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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Cultural artifacts"”.
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A case study of providing object itineraries as provenance for cultural artifacts in a museum
… contextualizes its permanent collection of cultural artifacts in the Joseph and Mary Grimshaw Egyptian Gallery. Based on the information I collected, I suggest strategies for art educators to provide object itineraries as part of the provenance for artifacts in art museums and schools. To …
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Hidden History: The role of Great Britain in the American Civil War As told by cultural artifacts
… artists and living historians. But what if these cultural artifacts reside outside the United States? Why is there a statue of Abraham Lincoln in the city of Manchester? How does a monument dedicated to the martyrs at the Lune Street Riots on Preston, Lancashire relate to the Civil War? Why does a …
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A woman has no mouth' : a feminist critique of the portrayal of woman in siSwati prescribed books
… The study takes the view that textbooks as cultural artifacts are important in the transmission of cultural attitudes, values and ideology, and therefore influence the gendering of identities. The selected prescribed books for SecondarylHigh School level in Swaziland are investigated for …
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Critical Discourse Analysis of Sexual Enhancement Medication Ads
… analysis framework, this study examines as cultural artifacts Viagra, Levitra, and Cialis print advertisements and television commercials and it offers insight into the institutional discourse of "sexual enhancement medication" and how this discourse constructs male identity and …
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Zanzibar Pizza Hut: Stone Town’s Duckorated Sheds
… Stone Town’s Duckorated Sheds examines three cultural artifacts produced in Zanzibar’s Stone Town— Christ Church at the Old Slave Market, the kanga cloth, and the Zanzibar Pizza. These artifacts, which emerged in 1897, the early twentieth century, and the late 1980s, respectively, demonstrate …
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EXPATRIATES OF "GOOD" MOTHERHOOD: BEARING WITNESS, GUILT, AND BURDENS OF TRANSGRESSIVE MOTHERHOOD
… forms, the work aims to create a collage of cultural artifacts, whose composition can better illuminate the darkest corners of elusive motherhood mythology.</p>
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'Gimme That Ole Time Religion': Traditionalism, Progressivism and Popular Media
… American culture using 1990s popular media as cultural artifacts. Building on theories of ideological analysis and hegemony, this project uncovers a balance between progressive and traditionalist ideologies in American culture with progressive ideologies most often superficially acknowledged …
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An analysis of cultural appropriation in fashion and popular media.
… expression and a reflection of personal and cultural identity. Fashion designers increasingly use cultural artifacts as inspiration for clothing. Previous media studies looked at cultural appropriation and found its place in fashion through traditional media outlets such as television and …
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La Nacion Encuadernada: La Antologia Y La Construccion De Los Imaginarios Nacionales en Argentina, Uruguay Y Chile en El Siglo XIX (1824--1910)
… goods. It highlights how literary works and cultural artifacts dialogue and negotiate with the political and intellectual processes of nation-building throughout the nineteenth-century. Anthologies analyzed include, but are not limited to, La lira argentina by Ramon Diaz (1824), El parnaso …
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Alexander the Great and the English novel
… of, and subsequent re-appropriation, of cultural artifacts.
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Performing process : the artist studio as interactive art
… last few decades. The digital medium has pushed cultural artifacts towards forms defined by interaction, participation, and social systems. This thesis looks at recent changes of artistic practice in the realm of digital visual arts. In order to study the intersection between interactive art and …
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Fiberglass Sanctuary A New Corvette Museum
… dedicated to house artworks or historical and cultural artifacts. Aside from the sheltering of the artifacts, museums often are landmarks, which contribute to the identity of a place. The few museums dedicated to the automobile is interesting because America, also called the country on the …
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Localized design-manufacture for Developing Countries : a methodology for creating culturally sustainable architecture
… uptake in developing countries promote cultural sustainability and enable the production of endogenous solutions for development? This thesis, which focuses on technology dissemination for the benefit of under-served communities, is aimed at building capacity locally for self-sustained …
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TERMINAL : a public archive for Habana
… While we may think of buildings as enduring cultural artifacts ,in reality, they decay and perish at far shorter intervals than often expected. The average lifespan of conventional structures before the modern movement was around 120 years. Modern materials and assemblies radically changed …
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The Postmodern Condition and the Commodification of Cuisine
… found in postmodernism, a textural analysis of cultural artifacts is undertaken of the equal representation, multiplicity and simulacra found in the lives of three chefs (Charlie Trotter, Wolfgang Puck and Alice Waters), within restaurants and through menus.</p> <p>The study is based on the …
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"A nation can stay alive when it's culture and history stay alive" : Afghanistan's ongoing battle to protect its cultural heritage from looting, war, and terrorism.
… history, but the country's once rich supply of cultural artifacts and archaeological sites is being destroyed by looting, war, and deliberate acts of destruction. This thesis examines the past and current circumstances surrounding the loss of Afghan cultural property and institutions such as the …
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Making Mongols: Representations of Culture, Identity, and Resistance
… in Northern China fear the end of a distinct cultural identity. Until the late 19th century, cultural differences between Mongols and Han could be seen through differences in each group's traditional way of life. Mongols were nomadic pastoralists. Han were sedentary farmers. Recent economic …
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The documentation and preservation of art-in-architecture of Michigan: The section of fine arts projects
… program created public and permanent cultural artifacts that expressed and recorded American beliefs, values, and stories for future generations. Many of these artworks have been saved. Sadly, others have been neglected, mistreated, or forgotten. This project focuses on The Section’s …
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Gaming Like a State: Historical Strategy Game Victoria and "Keyboard Politics" in China
… who bring their experiences, memories, and cultural milieu into the game. The thesis further examines how the gameplay in the virtual world reflects and shapes the political tendencies of young Chinese players: grassroots leftism, nationalism, and cynicism behind the "lying-flat" culture. …
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The City in Mind: Environmental Literacy and Adaptation in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
… the urban sphere afforded an array of cultural artifacts and spatial tools by which human subjects could shape their cognitive tendencies and affective states of being. With an emphasis on human adaptability and agency, nineteenth-century literature espouses the paradigm of …
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