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Reading Baghdad’s Modernization University Campuses from 1920–1968

Dawood, Zainab A. H.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563874973655723

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2019, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
The modernization process not only transforms the social, political, and economic order of society, but also contributes to changes in values, belief systems, and even ways of life. This dissertation studies the modernization of Baghdad from 1920 to 1968 through an examination of the role of university campuses in this process, with a focus on their impact as educational institutions on both the architectural and intellectual life of the city. It examines the three university campuses (University of Al Il Beit in 1920s, University of Baghdad 1957, Al Mustansiriyah University 1964), each of which represents a particular phase of modernization in Baghdad that serves as cultural products deployed in the process of modernization. Universities have an ideological view that is entrenched in their educational curriculum and architectural performance. The campus as an academic institution maintains the cultural identity of its society, it has a physical and a non-physical effect on the city based on the university’s objectives and the campus’s circumstances. These campuses, as physical presentations and symbolic expressions, provide an exceptional window into the powerful forces that shape the sociocultural environment and represent the structure of value and beliefs in Baghdad. This research seeks to highlight the roles campuses have played in the management of city change, and the ways in which they themselves have also been changing by discussing the political, economic, societal, and cultural effects on the design of university campuses in Baghdad from the 1920s to the 1968s. This study explores what conditions will generate and strengthen the process of modernization in society and how does education lead to city change. The preliminary aim of this research is to assess the status and propose a comprehensive plan of modernization in Baghdad through the university campuses by describe, analyze, and theorize the meaning, practices, transformation, and consequences of campuses in developing Baghdad.
Rebecca Williamson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Edson Roy Cabalfin, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Rina Williams, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
300 p.
Architecture
Baghdad Modernization; Campus; Higher Education

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  • Dawood, Z. A. H. (2019). Reading Baghdad’s Modernization University Campuses from 1920–1968 [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563874973655723

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dawood, Zainab. Reading Baghdad’s Modernization University Campuses from 1920–1968. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563874973655723.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dawood, Zainab. "Reading Baghdad’s Modernization University Campuses from 1920–1968." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563874973655723

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