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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"Parade"”.
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Parade Square : discursive surface of post-socialist Warsaw
Parade Square in Warsaw is a battleground where different political projects are confronted, without any possibility of a seamless reconciliation. Prior to World War II, the area used to be a dense residential neighborhood. In the post war years, it was reconfigured by the socialist urban design …
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The Caribana Parade: Storming and Issues of Power and Control
The parade is the highlight of the Toronto Carnival/Caribana festival, which has become an important part of Torontos and Canadas identity; but for more than twenty years it has been affected by storming, an act of transgression in which mostly young male individuals breach fences and security …
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Politics on parade : immigration, ethnicity and national identity in Chicago, IL
Parades are many things. They are treasured annual traditions, community gatherings, expressions of identity and pride. Parades interrupt the daily flow of city life, rerouting traffic, crowding sidewalks and public transportation, and interrupting business activities. Parades are revealing. They …
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Crumbs To Keep Them Full: Neoliberal Spectacle at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
<p>The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been a fall staple in the U.S. for nearly a century. This event has the potential to make a significant impact on national culture due to its immersion in long-held traditions, the extent of media consumption, and the role of advertising. Unlike many other …
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The role of St. Patrick in Downpatrick: from traditional pilgrimage to contemporary parade
… feature of its annual rituals of pilgrimage and parade bearing his name in the town's title. It does so by exploring the specific nature of the Downpatrick St. Patrick's Day events, and it will examine these primarily through the lens of invented tradition. The thesis draws together concepts of …
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Incubated dimension : an urban campus for informal business development at the Grand Parade
This dissertation is inspired by the age of digital media as a mode of cultural production. This project aims to uncover how social interaction is shaped by digital space and its effects on physical space. This is an exploration of an architecture which mediates between the tensions and …
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Living heritage in the historic urban landscape: a case study of the Grand Parade Market
… bi-weekly market held on Cape Town's Grand Parade to see if it constitutes living heritage. If it does, how is it connected with the urban landscape it inhabits, and how might it be acknowledged or safeguarded? Heritage practice in South Africa has long focused on the fabric of the historic …
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The racial politics of urban celebrations : a comparative study of Philadelphia's Mummers Parade and Odunde Festival
… backdrop for my case studies. The Mummers Parade and the Odunde Festival are two New Year's celebrations that mediate racial/political and ethnic/cultural identities for the city's white and black populations respectively. This thesis considers both festivals from their historical context …
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Foodways of the mid-18th century Cape : archaeological ceramics from the Grand Parade in central Cape Town
… excavated remains from the site of the Grand Parade in central Cape Town. The main lines of argument are centred around the question of the ceramics and how these can be interpreted to add to the knowledge of everyday life at the Cape. This involved excavation of the site, a descriptive report …
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The right to a 'world class city'?: street trading, public space and urban governance in the Cape Town city centre
… trading in the Cape Town city centre. The Grand Parade, South Africa's oldest public space, sits adjacent to the city's major public transport hub, and plays a vital role in the daily lives of many city residents. Therefore, public space contestations, and the informal sector's importance in job …
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Disguising external features affects identification accuracy in video identification lineups
… when viewed in a video identification parade where hair is visible (i.e. context has been changed). Participants (N = 96) viewed a crime scenario and video identity parade where external features were manipulated in terms of absence of a hood. Correct identifications were significantly …
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"Walking the Queen's highway": ideology and cultural landscape in Nothern Ireland
… for decades. Both loyalists and nationalists parade, but it is the annual marching season of the loyalist fraternal orders through nationalist neighborhoods that, in some cases, result in chronic violence. Nationalist residents attempt to forestall and combat loyalist parades through their …
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"Throw Me Something, Mister": The History of Carnival Throws in New Orleans
… the thrill of catching "throws" tossed to paradegoers by members of parade organizations' riding floats. For tourists and locals alike, throws become the cultural currency of New Orleans during Carnival. Beads, doubloons, coconuts, cups and other throws develop an inherent value, enticing …
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Evaluating the fairness of identification parades with measures of facial similarity
… concerns the evaluation of 'identification parades', or 'lineups', which are frequently used by police to secure evidence of identification. It is well recognised that this evidence is frequently unreliable, and has led on occasion to tragic miscarriages of justice. A review of South African …
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Irmãs de samba: um breve estudo dos papéis femininos na Escola de Samba
… the world of labor and the samba school parade, routine and ritual, life and dream lead to meaninful spaces such as the home of the "Tias" and the "barracão", which prepare for the magnificent parade. Through her work, the woman multiplies and transforms her roles by creating, supporting, …
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Awakening The Muse: A Museum for the Fisher Family Art Collection
… a large contemporary art museum on the Presidio Parade Grounds in San Francisco, California. The site is small and historic, thus my solution was to build primarily underground. Through my exploration of designing a subterranean art museum I addressed the challenges of natural lighting, …
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Xix, A Memorial and Study on the Proximity and Proportion of the Circle and the Square
… project reroutes the communityâ s Memorial Day parade so that the procession ends at the proposed memorial plaza. Parade goers travel through the town of Xix to the boarding school where the new memorial is. The new memorial consist of a bridge that leads to a room that houses the existing …
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Symphonic Poem No. 1, Poems on Stone Drums, for Full Orchestra
… the seal scripts describe an ancient Qin king’s parade. However, for thousands of years and still today, experts and scholars do not agree on the exact date of the incidents described in these poems on stone drums. The legend and mystery that surrounds these drums, and the beauty of the ancient …
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Bands and orchestras in the major northern seaside resorts of England, 1865-1911 : a socio-cultural history.
… particular attention to the Bridlington Quay Parade Band as the starting point of the thesis. The bands will be looked at in terms of repertoire, personnel, instruments, function, management, and their relationship with the local councils, management boards and owners. Extensive discussion of …
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