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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Aga Khan"”.
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The metamorphosis of authority: a case study of the Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili Imamate
… the present Ismaili Imam, Shāh Karīm al-Ḥusaynī, Aga Khan IV, as the 49th hereditary living Imam of Shiʿi Nizārī Ismaili Muslims, particularly addressing the formation of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the functions of the Community institutions. Using the case study of the Aga Khan …
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Building new thoughts : the Aga Kahn Award for Architecture
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural award instituted by His Highness Karim Aga Khan to recognize the achievements of architects, planners, and community organizations that have contributed to architecture in the Muslim world. The scope of the AKAA enterprise is vast and …
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The Analysis of the Preschool Curricular in Tanzania: implications for a National Curriculum
… by the Ministry of Education Zanzibar, the Aga Khan, the Tanzania People's Defence Forces, Parents Committees, Religious groups and various individuals. There were basically two types of curricular - the professional and non professional developed curricular. The professional curricular …
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Social impact management through planning and development : Hedonic Psychology and a new approach to tourism in Zanzibar
… studies; (2) the writings and activities of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture; and, (3) the emerging field of Hedonic Psychology. Combining the best efforts of each of these fields -- respectively, understanding the tensions that arise in tourist areas, developing real-world projects, and …
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Contemporary Islamic gardens and cultural identity: Three case studies from North America and Europe
… Ottoman Garden in St. Louis, US; and the Aga Khan Park in Toronto, Canada. In particular, the case studies are intended to demonstrate the role of the designers and patrons in constructing the identity of Islamic gardens in North America and Europe. An in-depth examination of the case …
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A Global Citizenship Framework in Museums: Global Issues, Local Concerns and Diplomatic Potentials
… House (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), and the Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, Canada), it asks how global citizenship enters the museum, how it is supported and resisted, and how it may be used by museums to position themselves as social and global institutions. The study argues that global …
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Abode of Peace: Islam, empire, and the Khoja diaspora (1866 - 1972)
… take as a point of departure the arrival of the Aga Khan in India as well as his subsequent claim to authority over the Khojas and his unveiling as the Ismaili imam in the nineteenth century. I claim throughout that the Aga and his heirs mapped their contested and unstable authority out of rather …