Conference proceedings. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The nature of tradition. Transcending time: rethinking the invention of tradition / Cesare Poppi -- Religion and tradition: patterns of migration, conversion and enculturation within globalisation and cultural change / Clive Erricker -- Links in a chain: antiquity and the present in building / Andrew Clegg. Law, legibility & language. Ancient letter carving and computer type design / Richard Kindersley -- Language as tradition / Viktor Zhivov -- Tradition and innovation in the common law / Michael Lobban. Tradition & diversity. Tradition and diversity in food and gastronomy / Lynne Chatterton -- Tradition in the architecture of Islam / Khaled Azzam -- Hidden diversity in the traditional arts / Alexander Stoddart. Building & places. Traditional architecture: why communities need it / Robert Adam -- Tradition today: traditional urbanism / Léon Krier -- Dymanics of nature in buildings / Hans Kolstad.
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