Essay
The architectural language of park51: Understanding cultural and historical connections
2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3584
Abstract
The 2010 proposal of the Park51 Community Center has sparked debate concerning the prospect of building an Islamic community center two blocks from the Ground Zero site in New York City. The debate seems to have polarized into two camps: those who are opposed to the construction of Park51 on the grounds of cultural insensitivity, and others who support its construction for cultural unification. Much of the press attention suggests that the painful memories associated with the September 11th, 2001 attacks have formed barriers of intolerance amongst many Americans in accepting the erection of this Islamic center. 1 For some, Park51 might serve as too strong a reminder of the devastation caused by terrorism. And yet, if Park51 is built in such close proximity to Ground Zero, it could also symbolize an American gesture of tolerance towards Islam, embracing it in an area just blocks from where practitioners of Islam have been accused of acts of religious extremism.
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- Title
- The architectural language of park51: Understanding cultural and historical connections
- Creators
- Samantha Sudy (Author)
- Contributors
- Phil Gruen (Advisor)
- Academic Unit
- Honors Theses (WSU Pullman, Passed with Distinction)
- Identifiers
- 99900590542801842
- Copyright
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/; http://www.ndltd.org/standards/metadata; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess; In copyright; Publicly accessible; openAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Essay