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Cultural Genocide and Memorialisation Who Remembers the Armenians?

dc.contributor.advisorBrand, Diane
dc.contributor.authorMackie, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-27T19:45:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-01T20:54:27Z
dc.date.available2012-02-27T19:45:30Z
dc.date.available2022-11-01T20:54:27Z
dc.date.copyright2011
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe intentional and systematic destruction of a group’s architecture drastically compromises their ability to exist as a collective unit. The destruction of the built environment not only destroys the material evidence as the unique genius of the group and the sense of stability which architecture provides, but also comprises the group’s ability to transmit it’s collected memory throughout the group. This condition results in the decay of the group. This condition is evidenced by a case study of the Armenian genocide, in which Turkish forces targeted the Armenian body and actively destroyed extensive amounts of Armenian architecture. Currently, the Armenian people share no common built environment in which to provide the group with stability or facilitate in the transmission of their memory. Consequently, the Armenians struggle to exist as a collective. As an effective means to address this condition, an Armenian memorial design is proposed. A review of memorial precedents found the most significant aspects inherent to memorial design to be; the need to acknowledge the event that instigated loss, the need to provide a sense of resolve in conjunction with the nature of the event and also meditate tension between the two conditions. In addressing these aspects, the proposed memorial works to provide the Armenian group with a sense of stability and facilitate in the transmission of their memory in order to re-establish the Armenians as a collective group.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/27889
dc.languageen_NZ
dc.language.isoen_NZ
dc.publisherTe Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonen_NZ
dc.rights.holderAll rights, except those explicitly waived, are held by the Authoren_NZ
dc.rights.licenseAuthor Retains Copyrighten_NZ
dc.rights.urihttps://www.wgtn.ac.nz/library/about-us/policies-and-strategies/copyright-for-the-researcharchive
dc.subjectArchitectureen_NZ
dc.subjectMemoryen_NZ
dc.subjectGenocideen_NZ
dc.titleCultural Genocide and Memorialisation Who Remembers the Armenians?en_NZ
dc.typeTexten_NZ
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorTe Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonen_NZ
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_NZ
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture (Professional)en_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unitSchool of Architectureen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.marsden310105 History of the Built Environmenten_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuwAwarded Research Masters Thesisen_NZ

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