Dina Elhusseiny Abdelsalam
About me
Dina is an architect, an urban designer and cultural heritage researcher. She holds a BSc in Architectural engineering from the American University in Cairo (AUC) and a MSc in building and architectural engineering from Politecnico di Milano (PoliMi) where she specialized in conservation and adaptive reuse of the built heritage.
Before embarking on her PhD journey in Newcastle University, she has previously taught in the archaeology department in Ain Shams University and in the architecture department in American University in Cairo. She also worked as an architect, and as a landscape and urban designer in France and Egypt and developed small- and large-scale projects in different contexts like South Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Morocco, France and Togo.
Project Title
Local Communities Engagement in Heritage Conservation and Management in Egypt
Project Description
While people centred approaches to heritage conservation and management developed and are advocated in western societies, it is crucial to understand the possibility of their implementation and its limitation in non-western contexts. Following case studies research, the research looks to investigate local communities understanding and relation to heritage while understanding experts role in shaping local communities’ perception of heritage and the interactions between both entities in the context of Egypt. Using qualitative approaches, interviews are conducted with professionals in the field or working directly with the local communities in two neighbourhoods in Cairo: Al Khalifa and Al Darb Al Ahmar and with locals from these areas and observations are undertaken during fieldwork to understand people’s daily interactions with their contexts.
Supervisors
Conference Papers and Publications
7th Biennale Association of Critical Heritage Studies Conference (ACHS): Custodianship. National University of Ireland, June 2024. Title of Paper ‘Less than 100 Years old’ Built Heritage in Cairo
Qualifications
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MSc Building and Architectural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (2019)
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BSc Architectural Engineering, American University in Cairo, Egypt (2016)
Research Group Memberships
Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS)
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