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Prof

Anoma Pieris

Professor
Architecture, Building and Planning
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Nationalism
Sovereignty
Asia Pacific
Labour
Indigenous identities
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
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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
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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
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Rethinking Modern Asia-Pacific Architectures: New Aesthetic Pedagogies international workshop

2015 - 2018
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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
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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
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Avian Geographies: Understanding ethno-nationalism in medieval Lanka

2009 - 2010
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ASIAN SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS

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

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

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Project Types

8

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

Mirjana Lozanovska, Anoma Pieris, Farzaneh Haghighi, William M Taylor, Jeffrey Hou, Jan Smitheram, Lilian Chee

Journal article  |  2020  |  FABRICATIONS-THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

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Antipodean Architectures of Displacement

Anoma Pieris

Book Chapter  |  2020

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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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Intersecting sovereignties

Anoma Pieris

Book Chapter  |  2019

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Introduction

Anoma Pieris

Book Chapter  |  2019

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The remembered village between Europe and Asia-Minor

Anoma Pieris

Book Chapter  |  2019

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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

Sri Lanka’s contemporary architecture is typically represented as a built manifestation of the island’s religious imperial heritag..

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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-THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

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Keyword Analysis

Architecture
Expanding Knowledge
Historical Studies
Understanding Past Societies
Heritage
Human Geography
Urban and Regional Planning
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage and Culture
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture, Language and History
Arts

News

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Australia’s top 10 iconic architectural sites

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

Architecture shapes our cities. It creates iconic skylines, signals great civilisations and builds must-see landmarks which define entire co..

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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Languages

Sinhalese