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Memory and Topography: Orhan Pamuk and the Urban Space is a critical nonfiction that examines how cities are shaped by both memory and architecture. Grounded in Orhan Pamuk's Istanbul: Memories and the city, the book explores how personal recollection quietly redraws urban maps in tension with state-sanctioned planning and homogenizing spatial agendas. Istanbul emerges as a palimpsest of layered histories, emotions, and overlooked lives that resist erasure, revealing the city not as a static monument but as a living text rewritten by longing, nostalgia, and everyday experience. Extending beyond literary analysis into urban practice, the study positions memory as an ethical guide to planning and design. Although rooted in Istanbul, the book extends to case studies from Mumbai, Jodhpur, Seoul, Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and many others from a global context, showing how memory-led renewal reconciles heritage with contemporary urban needs. These projects model continuity rather than rupture, framing preservation as an expression of spatial justice rather than nostalgia. Advancing the framework of memory-sensitive urbanism, the book advocates planning as an act of remembrance rather than erasure. Ultimately, it envisions the city as a living archive in which memory and modernity dynamically coexist to shape urban life.

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Dr. Pratyush Ranjan Padhee, presently serving as an Assistant Professor at Amity School of Languages, Amity University Chhattisgarh, Raipur, brings to the academic domain an extensive background in Memory and Trauma studies. Having earned his M.A., M. PHIL, and Ph.D. from P.G. Department of English, Sambalpur University, Odisha, Dr. Padhee's doctoral research delved into the works of Kazuo Ishiguro, focusing on the topic of ""Displacement and Alienation in the Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro: A Study of Memory & Trauma."" With a distinguished tenure spanning eight years as a faculty member in English literature, Dr. Padhee is dedicated to advancing scholarship in the field of memory studies. He has authored several research papers in many journals of repute and a book titled From Consumption to Control: Reimagining Masculinity and Bodily Autonomy in Han Kang's The Vegetarian through the Lens of South Korean and Indian Patriarchies.. His academic pursuits and research endeavors underscore a commitment to intellectual rigor and the pursuit of knowledge. Moreover, his other areas of research are Post-human studies, Medical Humanities, and Witness narrative. Dr. Padhee anticipates contributing his formidable research acumen to further enrich the discipline of memory studies. Ms. Meghna Gupta is an emerging researcher and writer whose work explores the intersections of history, memory, and psychology within urban and literary spaces. She holds a Master's degree in English from Amity School of Languages, Amity University, Chhattisgarh. Guided by Dr. Pratyush Ranjan Padhee, her research engaged deeply with Memory Studies and cognitive analysis of the brain. Her scholarly publication, ""Edifying the Childhood Trauma: A Psychological Exploration of Fictional Psychopathy in Thomas Harris' The Silence of the Lambs,"" appeared in the International Journal of Research and Analytical Review, reflecting her sustained engagement with psychoanalysis and literary intersections. She is currently working as a teacher at Seth Anandram Jaipuriya School, Naini (U.P.), and continues to merge her academic insights with her passion for teaching Literature and reflective writing. As a first-time author, she meditates on how spaces remember, how the past lingers in the present, and how memory itself becomes a narrative form. She remains dedicated to contributing meaningfully to the evolving field of Memory Studies in the years ahead.

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