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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Spatial Expressions"”.
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Semantic representations for spatial expressions
A spatial expression is defined as a natural language phrase which specifies a position, area or direction of objects, employing any of various parts of speech such as prepositions (on, in, …), nouns (front, rear,…), verbs (locate, stand, …), adjectives (close, distant, …), adverbs (back, next,…), …
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Children's production of locative expressions in English : the influence of geometric and extra-geometric factors
… and extrageometric factors have on children's spatial language production. Over the years it has widely been assumed that spatial prepositions identif' where objects are in the world (geometric factors) and that this is reflected in the semantic representations of these words. More recently, …
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Ethnicity in Festival Landscapes: An Analysis of the Landscape of Jaialdi '95 as a Spatial Expression of Basque Ethnicity
Ethnic festivals are dynamic socio-spatial phenomena in American society in which rationalized spaces are transformed into "festival space" and the cultural landscapes within the boundaries of the festivals are transfigured into festival landscapes. The landscapes of ethnic festivals generate, via …
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The production of the sacred in postcolonial Africa
… I set out to demonstrate the temporal and spatial expressions of the sacred as it is invoked/ produced by both the colonized and colonizer. I then proceed to explore such contests of power to produce the sacred in Frantz Fanon's On National Culture and the indigenous authorities in …
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The racial politics of urban celebrations : a comparative study of Philadelphia's Mummers Parade and Odunde Festival
… and new immigrant populations. Festivals, as spatial expressions of identity that image city spaces, provide an important perspective on this topic. Philadelphia, as a former capital city that continues to struggle with race and identity in its politics, acts as a compelling backdrop for my …
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The St. Francis Dam Disaster: An Experiential Memorial Landscape
… landscapes, emphasizing the role of memorials as spatial expressions of culture, history, memory, life, and death. Memorials have traditionally been monumental in form, but there is a growing shift in landscape architecture towards designing experiential memorial landscapes that allow for healing, …
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Architetture arcaiche. Invarianti tipo-morfologiche e principi dello spazio nuragico
… lens, aiming to extract enduring values and spatial interpretations that contribute both to an innovative understanding of prehistoric architecture and to the identification of particular archaic principles for contemporary design. Employing the theoretical-methodological category of the …
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What happens between the taq and the Old City of Srinagar in Kashmir?
… of Architecture and Craft through five scales of spatial configuration in the old city: 1) the urban context of the city; 2) the streetscapes in it; 3) the Dargahs amidst neighbourhoods; 4) traditional houses in the city; and 5) finally the crafts as they have been practiced individually in …
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Navigating Vulnerability: Harmonizing Disaster Risk Reduction and Management with Socio-spatial Construction of Risk in Post-Tsunami Aceh
… historically, politically, ideologically, and spatially produced (Wisner, 2004). As a result, this study encourages reevaluating disaster risk reduction and management, specifically incorporating post-colonial critiques into theory-building. It proposes shifting away from universal models …