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Prof

Anoma Pieris

Professor
Architecture, Building and Planning
Singapore
Nationalism
Asia Pacific
Labour
Indigenous identities
Sri Lanka
Sovereignty
gender
arts & humanities
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Anoma Pieris

 
Division
Architecture, Building and Planning
 
Primary Interest
Subaltern Studies
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Anoma Pieris.

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Architecture and Industry: The migrant contribution to nation-building

This project aims to explore the post-war architectural, rural and industrial landscapes of Australia as shaped by the labour of displaced p..

2019 - 2022
Active
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Rethinking Modern Asia-Pacific Architectures: New Aesthetic Pedagogies international workshop

2015 - 2018
Completed
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TEMPORAL CITIES, PROVISIONAL CITIZENS: ARCHITECTURES OF INTERNMENT

The expedient design, assembly and erection of Second World War internment facilities, and their subsequent transformation for post-war dete..

2015 - 2020
Completed
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Temporal cities, provisional citizens: architectures of internment

The expedient design, assembly and erection of Second World War internment facilities, and their subsequent transformation for post-war dete..

2015 - 2021
Active
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Indigenous Placemaking in Central Melbourne: Representations, Practices and Creative Research

This project will contribute to making a place of belonging, gathering and cultural exchange for and with Indignenous Australians in Melbour..

2010 - 2014
Completed
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Indigenous Placemaking in Central Melbourne: Representations, Practices and Creative Research

This project will contribute to making a place of belonging, gathering and cultural exchange for and with Indignenous Australians in Melbour..

2010 - 2014
Completed
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Avian Geographies: Understanding ethno-nationalism in medieval Lanka

2009 - 2010
Completed
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INTERNATIONAL PLANNING AND HISTORY SOCIETY CONFERENCE CHICAGO USA JULY 2008

2008 - 2008
Completed
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ASIAN SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS

2008 - 2010
Completed
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CHANGI: THE POLITICS IF P.O.W. HERITAGE SITES

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Project Types

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Research Grant

2

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Anoma Pieris.

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A sense of Viidu: The (re)creation of home by the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in Australia

Anoma Pieris

Journal article  |  2020  |  Asian Studies Review

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Other Spaces of Quarantine

M Lozanovska, A Pieris, F Haghighi, WM Taylor, J Hou, J Smitheram, L Chee

Journal article  |  2020  |  Fabrications

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Divided Histories of the Pacific War: Revisiting Changi's (post) colonial heritage

Anoma Pieris

Book Chapter  |  2019

They also analyse how disenfranchised communities use urban heritage-making as a tool for their struggle for inclusion in the cit..

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Industry Architecture: National Narratives/International Forces

Anoma Pieris, Mirjana Lozanovska

Journal article  |  2019  |  Fabrications

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Defensive Alterity in Contemporary Sri Lankan Architecture

Anoma Pieris

Book Chapter  |  2019

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Forum: Industrial sites and immigrant architectures. A case study approach

Anoma Pieris, Mirjana Lozanovska, Alexandra Dellios, Renee Miller-Yeaman, Erik Eklund, David Beynon, Richard Tuffin

Journal article  |  2019  |  Fabrications

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Mapping Asian Built Environments

Anoma Pieris, Duanfang Lu

Journal article  |  2019  |  Fabrications

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Thinking beyond the nation: Repositioning National and Regional Identities Through Architectural Discourse

Anoma Pieris

Book Chapter  |  2019

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Power, Empire, Nation

Anoma Pieris

Book Chapter  |  2019

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Sri Lanka: Re-engagement through Architecture

Anoma Pieris

Journal article  |  2019  |  World Architecture Magazine [China]

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Keyword Analysis

Architecture
Expanding Knowledge
Historical Studies
Understanding Past Societies
Architecture and Urban Environment
Heritage
Design
Human Geography
Urban and Regional Planning
Construction Processes

News

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Australia’s top 10 iconic architectural sites

Philip Goad, Alan Pert, Paul Loh, Jefa Greenaway, Julie Willis, Donald Bates, Valerie Francis, Anoma Pieris, Hannah Lewi

December 14, 2017

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Credentials

Positions

Professor

Architecture, Building and Planning

Education

Master of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Doctor of Philosophy

University of California - Berkeley

Master of Science [Architectural Studies]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Master of Architecture

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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