Urban (Heritage) Narratives Workshop
Every Taracina has a Story
This workshop is the first event in the series of activities planned for the project “Bazar Abbas: Recovery Lab of Port Said’’ and will address the questions of urban narratives and collective memory, conflict and recovery, urban mapping and heritage interpretation through the perspective of local communities in Port Said. During the workshop, participants will be provided with various inputs addressing the themes mentioned above. Then they will carry out a practice to document and map local-centred urban narratives of Port Said affected by years of war and conflicts in the city. Timber veranda or Taracina, an integral component of Port Said`s Architecture, will be regarded as a leading element during the practice. The outcome of this workshop will further be developed and employed for the planning workshop in September 2023 that will focus on formulating urban recovery guidelines in the historic core of Port Said.
The workshop, in particular, targets Egyptian students and researchers in the fields of architecture, urban planning, and heritage studies. Participants in five groups carried out site-specific studies within the so-called Arab and European neighbourhoods of Port Said with a special focus given to the effect of war and years of conflict on local urban narratives and heritage interpretations. Timber veranda or Taracina, an integral component of Port Said’s Architecture, will be regarded as a leading element during the practice. The workshop had the capacity for twenty-one participants from nine universities.
Through Locally guided city walks, site observations and interviews with locals as well as heritage advocates, the groups went through an intensive experience of exploring Port Said from local viewpoints with its diversity and plurality. Moreover, the workshop focuses on presenting these (heritage) narratives in acreative and accessible way and with a view to the role that they should play in recovery decision-making. Therefore,the outcome of this workshop will further be developed and employed for the planning workshop in September 2023 that will focus on formulating urban recovery guidelines in the historic core of Port Said and the tourism workshop in June 2024 will focus on developing sustainable tourism guidelines for the same study area.
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