.
Each group will work on one of the case studies;
Each group should include participants from all four above-mentioned disciplines;
Gender balance should be observed (i.e. each group should include both male and female participants).
Lecturers: Hossam Mahdy is an Egyptian and British freelance consultant and researcher on the conservation of built heritage. He acquired his PhD from the University of Glasgow, UK; MSc from University of Leuven, Belgium; and BSc from Ain Shams University, Egypt. His work focuses on Islamic views on the conservation of built heritage, Arabic terminology of conservation, and the translation of conservation literature from English into Arabic. He is an advisor to ICOMOS Secretariat on World Heritage nominations and a consultant to EAMENA Project at Oxford University on Arabic heritage terminology and translations. He worked extensively on the study and conservation of built heritage in the Arab region. Hossam is a member of ICOMOS-UK and ICOMOS-CIAV. He was an Honorary Fellow at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow; a Fellow at ICCROM, Rome; and a Visiting Scholar at the Getty Conservation Institute, LA.
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