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This book originates from the contemporary research approach and ideology centred on inter-disciplinarity to examine issues in urbanism and culture. The crux of that research lies at the heart of academic institutions, in particular the way in which various disciplinary discourses are available and the manner in which researchers are currently trying to address issues in urbanism and culture with inter-disciplinary research methods and approaches. This introductory chapter opens up different aspects and dynamics in urban research. It shows how established and early-career researchers are conceptualising and attempting to address various urban research strands, which were discussed at the 9th Annual AHRA (Architectural Humanities Research Association) Research Student Symposium.
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The symposium was held at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen from Saturday 19th May–Sunday 20th May 2012. It was organised by Quazi Mahtab Zaman . Guest speakers included David McClean , Richard Laing , Gokay Deveci, Rosa Cervera and Javier G. Pioz from Architects Cervera and Pioz, Madrid. The conference was run with IDEAS Research Institute, Robert Gordon University with Knowledge Partners, IDEAS (RGU); Waste Concern; Global Built Environment Network; and Global Built Environment Review. Igea Troiani attended and presented a conference address as Chair of the AHRA (2009–2012).
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The Series editor of the Critiques series is AHRA Founding member, Jonathan Hale. Eleven titles in the series have been published by Routledge between 2007 and 2015.
The Editors-in-Chief of Architecture and Culture : Journal of the Architectural Humanities Research Association are Igea Troiani , Suzanne Ewing and Diana Periton. Three issues of Architecture and Culture are published per year. The journal was launched in November 2013 and is published by Taylor and Francis.
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Zaman, Q.M., Troiani, I. (2018). Introduction: Transdisciplinary Urbanism and Culture. In: Zaman, Q., Troiani, I. (eds) Transdisciplinary Urbanism and Culture. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55855-4_1
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