Contested space in the Kasbah of Marrakech: place, modernity and discourse, the Kasbah of Marrakech 1985 to 2004

The Kasbah, in origin a late twelfth-century citadel, occupies within the walled city of Marrakech a sovereign territory defined by its historical and present administrative boundaries. It is proposed that the Kasbah has in the last two decades fragmented into a contested space in which the shifting dynamics of differing interpretations of cultural ownership have displaced traditional confrontations with modernity. It is argued that the displacements, ambiguities and ambivalence surrounding contesting interpretations of cultural ownership of urban space might be identified as a 'local modernity' (to be differentiated from the modernity closely identified with global economic centres such as New York, London or Tokyo, which may be characterized as world cities). Contested space in the Kasbah—as in any current urban situation—is so complex that this thesis is structured through selective analyses of representations of space, time, culture, authority and authenticity in the competing but overlapping claims of the discourse of cultural heritage, the academic discourse, the Palace discourse and the discourse of tourism. In analysing contested space in the Kasbah, discourse is understood as corresponding to Michel Foucault's interest in what is assumed to be self-evident, 'natural' and therefore outside time. The formation of each discourse is discussed in order to identify its origins and to question what is taken to be timeless or universal. Analysis of the contested ownership—cultural rather than economic—of space focuses on interpretations of key terms and concepts ('space', 'time', 'culture', 'authority' and 'authenticity') that are indicative of competing discursive claims

1999 Friends of The University of Montana Herbarium Newsletter

MONTU Celebrates One Hundredth Anniversary -- 1999 Friends of the UM Herbarium Annual Meeting -- Notes from the Board / H. Bruce Maclay -- 1998 Events -- A History of the Herbarium at The University of Montana / James Habeck -- MONTU People: Clark Schaak -- MONTU News Briefs -- Floristic Surprises in North America / Barbara Ertter -- In Memorium: Reed Rollin

2004 Friends of The University of Montana Herbarium Newsletter

Kathy Peterson (1948-2003) / Kathy Ahlenslager -- 2004 Friends of the UM Herbarium Annual Meeting -- Activities -- Notes from the Board / Maria Mantas -- MONTU People: Dennis Woodland / Peter Lesica -- MONT News Briefs -- The Bryophyte Corner: The Cryptic Collection of Cryptograms / Joe Elliott -- Notes from the Herbarium Prep Room / Allison Holt -- Allison Holt: Herbarium Student Employee / Dave Dye

2005 Friends of The University of Montana Herbarium Newsletter

MONTU Awarded National Science Foundation Grant / Peter Lesica and Elizabeth Crone -- 2005 Friends of the UM Herbarium Annual Meeting -- Activities -- Notes from the Board / Scott Mincemoyer -- MONTU People: David V. Clark / Peter Lesica -- MONT News Briefs -- Other Online Atlas Projects / Drake Barton -- The Culture Corner -- Erica Curry - Herbarium Student Employee / Dave Dyer -- Joseph Edward Kirkwood: Early Day MONTU Collector / James Habec

2011 Friends of The University of Montana Herbarium Newsletter

Consortium for Pacific Northwest Herbaria Online Portal / Matt Lavin -- Notes from the Board: Herbaria: Crypts for the Dead or Gardens of Eden? / Dean E. Pearson -- MONTU People: Wilfred W. White / Peter Lesica -- MONTU News Briefs -- Activities -- 2011 Friends of the UM Herbarium Annual Meeting -- Farewell to the Aceraceae: Changes in the Angiosperm Family Tree / Walter Fertig -- The Mission and Geographic Scope of the MONTU Herbarium / Scott Mincemoyer -- The Herbarium Staff From A to Z! / Dave Dye

2010 Friends of The University of Montana Herbarium Newsletter

Forest Service\u27s MRC Herbarium Moves Across Campus / Peter Lesica and Peter Stickney -- Activities -- Notes from the Board / Steve Shelly -- MONTU People: Blaine and Gloria Mooers / Peter Lesica -- MONTU News Briefs -- 2010 Friends of the UM Herbarium Annual Meeting -- Pacific Northwest Online Portal Comes to Montana / Peter Lesica -- Antennaria and Apomixis / Scott Mincemoyer -- Ahvi and Talasi: Two New Genera in the Herbarium!? / Dave Dye

2012 Friends of The University of Montana Herbarium Newsletter

Bruce McCune: More Than Vascular at MONTU / Andrea Pipp -- Notes from the Board / Andrea Pipp -- MONTU News Briefs -- Activities -- 2012 Friends of the Herbarium Annual Meeting -- Montana\u27s Arctic Flora / Peter Lesica -- The Herbarium Students - From New York City to Brazil -- Naming Taxonomic Novelties - New Nomenclatural Types at MONTU / Loren Bahls -- New On-line Diatom Flora Launched -- New Diatoms Named for Carolin and Pierc

2003 Friends of The University of Montana Herbarium Newsletter

Ties that Bind: UM Herbarium and Montana Native Plant Society Support Each Other / Maria Mantas -- 2003 Friends of the UM Herbarium Annual Meeting -- Activities -- Notes from the Board / Rich Prodgers -- MONTU People: John Pierce -- MONT News Briefs -- Marie Mooar / Peter Lesica -- Herbarium Workhorses / David Dyer -- New UM Biological Collections Advisory Committee -- A Valuable Resource / Scott Mile