Design in Egypt: A Historic and Theoretical Context
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What term was NOT used to identify the programs established outside Egypt after the 1970s?

  • Arts and Crafts (correct)
  • Artistic Craftsman
  • Applied Arts
  • Design

    • What is one of the main categories traditional Egyptian applied arts graduates are typically labeled as?

  • Designers
  • Artisans
  • Artistic Craftsmen (correct)
  • Tourist Attractors

    • How were regional design schools and Egyptian applied arts institutions similar?

  • In the focus on technology and production skills
  • In the use of traditional artisan heritage
  • In the proportion of Egyptian academic staff (correct)
  • In the terminology they used

    • What did applied arts education in Egypt transform into?

    <p>Arts and Crafts oriented curricula (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What terminology did programs outside Egypt after the 1970s use in their titles?

    <p>Design (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were traditional Egyptian applied arts graduates known locally as?

    <p>Artistic Craftsmen (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of corporations are described in the passage?

    <p>Medium to large state-owned and operated engineering and manufacturing corporations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main challenge facing industrial production in Egypt according to the passage?

    <p>Inability to compete with imported products in terms of price and quality (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the impact of the decline of the tourism industry on the local economy in Egypt?

    <p>Both b and c (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the goal of private sector industrial corporations in seeking design services?

    <p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the Al Cazar fine woods furniture industry mentioned in the passage?

    <p>It is an example of a private sector industrial corporation that sought design services to improve its products (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the Faculty of Applied Arts (FAA) mentioned in the passage?

    <p>It is the pioneering applied arts higher education institution in Egypt and the region (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the dominant socio-political rhetoric in the region according to the passage?

    <p>A dual vision between Westernism and coloniality (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the socio-political reform in the region represent according to the passage?

    <p>A defeat of the legacy of colonialism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the principle of authenticity emerge to make according to the passage?

    <p>Modernisation a representation of Western phenomena (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How was modernity criticized according to the passage?

    <p>As relating to 'uniformity, impersonality, superficiality, commercialism, self-interested individualism, and infatuation with technology' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one of the major topics within socio-cultural studies according to the passage?

    <p>The contradiction between the characteristics of modernity and the conservative and religious nature of the regional societies (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary purpose of the early vocational school established in Egypt in 1839?

    <p>To provide skilled workers for the modern industrial production capabilities being established at the time (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the transformation that the early vocational school underwent in the post-colonial era?

    <p>It became the current educational institution of applied arts (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Egypt's design education model spread to neighboring countries?

    <p>Egypt's geopolitical superiority and cultural influences in the region led to the spread of its design education model (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the focus of this study?

    <p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of this study, as stated in the abstract?

    <p>To articulate the theoretical framework of design in Egypt (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the date 1839 mentioned in the text?

    <p>It marks the establishment of the first design school in Egypt (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT one of the books/works mentioned in the given text?

    <p>Orientalism: A Reader (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which author's work is mentioned that focuses on the concept of 'design for social innovation'?

    <p>Ezio Manzini (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following topics is NOT explicitly addressed in the works mentioned?

    <p>The role of gender in traditional crafts (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which author's work focuses on the concept of 'design as politics'?

    <p>Toni Fry (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following authors is NOT mentioned in the given text?

    <p>Frantz Fanon (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which author's work focuses on the concept of 'the darker side of Western modernity'?

    <p>Walter Mignolo (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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