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Showing 1 to 20 of 381 for “"Devising"”.
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Devising Solo Performance: A Practitioner’s Enquiry
… explores the validity and value of ‘solo devising’ as a means for specifying a category of theatre-making that has been little discussed, compared to group devising, in existing literature on devising and postdramatic theatre. Primary source material was obtained through carrying out …
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Theatre of Testimony: An investigation in devising Asylum
The use of testimonies in performance is enjoying increased artistic and critical popularity on contemporary world stages and has a long and rich tradition on South African stages. Both internationally and locally, emerging and established playwrights working on migration and refugee issues are …
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Eco-Theatre and New Media: Devising Toward Transnational Balance
<p>This dissertation seeks to address the pivotal ecological and technological realities of the twenty-first century, currently giving rise to new patterns of existence and new paradigms of human inquiry. This study will ask how technological innovation and environmental urgency have altered the …
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Devising and evaluating wearable technology for social dynamics monitoring
The importance of studying social interactions has been proven useful in several fields. In the workplace, studies have found that allowing mixing among different groups could improve team coordination and productivity. Architectural studies have analysed how physical spaces can potentially …
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Devising seminars : getting to yesable options in difficult public disputes
… an experimental brainstorming method called a "Devising Seminar" to encourage creative option development among influential stakeholders in a private, facilitated setting. The product of the Devising Seminar is a non-attributed summary of the ideas the group generates that is made available to …
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Devising an Algorithm for Resection Amount in Conjunctiva Sparing Ptosis Surgery
The general metadata -- e.g., title, author, abstract, subject headings, etc. -- is publicly available, but access to the submitted files is restricted to UT Southwestern campus access and/or authorized UT Southwestern users.
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DT-DNA: Devising a DNA Paradigm for Modeling Health Digital Twins
The potential of Digital twin (DT) technology outside of the industrial field has been recognized by researchers who have promoted the vision of applying DTs technology beyond manufacturing, to purposes such as enhancing human well-being and improving quality of life (QoL). The expanded definition …
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Devising dialogue : structuring intercultural encounters through the process of workshop theatre
This dissertation explores the efficacy of workshop theatre processes in nurturing intercultural dialogue among members of a multicultural group. It investigates two kinds of intercultural dialogue - interpersonal dialogue and intergroup dialogue - which, it is argued, are each catalysed by …
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Devising music: applying creative approaches from dance and theatre to music composition
… research question is: How can the directed devising techniques and principles of practice found in contemporary dance and theatre be adapted to the composition of music? The relationship between fixed material and improvisation within devised projects is often a grey area (see Etchells: …
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Pay transparency and unequal pay for equal work: devising an effective regulatory framework
Despite being guaranteed by UK law since 1975, the right to equal pay continues to be inhibited, in part by a pervasive culture of pay secrecy. In this thesis, it is argued that strengthening compliance with equal pay law can only be achieved by imposing duties on employers to ensure their pay …
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Hallways. Place and object between body and narrative: scenographic approaches to devising theatre.
… device between body and narrative in devising theatre. A focus of this work is scenographics as a mediating moment between traumatised body and painful narrative; using objects and place as a means of safely exploring and un/recovering memory to make theatre. The research also explores …
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Devising a framework for the development of the medium scale coal sector in Colombia
The purpose of my study is to devise a framework that encompasses the strategies put forth by the Colombian government as to advancing the productivity and competitiveness of the country, with an emphasis on finding development alternatives for the medium-scale coal sector, tackling its …
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Devising jurisprudential strategies for the maintenance of constitutionalism in the context of one party domination
In this dissertation it is argued that a number of recent judgments of the Constitutional Court within the last decade have fallen short of sustaining the integrity of the Constitution. This is a consequence of an inadequate conceptual framework for the adjudication of politically sensitive …
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The pursuit of quality education in Korean sunday schools, devising an appropriate model of evaluation
The purpose of the thesis is to design an evaluation model which could be used to improve the quality of Sunday schools in Korea. Various evaluation theories that are current outside the church were examined and evaluated to see whether they were amenable to modification to serve the church’s …
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The [un]knowing director: a critical examination of directing within the context of devising performance
… examination of directing within the context of devising performance practice. It emanates from my need to make sense of the particular ways in which I work as a theatre director who engages with devising performance coupled with an identified lack in the literature that speaks to directing and …
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Devising a Legal Framework for Environmental Liability and Regulation for Mitigating Risks of Shale Gas Extraction
… benefits energy resource extraction presents by devising the right regulatory strategies to improve the compliance level of those operating such risky activity to do the right thing. However, the strategic solutions to achieve the benefits are not that complex when compared with the strategic …
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Translation and adaptation of contemporary northeastern Brazilian drama through devising for performance: a case study of Aldri Anunciação's 'Namíbia, Não!'
This thesis aims to study the use of devising techniques in the translation of contemporary Northeastern Brazilian plays for an English-speaking audience. It focuses on the analysis of the process of translation of Aldri Anunciação's Namíbia, Não! (2011) through working with a cast of two …
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Devising a refined framework for distinguishing between ‘workers’ and ‘self-employed persons-undertakings’ in the EU labour and competition law fields: Lessons from the EU agency acquis
In recent years, the European labour market has undergone a radical change. In addition to part-time, fixed-term and agency work (the original ‘atypical’ contracts), new casual forms of employment have become more prevalent such as zero-hours contracts, employee sharing, ICT-based mobile work, …
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