The Agence Prost from Paris to İstanbul (1910s-1930s)

The book investigates the interaction of European and non-European knowledge in historic cities, emphasizing the impact on tangible and intangible cultural heritage from a postcolonial perspective. It examines the roles of various actors, including architects, urbanists, politicians, and local stakeholders, in shaping heritage-led decision-making processes the effects on urban memory. It particularly focuses on Henri Prost's interventions and collaborations in the Mediterranean region during the early 20th century, exploring both colonial and post- war modernization contexts. It highlights the importance of adopting a plural perspective to comprehend the European interventions on historic cities in non-European regions and argues that this perspective is crucial for understanding local cultural heritage. Going beyond from monographic approaches of a single actor, it takes into account plural perspectives by focusing on multiple historic cities on the trace of Prost's path from Paris to Istanbul.