USHering in Counterhistories of Shared Architectural Heritage

Can architectural history be collaborative and transmedial in its storytelling? This paper introduces USHer; a mobile app that is developed as an experimental methodological tool to identify and unfold stories of 'Uneasy, yet Shared Heritage' on the divided island of Cyprus. As an encounter between architectural history and critical heritage studies, USHer posits questions on the adequacy of traditional methods in the discipline of architectural history; the potential of digital technologies in the architectural historian's task; and the intangible value of history that transgresses the tangibility of architecture, encouraging alternative vantages for the projection of alternative futures and imaginaries.