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    Poetics and Politics of Heritage Conservation:Problems of Heritage Conservation in Addis Ababa,a Case of Dejazmach Haile Selassie Gugissa Residence and its Adaptive Reuse Potentials
    (Addis Ababa university, 2019-10) Getu, Elzalmon; Giorghis, Fasil (Associate professor)
    Many of Addis Ababa’s historic buildings have been pushed to have perished thoroughly due to the improper decisions of the related immediate stakeholders. Besides, a pessimistic response by the decision-makers given to the problems of historic buildings value has been very challenging in their continuation. Concerning that, the paper centrally focused on the concept of politics and poetics of heritage conservation in Addis Ababa’s historic buildings. It examines through identifying factors which has a significant influence on the adaptive reuse of historic buildings, the role of stakeholders, and the decision-making process to adapt one historic building to new use. For that reason, the study mainly used archival accounts, interviews, observation, and on-site assessments to collect reliable data. So, the study employed in “Dejazmach Haile Selassie Gugissa residence” located at eastern Mercato: exactly known as the Anwar mosque area. Consequently, adaptive reuse potentials are discussed to imply by what method the concept of poetics and politics play a role in the conservation and management of the case building. As a result, regarding the synthesized findings, 4 (four) recommendations were classified and stated respectively. Finally, among the 4 (four), 1(one) had selected as an input for the case building had proposed to be adaptively reused for the function of mini-restaurant/café and souvenir shop.