Texts in Journals and Books
Akšamija, Azra. “Silk Road Works.” In Entangled Histories of Art and Migration. Theories, Sites and Research Methods, edited by Cathrine Bublatzky, Burcu Dogramaci, Kerstin Pinther, and Mona Schieren. Munich: German Research Society, 2022.
Akšamija, Azra. “To Build, or Not to Build … A Monument: Why I Withdrew My Winning Proposal to Cambridge Suffrage.” Edited by Attiya Ahmad and Catherine Sameh. The Scholar & Feminist Online, Transnational Feminisms: Contexts, Topics, Forms, no. 17.1 (2021). http://sfonline.barnard.edu/transnational-feminisms-contexts-topics-forms/to-build-or-not-to-build-a-monument-why-i-withdrew-my-winning-proposal-to-cambridge-suffrage/.
Akšamija, Azra. “Photo Essay: CULTURESHUTDOWN—Preserving the Commons.” In Cultural Change in East-Central European and Eurasian Spaces: Post-1989 Revisions and Re-Imaginings, edited by Susan C. Pearce and Eugenia Sojka, 245–61. Cham: Springer, 2021.
Akšamija, Azra, and Melina Philippou. “Cultural Resilience: Perspectives from Al Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan.” Cohabitats, edited by Hashim Sarkis and Ala Tannir, 26-47. Venice, IT: La Biennale di Venezia/Silvana Editoriale, 2021.
Akšamija, Azra. “Future Heritage?” Edited by Zdenka Badovinac. E-Flux Journal, The Collective Body, no. 119 (June 16, 2021). https://www.e-flux.com/journal/119/401128/future-heritage/.
Akšamija, Azra. “Yarn-Dez-Vous.” In Being Material, edited by Marie-Pier Boucher, Stefan Helmreich, Leila W. Kinney, Skylar Tibbits, Rebecca Uchill, and Evan Ziporyn, 62–65. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2019.
Akšamija, Azra. “Memory Matrix.” Future Anterior 14, no.1 (Fall 2018): 143-157.
Akšamija, Azra. “Museum Solidarity Lobby.” In Constituent Museum, edited by Adela Železnik, 110–13. Amsterdam: Valiz, 2018.
Akšamija, Azra. “Solidarity Day / CultureShutDown,” in Cultural Change in the New Europe and Central Asia, eds. Susan C. Pearce and Eugenia Sojka, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing Switzerland AG, 2018, forthcoming.
Akšamija, Azra. “Nomadic Mosque,” in Fashion Change, Connecting Cultures, 222-223. Milan: Connecting Cultures, 2017.
Akšamija, Azra. “Future Heritage,” in Experimental Preservation, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Erik Langdalen, and Thordis Arrhenius, 116-117. Zurich: Lars Muller, 2016.
Akšamija, Azra, “Superkilen – A Playground for Pluralism,” in Architecture and Plurality, ed. Mohsen Mostafavi. Zurich: Lars Muller Publishers, 2016.
Akšamija, Azra. “Identity Edits: Flagging Territories with Religious Architecture.” Archithese, no. 3 (2015): 58–63.
Akšamija, Azra. “Cultivating Convergence: The Islamic Cemetery Altach.” International Journal for Islamic Architecture 3, no. 1 (2014): 131–145.
Akšamija, Azra.“Dare to Wear – a Mosque! Immigrant Protest as Cross-cultural Pedagogy.” In Immigrant Protest: Politics, Aesthetics, and Everyday Dissent, edited by Katarzyna Marciniak and Imogen Tyler [forthcoming book chapter, published by SUNY, 2013]
Akšamija, Azra.“Claiming a No’Man’s Land: Arizona in Bosnia.” In Urban Catalyst: The Power of Temporary Use, by Philipp Oswalt, Klaus Overmeyer, and Philipp Misselwitz, 62–68. Berlin: DOM Publishers, 2013.
Akšamija, Azra.“Mosques Balkanized: Challenges of Building and Rebuilding in Post-Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina,” in SEE!: Urban Transformation in Southeastern Europe, ed. Kai Vöckler (Vienna: Lit Verlag, 2012), 189–193.
Akšamija, Azra.“Contested Identities: Identity Politics and Contemporary Mosques in Bosnia and Herzegovina.” In Mosques in Europe. Why a Solution has Become a Problem, edited by Stefano Allievi, 318-353. London: Alliance Publishing Trust, 2010.
Akšamija, Azra.“Flocking Mosque.” Forward 110. (Spring 2010): 14-19.
Akšamija, Azra. “Postsozialitische Moscheen.” Bauwelt 43, (2009): 26–31.
Akšamija, Azra.”Mosques Balkanized: Challenges of Building and Rebuilding in Post-Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina.” Hintergrund 44. (2009):18-25.
Akšamija, Azra.“Generative Design Principles for the Contemporary Mosque.” In The Mosque. Political, Architectural and Social Transformations, edited by Ergün Erkoçu and Cihan Bugdaci, 129 -139. Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2009.
Akšamija, Azra.“Echo of Islam in the West: Reactions to the Wearable Mosque.” ArteEast Online (March 2009). http://www.arteeast.org
Akšamija, Azra.“A-national Heroes.” In Lexicon of Provisional Futures. Centrala – Foundation for Future Cities. (August 14, 2007) http://www.provisionalfutures.net
Akšamija, Azra.“(Re)Constructing History: Post-Socialist Mosque Architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina.” In Divided God And Intercultural Dialog, edited by Tomislav Žigmanov, 106 – 133. Ljubljana: Dijaški Dom Ivana Cankara (DIC) and KUD Pozitiv, 2008.
Akšamija, Azra, and Deniz Turker. “Islamic Architecture.” In Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States. Vol.1. Edited by Jocelyne Cesari. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007.
Akšamija, Azra.“The Generic Mosque. Design Principles for Mosque Design.” Elisava TdD. Critical Design 24, (2007): 51 – 61.
Akšamija, Azra.“Nomadic Mosque.” Volume 14, (2007): 124-126.
Akšamija, Azra.”Mosques.” OMaGiu Magazine 4 (2006): 82-87. Akšamija, Azra.”Nomadic Mosque” Lovely Daze (2006): 10-11.
Akšamija, Azra.”Nomadic Mosque: Wearable Prayer Space for Contemporary Islamic Practice in the West.” Thresholds 32 (2005): 17-21.
Akšamija, Azra.”Dirndlmoschee” Bob 02: Eskapaden. Graz and Vienna: Club Bellevue, (2005): 73.
Akšamija, Azra.”Urban Navigation.” In Urban Ecology: Detroit and Beyond, edited by Kyong Park, 40-43. Hong Kong: Map Book Publishers, 2005.
Akšamija, Azra. “Eurovision Song Contest: Between Symbolism of European Unity and a Vision of the Wild, Wild East.” Europe Lost and Found, May 2005. www.europelostandfound.net/files/elf/Eurovision.pdf.
Akšamija, Azra.“Arizona Road. The Discovery of the Urban Phenomenon: Arizona Road in Bosnia,” Arterlier. Contemporary Art Magazine 8 (2003): 139-145.
Akšamija, Azra.“The Fallen Angel. The building of “Oslobođenje” in the context of post-war reconstruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Arterlier. Contemporary Art Magazine 8 (2003): 146-154.