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Physical Space and Spatiality in Muslim Societies: Notes on the Social Production of Cities

Mahbub Rashid
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Mahbub Rashid embarks on a fascinating journey through urban space in all of its physical and social aspects, using the theories of Foucault, Bourdieu, Lefebvre, and others to explore how consumer capitalism, colonialism, and power disparity consciously shape cities. Using two Muslim cities as case studies, Algiers (Ottoman/French) and Zanzibar (Ottoman/British), Rashid shows how Western perceptions can only view Muslim cities through the lens of colonization—a lens that distorts both physical and social space. Is it possible, he asks, to find a useable urban past in a timeline broken by colonization? He concludes that political economy may be less relevant in premodern cities, that local variation is central to the understanding of power, that cities engage more actively in social reproduction than in production, that the manipulation of space is the exercise of power, that all urban space is a conscious construct and is therefore not inevitable, and that consumer capitalism is taking over everyday life. Ultimately, we reconstruct a present from a fragmented past through local struggles against the homogenizing power of abstract space.
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Introduction
  • Part I: On Physical Space and Spatiality
    • Chapter 1. A Brief Intellectual History of Physical Space
    • Chapter 2. Describing Physical Space and Spatiality in Cities
    • Chapter 3. Theorizing the Social Production of Physical Space and Spatiality in Cities
    • Chapter 4. Approaches to Study the Social Production of Physical Space and Spatiality in Cities
  • Part II: On Physical Space and Spatiality in Traditional Muslim Societies
    • Chapter 5. Physical Space and Spatiality in Traditional Muslim Societies
    • Chapter 6. Physical Space and Spatiality in Ottoman Algiers
    • Chapter 7. Physical Space and Spatiality in Omani Zanzibar
    • Conclusion
  • Index
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Published: 2021
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
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  • 978-0-472-13250-8 (hardcover)
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  • Political Science:Political History
  • African Studies
  • Political Science:Political Theory

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A diagram of the social production of space showing the relationships of power, capital, and everyday life by a series of arrows.

A diagram showing how power, capital and everyday life may be related to the social production of space

From Chapter 3

Figure 3.1. A diagram showing how power, capital, and everyday life may be related to the social production of space. Created by the author based on H. Lefebvre’s conceptual triads as represented by R. Milgrom and Lucien Kroll, Design, Difference, Everyday Life in Space, Difference, Everyday Life: Reading Henri Lefebvre, ed. Goonewardena, K., et al, 2008, New York: Routledge, 2008), fig. 16.1.*

Colored rendering of four types of syntactic analyses of a settlement plan.

Different types of syntactic analyses of a settlement plan performed using space syntax tools and techniques

From Chapter 4

Figure 4.1. Different types of syntactic analyses of a small settlement (a) using space syntax tools and techniques. In these renderings, the color ranges from red representing higher values to blue representing lower values. These analyses were performed by Spatialist (Peponis, J., et al., Spatialist, Georgia Tech Research Corporation: Atlanta, GA, 1997)

Colored renderings of four different types of syntactic cores.

Different types of syntactic cores

From Chapter 4

Figure 4.2. Different types of syntactic cores. In these renderings, the color ranges from red representing higher values to blue representing lower values. This analysis was performed by Depthmap (A. Turner, UCL Depthmap: Spatial Network Analysis Software, London, 2010.) (a) Tree type syntactic structure, Boston, USA. (b) Grid type syntactic structure, Chicago, USA. (c) Super grid type syntactic structure, Abu Dhabi, UAE. (d) Deformed wheel type syntactic structure, Bristol, UK. (Created by the author.)

Colored rendering of the dual structure in the axial map of Baghdad.

The dual structure in the axial map of Baghdad colored using integration values

From Chapter 4

Figure 4.3. The dual structure in the axial map of Baghdad colored using Integration-Rn. In this rendering, the color ranges from red representing higher values to blue representing lower values. (Created by the author.) This analysis was performed by Depthmap (A. Turner, UCL Depthmap: Spatial Network Analysis Software, London, 2010.)

Colored rendering of the dual structure in the segment map of Baghdad.

The dual structure in the segment map of Baghdad colored using integration values

From Chapter 4

Figure 4.4. The dual structure in the segment map of Baghdad colored using Integration-Rn. In this rendering, the color ranges from red representing higher values to blue representing lower values. (Created by the author.) This analysis was performed by Depthmap (A. Turner, UCL Depthmap: Spatial Network Analysis Software, London, 2010.)

A map showing Africa, Europe, and part of Asia. Algeria and Zanzibar Island are shown large beside the map, with dots locating Algiers and Zanzibar cities.

A world map showing the locations of Algiers in relation to the Mediterranean Sea, and of Zanzibar in relation to the Indian Ocean

From Chapter 5

Figure 5.1. (a) A world map showing the locations of Algiers in relation to the Mediterranean Sea, and of Zanzibar in relation to the Indian Ocean. (b) A map of Algeria showing the location of Algiers. (c) A map of Zanzibar Island showing the location of Zanzibar. (Created by the author.)

Old drawing of Algiers with Latin writing at the bottom of the drawing.

Algiers, by Antonio Salamanca, 1541

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.1. Algiers, by Antonio Salamanca, 1541 (or after one of the engravings derived from it). Plate 59, volume II in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, edited by Georg Braun, Franz Hogenberg, and Simon Novellanus van den Neuvel. http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/algeria/algiers/maps/braun_hogenberg_II_59_b.jpg (August 3, 2011). (Source: Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National and University Library.)

