The histories buildings tell: aesthetic and popular readings of state meaning in Ethiopia (2022)
Journal Article
Gallagher, J., Mulugeta, D., Melake-Selam, A., & Tomkinson, J. (2022). The histories buildings tell: aesthetic and popular readings of state meaning in Ethiopia. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 16(1), 2 -24. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2022.2068234

In this article, we attempt to understand the persistence of the ‘great tradition’ in describing what the state means to Ethiopians. We do this by examining stories about history, told by and about Ethiopia’s architecture. Within these stories we fin... Read More about The histories buildings tell: aesthetic and popular readings of state meaning in Ethiopia.

The Un-Exceptional Middle Eastern City (2017)
Other
El-Kazaz, S., Mazur, K., Reynolds, N., Crane, S., & Menoret, P. (2017). The Un-Exceptional Middle Eastern City. Hoboken, NJ

This special section of City and Society is dedicated to de-exceptionalizing the study of Middle Eastern cities. The introduction argues that the study of Middle Eastern cities has been constrained in its analytical and methodological focus by a gene... Read More about The Un-Exceptional Middle Eastern City.