Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores how the museum concept has expanded beyond the boundaries of a single building into the historic city itself through musealization. Articulating the musealization of historic cities as a specific urban process, the book here presents a study of the transformation of the Sultanahmet district on Istanbul’s historic peninsula, which has been the major focus of planning, conservation and museological studies in Turkey since the 19th century as the public face of the city. The author aims to offer empirically grounded and context-specific insight into the role of museums in the regeneration of historic cities. Musealization as an urban process varies in different geographical, cultural and ideological contexts, and across different time periods. By discussing the Sultanahmet district as a specific context of yet another city subjected to the musealization process, this book provides further insights into this important global phenomenon.
Table of ContentsList of Figures
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction: Historic City as a Museum
Chapter 2Symbolic Centre of the Ottoman Empire
Chapter 3Repurposing the Symbolic Monuments: A Strategy for Secularisation
Chapter 4 Sterilising an Emerging Tourist Destination
Chapter 5 Constructed Authenticity of a Tourism Centre
Chapter 6 Glorifying the Ottoman Past
Chapter 7 Conclusion: Musealisation as an Urban Process
Bibliography
About the Author
