The city's many uses
Cultural tourism, the sacred monarchy and the preservation of Fez's Medina
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3979366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey D Porter (Middle East Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 59-88 |
| Publication date | 2000-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13629380008718398 |
| OpenAlex | W1978762171 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 11 |
How does something become heritage? By what processes does heritage, a nostalgic, intangible vision of the past, come to be inscribed on a particular site, transposed from an ethereal notion into a bounded and mappable place? To what desires or longings, economic exigencies or political purposes are these processes answering? Fez, Morocco's invention as a UNESCO 'Cultural Heritage Site' beginning in 1912 and culminating in 1981 affords us with one extended historical moment in which to examine these questions. The resulting study indicates that colonial and post‐colonial politics, tourism and a general conception of Morocco's national past collude to produce and sustain a site construed outside of time, but one that is paradoxically bound to constructions of the nation's presents
Archaeology · Colonialism · Cultural heritage · Environmental ethics · Ethnology · Inscribed figure · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Tourism · World heritage · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious Tourism and Spaces
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |