@book{SkedzuhnSafir2020, author = {Skedzuhn-Safir, Alexandra}, title = {Hidden in plain sight : the topography of prostitution in Florence between 1860 and 1888}, publisher = {Brandenburgische Technische Universit{\"a}t Cottbus-Senftenberg, IKMZ - Universit{\"a}tsbibliothek}, address = {Cottbus}, isbn = {978-3-940471-56-7}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5200}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-52002}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Architectural conservation is conventionally associated with preservation of buildings or ensembles that were seats of religious or secular power marking great architectural, political, or scientific accomplishments. Dark and difficult heritage concerns events of disasters, extermination, and war. But what happens to stories and their places that do not fit into any of these categories? They are neither grand or beautiful, nor explicitly traumatic but nonetheless they embed cultural values and norms, or perhaps even the opposite of them: the bordellos and the marginalised groups of society that are usually disregarded in heritage discourses. The question of sex work in contemporary culture holds an important place, as it is connected to social and economic rights of women. Historic sex work, and the places associated with it, imbed in this sense a contention value, because still today it provokes debate among different interest groups. This research work presents the first in-depth study into the location of Florentine bordellos and sex workers between 1860 and 1888. It was a central moment in the history of these women and their trade because a new regulation on sex work was introduced by the recently unified Italian state which spatially controlled the sex trade. Each bordello and the sex workers came under intense scrutiny of the law. What was a dramatic development in the life of these women at the time, has allowed for extensive historical analysis. The research draws primarily from over 5,000 archived police files and examines the location of sex trade in relation to the legal framework provided by the regulation known as the Regolamento Cavour. It was to ensure that sex workers would not pass on any venereal disease, while, at the same time, strived to maintain moral order in a continuously growing city, faced with urban development. In addition, the historic spatial development of bordellos within the perimeter of the ancient city walls was studied as well as the economic and political factors which influenced the position of a bordello within the urban fabric. For that purpose, the study incorporated information from historic city and street directories as well as cadastre maps. These different layers of information are conveyed in numerous maps to visualise the spatial context of and relation between sex work and spaces.}, subject = {Heritage; Cultural significance; Sex work; Marginalisation; Italy; Erbe; Kulturelle Werte; Sexarbeit; Marginalisierung; Italien; Florenz; St{\"a}dtebau; Stadtsoziologie; Sexualverhalten; Prostitution; Geschichte 1860-1888}, language = {en} } @techreport{SkedzuhnSafirFranceschini2020, author = {Skedzuhn-Safir, Alexandra and Franceschini, Nicole}, title = {Tattoo taboo : a reader}, isbn = {978-3-940471-58-1}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5236}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-52365}, year = {2020}, abstract = {In different parts of the world, tattoos historically have been expression of the socio-cultural identity of individuals or communities: Tattoos are firmly integrated into social practices as elements of initiation or marriage, in other parts of the world, however, tattoos carry negative associations being linked to immorality, and crime. To research the practice of and places associated with tattooing a research-based study project was designed to address the practice of tattooing from the point of view of its cultural heritage values, both intangible and tangible. In the winter semester 2018/2019 this study project was offered jointly by the Chair of Architectural Conservation and the Department of Heritage Management at the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) Cottbus-Senftenberg. Twelve international students from the study programmes World Heritage Studies and Architecture participated in this study project, which included a field trip to London and Oxford and several interviews and interactions with researchers and academics from the fields of tattoo history, anthropology, medical sciences and museography. A collection of students' essays on this topic is presented in this reader with a particular focus on the tangible and intangible aspects of tattooing, and the spatial history of tattooing based on two distinct areas in London as a case study. The papers are divided into three distinctive themes that are linked to the practice of tattooing. Section one is dedicated to tattoos as a form of heritage, the one to tattooing as a form of art, and the last one to mapping as a methodological tool to visualise, assess and present relationships between heritage, tattooing practice and its connection to the social fabric in London at the turn of the penultimate century.}, subject = {Tattoo; Cultural heritage; London; Urbanscape; Spatial history; T{\"a}towierung; Kulturerbe}, language = {en} }