Old drawing of the area around Bab Azoun.

Area around Bab Azoun. Algiers, by Antonio Salamanca, 1541

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.2. Area around Bab Azoun, Algiers, by Antonio Salamanca, 1541 (or after one of the engravings derived from it). Plate 59, volume II in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, edited by Georg Braun, Franz Hogenberg, and Simon Novellanus van den Neuvel. http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/algeria/algiers/maps/braun_hogenberg_II_59_b.jpg (August 3, 2011). (Source: Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National and University Library.)

Old drawing of the area around Bab el-­Oued.

Area around Bab el-Oued. Algiers, by Antonio Salamanca, 1541

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.3. Area around Bab el-Oued, Algiers, by Antonio Salamanca, 1541 (or after one of the engravings derived from it). Plate 59, volume II in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, edited by Georg Braun, Franz Hogenberg, and Simon Novellanus van den Neuvel. http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/algeria/algiers/maps/braun_hogenberg_II_59_b.jpg (August 3, 2011). (Source: Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National and University Library.)

Black-­and-­white drawing of a city scene with several people outside of large buildings in the foreground and smaller buildings on a hillside in the background.

The everyday life in the maidan in front of the Jenina Palace (currently Martyrs Square) on an engraving of 1832

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.4. The everyday life in the maidan in front of the Jenina Palace (currently Martyrs Square) on an engraving of 1832. The palace was demolished in the same year. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Place_et_palais_de_la_Jenina_1832.jpg.)

A drawing of the Citadel of Algiers.

Plan of the citadel (1830). A-palace of Dey; P-palace of the Beys; F-mosque of Dey; Y-mosque janissaries; I, K -Harem

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.5. Plan of the citadel (1830). A-palace of Dey; P-palace of the Beys; F-mosque of Dey; Y-mosque janissaries; I, K -Harem. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alger_Plan_de_la_Citadelle.jpeg.)

A perspective drawing of Algiers, c. 1690 from the sea. The city is centered with mountains in the background.

A Bird’s eye view of Algiers, c. 1690

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.6. A Bird’s eye view of Algiers, c. 1690. Etched by Gaspar Bouttats. Krogt, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. IV–1, p. 471.

Map of Ottoman Algiers with its main roads shown in bold lines.

The French map of Ottoman Algiers in 1830 showing its complex street patterns

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.7. The French map of Ottoman Algiers in 1830 showing its complex street patterns. The main streets of the city are shown in dark lines. (Source: http://alger-roi.fr/Alger/documents_algeriens/culturel/images/75_rue_plan_1831.jpg.)

Black-and-white photograph of a narrow stepped street with people on it, peering into shops and talking to one another.

A narrow stepped street in the upper part of the Old City of Algiers with tiny shops on each side

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.8. A narrow stepped street in the upper part of Ottoman Algiers with tiny shops on each side. (Source: https://www.worldheritagesite.org/list/Kasbah+of+Algiers.)

Photograph of a street with overhanging projections.

A view of Red Sea Street, Algiers, 1899

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.9. In Ottoman Algiers, high overhead projections such as these and extra steps in front of buildings were regularly permitted, thus increasing the complexity of the shape of its streets. (Source: Library of Congress; http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.05528)

Image of the interior of a house, where a group of women sits in a circle on the floor making a carpet.

Algerian women are making carpet in a courtyard of a house

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.10. In Ottoman Algiers, each moderate-to-large house had its own courtyards that allowed access to light and open air. In this photo, Algerian women are making carpet in a courtyard. (Source: Library of Congress; http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.05556.)

Sepia photograph from the top of casbah looking down toward the sea.

General view taken from the top of casbah in 1830

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.11. General view taken from the top of the casbah in 1830. (Source: http://quintessences.unblog.fr/2018/03/23/la-casbah-dalger-au-17eme-siecle/.)

The colored axial and segment maps of Ottoman Algiers showing the distribution of choice values.

The axial map (a) and the segment map (b) of Ottoman Algiers, colored using the choice value of each line

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.12. The axial map (a) and the segment map (b) of Ottoman Algiers, colored using the choice value of each line. In these renderings, the color ranges from red representing higher values to blue representing lower values. The lines/segments with the highest choice values appear to follow the main streets of the city. (Created by the author.)

The colored axial and segment maps of Ottoman Algiers showing the distribution of integration values.

The axial map (a) and the segment map (b) of Ottoman Algiers, colored using the integration value of each line

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.13. The axial map (a) and the segment map (b) of Ottoman Algiers, colored using the integration value of each line. In these renderings, the color ranges from red representing higher values to blue representing lower values. The lines/segments with the highest integration values appear to follow the main streets of the city. (Created by the author.)

Map of Ottoman Algiers showing where Casernes, Zawiya, Hammam, Mosques, and City Gates were located.

The casernas, zawiyas, hammams, mosques and city gates of Ottoman Algiers

From Chapter 6

Figure 6.14. The casernas, zawiyas, hammams, mosques, and city gates of Ottoman Algiers. Created by the author based on Nabila Cherif-Seffadj, “Waqf et gestion des bains publics à Alger durant la période ottomane (XVIe-XIXe siècle),” Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée [En ligne], 119–120 | novembre 2007, mis en ligne le 06 mars 2012, consulté le 24 décembre 2018. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/remmm/4273.

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