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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"Cultural Landscapes"”.
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"Experiencing ""Upward Bound"": An interrogation of cultural landscapes"
"This thesis addresses one of the most significant public issues facing higher education today: the recruitment and successful matriculation of low-income and minority students. These students are variously described in the literature and popular language as ""non-traditional,"" ""marginal,"" …
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Community-based Mixed Method Research to Understand Rapidly Changing Cultural Landscapes
Tangible and intangible heritage values of cultural landscapes are becoming lost or transforming under the threat of rapidly changing landscapes. Researcher-oriented documenting methods are missing significant meanings of landscapes for local communities. Community-based methods can reveal both …
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Kabeshinàn: Situating the BiFw-6 Site in Broader Regional and Cultural Landscapes
… the site’s position within broader regional and cultural contexts. This is achieved through the comparison of BiFw-6’s ceramic assemblages with other archaeological assemblages within a 200 km distance from Leamy Lake Park. The results show that BiFw-6 was a persistent place for pre-contact …
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“We Look to the Water”: Coastal Erosion and the Transformation of shíshálh Cultural Landscapes
… have produced tremendous impacts on Indigenous cultural heritage across the world. Few available studies have focused on how these impacts will affect heritage sites and cultural landscapes on the coast of British Columbia until very recently. The shíshálh Nation is one community whose …
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Reconnecting the Physical and Cultural Landscapes At the Hampton-Preston Mansion In Columbia, South Carolina
… disconnection between the physical and cultural landscapes over the course of the last half of the twentieth century. Using archaeology, anthropological and cultural geography theory as a tool, this thesis intends to provide physical evidence for past landscapes at the property and …
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Film Practices for the Inclusion of the More than Human in the Representation of Cultural Landscapes
… at a time when art practices are embracing geo-cultural convergences and eco-political engagement with the world.
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Looking for Usonia : preserving Frank Lloyd Wright's post-1935 residential designs as generators of cultural landscapes
… be collectively recognized as objects of study, cultural significance, and/or economic development. Second, their geographical distribution prevents fully leveraging proven preservation tools such as historic district designations. Third, their modest physical scales place them at risk for …
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Journeys in the cultural landscapes of Okhamandal in Gujarat, India: an ecological model for heritage conservation
… (MD5) Journeys in the Cultural Landscapes of Okhamandal in Gujarat, India.docx: 48056326 bytes, checksum: 623d3115faa3fcb42832eb95cdf469d4 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4209 bytes, checksum: ca94ae4b775b4be1429e3d6c7a94d895 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-27
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Cultural Landscapes and Adaptation: Identifying the Role of Civic Engagement and Cultural Heritage in Coastal Adaptation Planning
… absent from this conversation is, however, the cultural heritage of the coast-- the places of local identity, meaning and history. To address this shortcoming, the following study assesses the role of cultural heritage in coastal adaptation planning. The integration of cultural heritage in …
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Spirit houses in the archaeological landscape of Vat Phou-Champasak: Reimagining cultural landscapes in mainland Southeast Asia
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Primordial Identities, Bounded Territories, and Contemporary Violence?: American Geopolitical Perspectives on the Middle East's Cultural Landscapes
… groups whose identities remain static over time. Cultural features of the region are seen to be as durable as its physical features. These perspectives further maintain that when nation-state boundaries are incongruent with the boundaries of ethno-sectarian groups, civil unrest or violent conflict …
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Cultural Landscapes in Conflict: Addressing the Interests and Landscape Perceptions of Native Americans, the National Park Service, and the American Public in National Parks
… results indicating that many areas which have cultural significance to Native American peoples have been adversely impacted by national park recreationalists. This thesis addresses the significance of these impacts along with other management issues associated with conflicting landscape …
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Cultural Landscapes in Conflict: Addressing the Interests and Landscape Perceptions of Native Americans, the National Park Service, and the American Public in National Parks
… results indicating that many areas which have cultural significance to Native American peoples have been adversely impacted by national park recreationalists. This thesis addresses the significance of these impacts along with other management issues associated with conflicting landscape …
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Estimating source area of pollen and pollen productivity in the cultural landscapes of southern Sweden - developing a palynological tool for quantifying past plant cover
… interpretation tool for reconstructing past cultural landscapes in terms of plant abundance and distribution. The aims of this thesis are (1) to explore pollen-vegetation relationships in the ancient, traditional cultural landscape of southern Sweden, (2) to test the potentials and limits of …
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Defining and restoring the cultural landscape and place-identity of historic cities: the case of Mérida, Yucatán, México
… rapid urban transformations that threaten unique cultural landscapes and place-identity. This trend towards homogenisation and fragmentation is a significant concern for societies, as it erodes the distinctive character and the personal meanings associated with these places. To address this issue, …
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Mixed hues on the palette: reflections of the diasporic artist painting across two landscapes
… of the Diasporic Artist Painting Across Two Landscapes deals with the experiences of Maltese-Australian artists in diaspora that, willingly or otherwise, affects them in working across two different cultural landscapes. More specifically, the study explores: how does diasporic existence shape …
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