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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Casablanca"”.
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Casablanca Museum
… the buildings while walking the streets of Casablanca, where I was born. A city that is a combination of traditional Islamic influenced design and the European style of construction brought by the colonizers. My goal in this thesis is to explore, in an architectural setting, connecting the …
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A cultural, customizable and prefabricated housing grammar for Casablanca
… deficit and lack of architectural identity in Casablanca, Morocco. The grammar incorporates customization that creates housing units specific to a family's needs, incorporating cultural aspects such as courtyards into the design, and simultaneously allows for the creation of a diverse urban …
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CASABLANCA OF THE CARIBBEAN: CUBAN REFUGEES, LOCAL POWER, AND COLD WAR POLICY IN MIAMI, 1959-1995
… F. Ph.D., Purdue University, August 2015. Casablanca of the Caribbean: Cuban Refugees, Local Power, and Cold War Policy in Miami, 1959-1995. Major Professor: Jon Teaford
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Of Manses and Convents: Violence, Memory, and Identity in Casablanca la bella by Fernando Vallejo and En el lejero by Evelio Rosero Diago
… convents as portrayed in two Colombian novels, Casablanca la bella (2013) by Fernando Vallejo and En el lejero (2007) by Evelio Rosero Diago serve as scenarios for the representation of the violences that pervade contemporary Colombian society. It shines a light on the ways in which these …
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FROM EAST TO NORTH-WEST AFRICA: MAGNETOCHRONOLOGY OF THE OLDEST AFRICAN ACHEULEAN SITES
… Awas Valley, Ethiopia) and Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco). These sites of Pleistocene age document the emergence and developments of the Acheulean lithic technology thought to be a major turning point in human evolution, representing over the last two decades a highly debated issue in …
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How do Moroccan teachers conceptualize citizenship?
… six elementary and secondary teachers from Casablanca and Rabat in Morocco to identify their understanding of citizenship. I adapted the three-phase interview approach proposed by Irving Seidman (1998) to frame the interviews with the teachers. The findings demonstrated that teachers' …
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Freedom of expression in Morocco : a comparative study between the reigns of King Hassan II and Mohammed VI
… law adopted after the terrorist attacks of Casablanca in 16th of May 2003 stand as clear examples. Censorship, though it is always threatening, is not actually a daily matter in Morocco and it is not systematic as well, but it takes indirect forms such as economic and political pressure on …
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Through mimesis and methodology
… Text 11: Site Translations, Study For Casablanca: Maps For Access And Improvised Housing, and Lavon, Texas - Levittown, New York. The reach of the projects, and it is perpetually adaptive to new concerns, is not to assign a space between art, architecture, and planning. Even though …
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The Magical Mystery Donkey Tour
… Mexico while remembering her trip from Rome to Casablanca. In Part II, on another California-New Mexico trip, she recalls traveling through southern Morocco with her young Berber lover and reflects on cultural differences and conflicts. At the end of Part II she injures her ankle and must head …
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Young Moroccans Navigating Family, School and Work: Exploring Agency in contexts of Neoliberalism and Coloniality
… from underprivileged neighborhoods in Casablanca, Morocco, as they described their everyday paths to coming of age in their society. To contextualize their journeys, I present how young people have historically demonstrated individual and collective agency in ways that helped shape …
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Preserving Power, Remaking the Past: Race, Colonialism, Modernism, and Architectural Preservation
… fieldwork with local preservationists in Casablanca and Tel Aviv. To frame these analyses, I map the institutional changes within the UNESCO World Heritage Committee that sought greater legitimacy by expanding the typological and geographical scope of the World Heritage List. To do so, the …
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Indagine sulla nozione di fatto urbano ne L'architettura della città di Aldo Rossi
… researched not only with the redaction staff at Casablanca-continuità and within the School of Venice in the 1960s, but also in his studies for the ILSES (Institute of the Region Lombardia for Economics and Social Studies) and for the National Institute of Urban Planning.