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Edi ce that Enrich:
Enhancing Heritage and Sustainable
Tourism through Re-articulation
and Re-interpretation of Character
De! ning Elements of the Alberta
Legislature Building.
Photo Credit: Wikipedia.com
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Unpacking the IssuesS amuel Oboh
I n p a r t i a l f u l f i l m e n t o f t h e
r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r E X T 5 0 7 ,
M a s t e r s o f A r t s i n C o m m u n i ca t i o n
a n d Te c h n o l o g y,
U n i v e r s i t y o f A l b e r t a
Submitted to :
Dr. K irby Wright
Oc tober 2009
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I ntroduc t ion: Par l iamentar y
Architec ture and Pol i t ica l Culture
Legis lature Bui ld ings and Meanings
Using the Alber ta Legis lature as a Case
Study
Cultural Her i tage and Sustainable
Tour ism
Study Process and Conclus ion
Schedule
References
Outline
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Introduction:
Parliamentary
Architecture and
Political Culture
There is one in every provincial capital in Canada and
scores of them in almost every seat of government of
most democratic jurisdictions around the world. They are
usually associated with politics, power and governance
and judging by their characteristics, they are meant to
attract attention. Legislature or parliamentary buildings
belong to a unique built design typology classi! ed as
parliamentary architecture that are often established
not by architects but by the society based on social
formations and fundamental purpose of government.
Within the context of this study, the words - legislature
and parliamentary - both have the same meaning and
will be used interchangeably.
As the most prominent symbol of government in
any polity, Legislature buildings represent tradition,
stability and authority (Goodsell, 1988); they embody
image or commanding presence of the state (Cope,
2001) and directly or indirectly contribute to shaping
people’s everyday life because, in most jurisdictions,
substantial functions of government consisting of
administration, legislation and dispensing of justice are
carried out from legislature bui