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Urban cemeteries as public spaces: comparison of the Norwegian and Russian case studies

by | Jan 22, 2021 | article, ASCEresearch, ASCEscience, CaseStudy, cemeteries, Norway, Pavel Grabalov, pavelgrabalov, perception of cemeteries, Presentation, public spaces, ResearchArticle, ReviewArticle, Russia

Contemporary cemeteries are intriguing examples of “in-between” places with no clear cut between public and private, civic and personal. Planners and policy makers often see urban cemeteries as utilitarian burial grounds. However, evidence from different countries...

The evolution of the landscape of the Old Jewish cemetery of Thessaloniki: an extreme case of reusage

by | Jun 30, 2019 | AGM 2019, AGM2019, Angelina Lagou, angelinalagou, article, ASCEresearch, ASCEscience, case study, Greece, harokopiouniversityofathens, history, Old Jewish cemetery of Thessaloniki, Presentation, researchType

An interesting case study about the Old Jewish cemetery of Thessaloniki in Greece that was presented at the AGM 2019. Introduction A landscape can change as radically as to be destroyed and reconstructed even more than once. Such is the case of the landscape of the...