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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Place of Refuge"”.
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A place of refuge
As members of a collective whole, each of us, as a necessary event, must interact with others for our livelihood as well as the prosperity of society as a whole. However, just as we are part of a collective whole, we are also solitary individuals. As such, we need places which do not express …
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The Convent: A Place of Refuge in Les Misérables and Histoire de ma vie
In the nineteenth century, amidst the rise of anti-Catholicism in the Western world, narratives served as a persuasive medium to influence the reading public. Anti-clerical sentiment was conveyed in various forms of text, often depicting the Catholic convent as a place of sinister confinement. This …
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The distressed ship: her right of refuge and the coastal state
Perhaps one of the most mutually beneficial customary rules on international sea law for seagoing nations is the right of a ship to seek refuge in a foreign state's sheltered waters. It means effectively that ships can travel the world knowing that should the need occur, they will due to reasons of …
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Not in my backyard: the obligation to grant places of refuge to ships in need of assistance
Oceans cover 70% of the world's surface and are a source of 90% of the world's biomass. Oceans provide the world's populations with food and facilitate international trade in goods. The shipping industry is a notable source (although not leading source) of marine pollution both from operational …
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Reimagining Age-In Living: An Exploration Into the Second Half of Life
The concept of home is one that has existed since humans first sought a place of refuge and shelter. These spaces have certainly evolved and been adapted over time, however, the logic behind this drive to create spaces that protect and envelope is the same. To have a home is to establish a space …
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Weston State Hospital
… West Virginia. This study traces the history of the hospital from its construction in the 1860s to its closing in 1994. It was established as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, and then called the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane from 1863 to 1915. The building was designed following the …
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Earth in Architecture: An Exploration of Malawian Vernacular and Healing
… a center for treatment? Can it initiate a sense of healing in the individual as well as the community? The hospital in its early form was a facility meant to house the sick in ancient Egyptian temples. Prayers, sacrifices and dream interpretations were used in the healing process as well as …
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Humanitarian Response for Internally Displaced Women and Children in North-East, Nigeria
… by Boko Haram in the North-Eastern Region of Nigeria has displaced over 2.7 million people. From 2009 to the present day, millions of women and children are forced to seek refuge in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe state. The focus on women and children …
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Exploding the edge : inversions into the urban landscape
… to create a humane contemplative experience of individual and collective memory. The urban environment has the potential to inform a new attitude for open space which incorporates the building as a landscape element and weaves natural and architectural elements together physically and …
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Lights, camera, emergency : preemptive planning for disaster relief
… frequency and accuracy, the prediction of natural disasters and their effects are being charted. Their impendence is a certainty and yet we ignore the warnings, the lessons of the past, and the prominence of the future and do nothing to prepare for them. We respond with hurriedness, …
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Nearly the new world: refugees and the British west Indies, 1933-1945
This thesis examines the role of the Caribbean as a place of refuge, internment and transit for Jewish refugees from Europe during the interwar and Second World War period. It approaches the subject from the different perspectives of the British Government, West Indian colonies, refugee …
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The Waterfront Development Community-Based Human-Centric Design in Ward 7 of Washington, D.C.
… in Washington, DC, has been a neglected area cut off from the rest of the city. For decades, the Anacostia River has served as a dividing line between Wards 7 and 8 from the rest of Washington DC. However, the neighborhood has much more to offer than being characterized as a location of violence, …
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Healing and Reintegrating in the City: Urban Infill as a Sanctuary for Jane Doe
… where people live, work, and socialize, victims of commercial sex trafficking live in the shadows, work in obscure environments, and isolate themselves from others. National and local resources in mental care, job training, and legal support fail to provide a holistic place of refuge for these …
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The Historian’s Daughter (A novel); Monsters and Memory (An essay)
… an essay. ‘The Historian’s Daughter’ is a work of fiction based on family memories and historical research that speaks to the trauma of abandonment and displacement in an immigrant family living in Australia. The accompanying essay is titled ‘Monsters and Memory’ and is an autoethnographical …
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A ius talionis és az asylum városok jogi, vallási és kultúratörténeti jelentősége a tanakban
The cultural and legal goal of the cities of refuge was to prevent as many kinds of murder as possible and also to curtail the possibilities of blood feuds. The cities of refuge were solely for inadvertent murderers (slayers). The cities of refuge were tied to exile as a form of punishment. It …