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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Historical Preservation"”.
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Conflicting visions: Urban renewal, historical preservation and the politics of saving a Mexican past
… study of Mexican Americans, urban history, and historical preservation this dissertation examines the interactions of race and space. In the late 1960's, Arizona's fast urban renewal project, the Pueblo Center Redevelopment Project, resulted in building a new civic center and government complex …
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Archaeological curation crisis in America.
… quantifying critical issues as reported by State Historical Preservation Officers (SHPOs) and representatives from CRM repositories. Analysis of the information exposes where the greatest problems exist, as well as what corrective actions have the greatest potential to achieve the intent of …
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Mile Marker : A Material Investigation in Two Lane Travels
… on photographic documentation, information from historical preservation societies, and community interaction to preserve certain aspects of a location I observe. I record the distinctive economic, architectural and social curiosities of a site with photography and sketches that are later …
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A Zenith Z-100 Emulator
… is not attempted. Rationale for the Z-100’s historical preservation through emulation is also presented.</p>
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Archival Vagabonds: 20th-Century American Fiction and the Archive in Novelistic Practice
… the novel as an alternative and superior site of historical preservation. Drawing on my experience as an archivist, I argue that the twentieth-century American novel's concern with inclusivity, preservation and posterity parallels archival science's changing approach to ephemera, arrangement, and …
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Adaptive Reuse Co-living for Virginia Tech's WAAC (Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center)
… difficulties, I was inspired to leverage the historical and cultural essence of Old Town Alexandria to create a solution. My thesis explores the potential of adaptive reuse to develop a co-living environment specifically designed for students. This project aims to repurpose existing structures …
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A guideline for future preservation, management & interpretation of Brownsville Plantation circa 1652 Northampton County, Virginia
… thesis establishes a guideline for the future preservation, management and interpretation of Brownsville Plantation. Brownsville Plantation is located in Northampton County on Virginia's lower Eastern Shore. Brownsville's original 1262 acre parcel of land was first patented in 1652 by English …
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Cambodian Genocide Museums And Memorials: A Medium For Transmitting Intergenerational Cultural Memory
… of changing this slaughterhouse into a historical preservation site? What kinds of cultural memory is this museum transmitting? How can a study of this site and its use in educating subsequent generations help us reflect on the role of other such museums? This paper explores the ways in …
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Transcending dimensions: democratising access: utilising cost-effective technology to transition to 2D to 3D to AR
… for games and local Scottish monuments for historical preservation.<br/><br/>The tool's performance and the visualization techniques it relies on are subsequently assessed for their effectiveness and usability among diverse users. Ultimately conclusions are derived regarding how well the …
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Jamaican Diasporic Counter-Archives: Performative Archival Imaginings In Ontario, Canada
… definitions of “archives” and their methods of historical preservation, and the methods used by Jamaicans who descend primarily from indigenous peoples in Africa, this research-creation project asks an ontological question: What are archives (the records) in the Jamaican diaspora in Canada? …
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Revitalizing Downtown Houston - Bringing Back the Human Scale
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