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dc.contributor.advisorProfessor Bernard Calas,
hal.structure.identifierLes Afriques dans le monde [LAM]
dc.contributor.authorMUTHUMA, Lydia
dc.description.abstractTo date, there has been no scholarly examination of Nairobi's symbolic space; of the discourses that comprise this national icon. How political power has imagined-and-imaged itself in this space; how it has re-presented and re-produced itself in city centre, is the subject of this study.The question is: What material culture, specifically what built environment, has been employed to transform Nairobi's ubiquity into p/ace-of-belonging? Built culture is considered as a tool (though not an exclusive one) for forging a relation between society and a given spatial context; a medium for society to 'personalise' its space. The focus is iconic buildings sited in the central, public space. It is further delimited to their architectural style.Political authority, though not singularly responsible for collective identity, has been selected as the point of departure because its contribution is decisive. For instance, nation states in Africa, as we know them today, were a creation of a political meeting —the Berlin conference of 1884/5. The role of politics, in imagining and actualizing collective identity is by no means insignificant.Therefore, it is as a product of political performance that Nairobi is interrogated. And the political power addressed includes the administration of the Uganda Railways, the colonial government and its indigenous counterpart. Each regime's iconic buildings are examined: the Railways' station and headquarters, various government offices and the monumental neo-classical High Court and City Hall. An exploration of possible connotations and nuances of this style are sketched out.Kenyatta, the first indigenous president, distanced himself from the colonial neo-classical tradition. Stylistically, his Kenyatta International Conference Centre (kicc) is an antithesis to the neo-classical. His preference was a stylised-African statement. And, in addition to selecting a
dc.description.abstractEnTo date, there has been no scholarly examination of Nairobi's symbolic space; of the discourses that comprise this national icon. How political power has imagined-and-imaged itself in this space; how it has re-presented and re-produced itself in city centre, is the subject of this study.The question is: What material culture, specifically what built environment, has been employed to transform Nairobi's ubiquity into p/ace-of-belonging? Built culture is considered as a tool (though not an exclusive one) for forging a relation between society and a given spatial context; a medium for society to 'personalise' its space. The focus is iconic buildings sited in the central, public space. It is further delimited to their architectural style.Political authority, though not singularly responsible for collective identity, has been selected as the point of departure because its contribution is decisive. For instance, nation states in Africa, as we know them today, were a creation of a political meeting —the Berlin conference of 1884/5. The role of politics, in imagining and actualizing collective identity is by no means insignificant.Therefore, it is as a product of political performance that Nairobi is interrogated. And the political power addressed includes the administration of the Uganda Railways, the colonial government and its indigenous counterpart. Each regime's iconic buildings are examined: the Railways' station and headquarters, various government offices and the monumental neo-classical High Court and City Hall. An exploration of possible connotations and nuances of this style are sketched out.Kenyatta, the first indigenous president, distanced himself from the colonial neo-classical tradition. Stylistically, his Kenyatta International Conference Centre (kicc) is an antithesis to the neo-classical. His preference was a stylised-African statement. And, in addition to selecting a
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectVille
dc.subjectKenyan
dc.subjectNairobi
dc.subject.enKenya
dc.subject.enCity
dc.subject.enPolitical Identity
dc.subject.enBoundaries
dc.subject.enLocal Government
dc.subject.enNairobi
dc.subject.enRailways
dc.subject.ensettlement arears
dc.titlePolitical Identity in Nairobi's Central Business District (CDB) : an cesthetic critique
dc.title.enPolitical Identity in Nairobi's CentralBusiness District (CDB): an cesthetic critique
dc.typeThèses de doctorat
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société/Architecture, aménagement de l'espace
bordeaux.type.institutionDissertation submitted at L'Universite Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux 3
hal.identifiertel-01263710
hal.version1
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//tel-01263710v1
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