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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Senses of Place"”.
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The Role of the G.A.A. in Creating, Maintaining and Reinforcing Senses of Place and Identity
… plays in creating, reinforcing and maintaining senses of place in Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary. The G.A.A. itself is an organisation of over one million members, its strength comes from the two opposite notions of rivalry and comradery. It is this rivalry that is the core of identity and sense …
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PERFECTION, WRETCHED, NORMAL, AND NOWHERE: A REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN TELEVISION SETTINGS
Drawing inspiration from numerous place image studies in geography and other social sciences, this dissertation examines the senses of place and regional identity shaped by more than seven hundred American television series that aired from 1947 to 2007. Each state's relative share of these programs …
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Between the Dreamtime and the GPS / The Metaphysics of Indigenous Mapping
… the relationship between the imbricated fields of Aboriginal mapping, Indigenous aesthetics and placemaking, and the ways in which Aboriginal maps, both customary and contemporary, contribute to the conversation about remembering, Indigenous knowledge production, and cultural survivance.1 If …
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"The father of the revolution": history, memory and the FNLA veterans of Pomfret
The "official" narrative of the Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (National Front for the Liberation of Angola, or FNLA) as presented by FNLA documents and scholars such as Christine Messiant and Inge Brinkman, paints a picture of a liberation movement that fragmented and lost its credibility …
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If There Wasn’t Farming, Somebody Wouldn’t Eat: Small Scale Agriculture, Community Autonomy, And Food Sovereignty In Mississippi
This thesis examines the historical context of small scale farming and grassroots social movements in Mississippi’s history, and investigates the ways small farmers and community advocates are drawing upon their land-based heritage and local knowledge systems to create community-controlled food …
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Communities in play: the social value of youth drama groups in rural areas of Northern Ireland
… value youth drama groups in small places in Northern Ireland, and the role which these groups play in ecologies of local cultural participation. In line with the AHRC Cultural Value Project’s approach, value is interpreted as a subjectively experienced phenomenon. Drawing on …
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An interdisciplinary approach to Santal architectural history
Santals are one of the many Adivasi (indigenous) communities in eastern India and are particularly renowned for precision and craftsmanship in their domestic architecture. The visually stunning dwellings and settlements fascinated me as an undergraduate architecture student, and now, in this …
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Embodied Film and Experimental Ethnography: Place, Belonging and Performative Folk Traditions in England
… ways in which film might be used to investigate senses of place and representations of place and ritual. It focuses on two seasonal performative folk traditions in rural England, Haxey Hood in North Lincolnshire and Mayday in Padstow. By considering the experiential qualities of these annual …
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Paper Towns: Sense of Place in Industrial, Small-Town New England, 1869-1927
… New England. In the late 1860s, the introduction of wood pulp paper technology transformed formerly small market and manufacturing communities into centers of heavy industry. This dissertation is a study of this transformation. It focuses on three communities: Bellows Falls, Vermont, Franklin, New …