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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Signs and symbols"”.
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Iconographic architecture as signs and symbols in Dubai
… built in, especially those in Dubai to understand the perceptions and associations of ordinary people with these icons, thus analysing their impact on the quality of life in the city. This is an important study with the advent of ‘iconism’ in architecture that has a growing acceptance and …
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Architecture as a three-dimensional language
… is defined as a communication between architect and man manifested in form. It is useful to make an analogy between architecture and language since the purpose of both is to communicate. Communication requires the use of signs and symbols. In architecture form communicates meanings through signs …
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The restriction of competition between road motor transport and the railways in the Union of South Africa
No abstract / Text can't be copied properly (signs and symbols)
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Atotô obaluayê ajuberu: um olhar semiológico sobre a indumentária de obaluayê
… by the deity Obaluaiyê in the Rituals of the Candomblé of Yoruba tradition or Ketu Candomblé. I propose a semiological regard on the costumes worn in Candomblé, through a reading of the signs and symbols that are presents in this deity and are conveyed by him. There is a reflection about the …
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Jean-Michel Basquiat's Language
… tend to focus on decoding these drawings and paintings, while almost completely ignoring those elements that cannot be tied to a specific (and static) iconography or historical lineage of influence. Yet, the iconographic isolation of specific symbols and icons considers neither how the …
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Rediscovering Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem
… interpretations in performances, recordings, and publications of Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem raise issues concerning the relationship between these readings and the composer's intention. Understanding Verdi's tempo and phrasing in the Requiem is of crucial importance in rediscovering his …
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Symbols and their roles in society : a study using Q methodology.
Symbols are analogies which represent man's meanings and interpretations of reality. This paper deals with the roles of symbols and the way in which they are disseminated in society. Two general theories are espoused on the subject of symbol promulgation. 1he first emphasizes the uniqueness of each …
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"Palatial Homes, Now Hovels": The Changing Use Values and Soft Theming of Georgian Dublin
… to create a theoretical framework which expands on the work of Mark Gottdiener (2001), it brings in and unpacks the concept of authenticity and its relationship to theming. In addition to these theoretical considerations it structures an analysis of the origins of the signs and symbols of …
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Void communication : a method of communication for the future
… systems, portable computers, Youtube TM and Skype TM- our relationship to the world around us transforms into a series of impersonal contact-less transactions. These technologies simultaneously augment and conceal an already present void in communication, which prevents individuals from …
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The sign models of Sassure and Pierce and the glossematic model of Hjelmslev: an analysis of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial
… meaning has been a critical dimension of landscape design over several thousands of years. Recent literature submits that the strength of cultural meaning has waned over the last century. It is also suggested, however, that the landscape architect is in a unique position to strengthen the …
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Semiotics and Christian Discipleship in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s <em>Crime and Punishment</em> and Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s <em>The Cost of Discipleship</em>
<p>The literary and philosophical theory of semiotics considers signs and symbols. Pragmatics is the branch of semiotics that explicates the practical effects of a given interpretation according to its context. Through analyzing the pragmatic context of <em>Crime and Punishment</em>, one can begin …
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In heaven as it is on earth : the development of the interpreting angel motif in biblical literature of the neo-Babylonian, Persian and early Hellenistic periods.
… visions is a major feature of late prophetic and apocalyptic literature, yet the development of this literary motif has remained largely unexplored within biblical scholarship. This study fills this gap in scholarship by tracing the development of the interpreting angel motif from its first …
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Visualizing belonging : Deliberation and identification in the Vestavia Hills mascot controversy
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Place of Light' : what cultural villages can tell us about 'culture', 'ethnicity' and tourism in post-apartheid South Africa
… There is much talk within academic discourse and beyond of 'ethnicity', 'culture' and the 'rainbow nation' among others. They are a national obsession at this crucial time when South Africa is still struggling to negotiate its identity. The usage of these words is rapidly evolving and today …
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De La Salle Christian Brothers' Experiences of Catholic Identity in Higher Education in the United States
… have suggested that sustaining Catholic identity and preventing secularization depends on the integration of the Catholic intellectual tradition with the sponsoring religious congregation. The Catholic identity often has been discussed in terms of the decreasing presence of various signs and …
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Connecting architecture to the electronic age: the effects of mass media as seen through architecture
Architecture and society have been affected by a new paradigm: a shift from the mechanical age to the electronic. At the beginning of the twentieth century, modernist architects created new aesthetics, new forms, new representational techniques and new symbols of the industrial society. Equivalents …
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Sites of memory: Soviet myths in post-Soviet culture
… as a gap, a rupture between the Soviet past and the post-Soviet present? Post-Soviet film and fiction certainly stage the break up of the Soviet Union and the end of Soviet rule in this way. Post-Soviet culture has left behind a certain set of Soviet cultural myths: the conquest of space, the …
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A semiotic analysis of print beauty advertisements
… are highly interlinked. These are advertising and semiotics. As semiotics is the research of signs and motifs and their meanings, and as it is going to be portrayed in this essay, advertisements have a sufficient amount of signs, this merger of the two topics is constructive enough to analyse …
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Producing the Precolonial: Professional and Popular Lives of Mapungubwe, 1937-2017
… southern African state) within and outside the academy from 1937 and 2017, deliberately excluding meanings that might have existed prior to 1937, analysing the socio-political work Mapungubwe has been made to do in this period. The study explores the shaping and positioning of …
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La costruzione dell’altro. Corrispondenti fra Italia e Germania dal Deutsches Reich alla Prima guerra mondiale (1871-1915)
The research project analyses the articles and ego-documents published by Italian correspondents in Germany and German journalists in Italy between 1871 and 1915 in order to investigate the transformation of the image of the Other through stereotypes and clichés in a period that was central to …
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