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Interdisciplinary In Approach, This Volume Explores And Deciphers The Symbolic Value And Iconicity Of The Built Environment In The Arab Gulf Region, Its Aesthetics, Language And Performative Characteristics.bringing Together A Range Of Studies By Artists, Curators And Scholars, It Demonstrates How Dubai Appeared - At Least Until The Financial Crisis - To Be Leading The Construction Race And Has Already Completed A Large Number Of Its Landmark Architecture And Strategic Facilities. In Contrast, Cities Like The Qatari Capital Doha Still Appear To Be Heavily 'under Construction' And In Countries Like The Sultanate Of Oman, Ultra-luxury Tourism Projects Were Started Only Recently.^ While The Construction Of Artificial Islands, Theme Parks And Prestige Sport Facilities Has Attracted Considerable Attention, Much Less Is Known About The Region's Widespread Implementation Of Innovative Infrastructure Such As Global Container Ports, Free Zones, Inter-island Causeways And Metro Lines.this Volume Argues That These Endeavours Are Not Simply Part Of A Strategy To Prepare For The Post-oil Era For Future Economic Survival And Prosperity In The Lower Gulf Region, But That They Are Also Aiming To Strengthen Identitarian Patterns And Specific National Brands. In Doing So, They Exhibit Similar, Yet Remarkably Diverse Modes Of Engaging With Certain Global Trends And Present - Questionably - Distinct Ideas For Putting Themselves On The Global Map. Each Country Aims To Grab Attention With Regard To The World-wide Flow Of Goods And Capital And Thus Provide Its Own Citizens With A Socially Acceptable Trajectory For The Future.^ By Doing That, The Countries In The Gulf Are Articulating A New Semiotic And Paradigm Of Urban Development. For The First Time, This Volume Maps These Trends In Their Relation To Architecture And Infrastructure, In Particular By Treating Them As Semiotics In Their Own Right. It Suggests That Recent Developments In This Region Of The World Not Only Represent A Showcase Of Extraordinary Initiatives By Which These Desert States Have Transformed, But Also That The Commodification Of Local 'traditions' Acts As An Essential Element In The Countries' Effort To Design An Arab Version Of (hyper-)modernity And To Position Themselves As A Regional And Global Archetype, Which Has Frequently Been Adopted Elsewhere. Edited By Steffen Wippel, Katrin Bromber, Christian Steiner, Birgit Krawietz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Interdisciplinary in approach, this volume explores and deciphers the symbolic value and iconicity of the built environment in the Arab Gulf Region, its aesthetics, language and performative characteristics. Bringing together a range of studies by artists, curators and scholars, it demonstrates how Dubai appeared - at least until the financial crisis - to be leading the construction race and has already completed a large number of its landmark architecture and strategic facilities. In contrast, cities like the Qatari capital Doha still appear to be heavily 'under construction' and in countries like the Sultanate of Oman, ultra-luxury tourism projects were started only recently. While the construction of artificial islands, theme parks and prestige sport facilities has attracted considerable attention, much less is known about the region's widespread implementation of innovative infrastructure such as global container ports, free zones, inter-island causeways and metro lines. This volume argues that these endeavours are not simply part of a strategy to prepare for the post-oil era for future economic survival and prosperity in the Lower Gulf region, but that they are also aiming to strengthen identitarian patterns and specific national brands. In doing so, they exhibit similar, yet remarkably diverse modes of engaging with certain global trends and present - questionably - distinct ideas for putting themselves on the global map. Each country aims to grab attention with regard to the world-wide flow of goods and capital and thus provide its own citizens with a socially acceptable trajectory for the future. By doing that, the countries in the Gulf are articulating a new semiotic and paradigm of urban development. For the first time, this volume maps these trends in their relation to architecture and infrastructure, in particular by treating them as semiotics in their own right. It suggests that recent developments in this region of the world not only represent a showcase of extraordinary initiatives by which these desert states have transformed, but also that the commodification of local 'traditions' acts as an essential element in the countries' effort to design an Arab version of (hyper- )modernity and to position themselves as a regional and global archetype, which has frequently been adopted elsewhere Cover 1 Contents 6 List of Illustrations 10 List of Plates 12 List of Tables 14 Notes on the Contributors 16 Foreword 22 Acknowledgements 24 1 The Arab(ian) Gulf: Urban Development in the Making 26 Part I The Politics and Economy of Infrastructure and Architecture 40 2 Iconic Spaces, Symbolic Capital and the Political Economy of Urban Development in the Arab Gulf 42 3 The Role of ‘Lavish Construction Schemes’ in ‘Late–Late–Late’ Developing Societies 56 4 Masdar City: A Critical Retrospection 70 5 Tourism and Urbanization in Oman 80 6 Off and Running 96 Part II Images and Iconic Brands 114 7 Promise and Reality in Dubai’s Architectural Design 116 8 Port and Tourism Development in Oman 126 9 The Sporting Way 144 10 Falconry as a Cultural Icon of the Arab Gulf Region 156 11 ‘1,001 Places to See Before You Die’ 172 Part III Art Production and Exhibitions: A Critical Engagement with Urban Developments 184 12 Dubai: Telegenic Fantasies 186 12a Model Toy City 210 13 The Cultural Imperative: Saadiyat Cultural District in Abu Dhabi 212 14 The Louvre Abu Dhabi: Utopia as Reality 232 15 A Vision Becomes an Institution: The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Doha, Qatar 240 16 Universalism in Art and the Art of Universalism 252 16a Alice Creischer and Andreas Siekmann: Artwork Dubai I and Dubai II 262 17 Stefan Zirwes: How Real is Reality? 268 Part IV Dubai-Style Elsewhere 272 18 Modes of Urban Diffusion 274 19 Global Waterfronts in the Maghreb 288 20 Dubai on Barada? The Making of ‘Globalized Damascus’ in Times of Urban Crisis 300 21 Seeing Dubai in Khartoum and Nouakchott 312 Index 326