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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Spatial construction"”.
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The socio-spatial construction of consumption: a historical and contemporary analysis
… The theory of modern consumption and the sociospatial terrain upon which it unfolds is developed through the concept of ‘affordance,’ adapted from environmental psychology and a re-definition of ‘possession’ that arises from the inter-relation of being and having. This allows the rejection of …
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Containers and flows : investigating systems of spatial construction in an aquarium
This thesis focuses on the design of an aquarium on the waterfront of Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong . The aquarium serves as a public 'event' which aims to educate and inform the visitor about regional environmental conditions and their effects on global ecological systems. The design incorporates …
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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 …
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The Journey to the Underworld: Topography, Landscape, and Divine Inhabitants of the Roman Hades
… the Romans performed an act of mental spatial construction where all landscapes and topographical elements were drawn from a pool of geographical entities that constituted an integral part of their spatial shared knowledge, and where the memorable features that comprised historical, …
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Building Black Manhattan: Architecture, Art, and the Politics of Respectability, 1857–1914
… Civil War and the Great Migration. Through the construction of charitable and reform institutions throughout Manhattan, they articulated a strategy of racial uplift through deliberate spatial construction.</p> <p>As reform work was one of the very few arenas in the nineteenth and early twentieth …
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Installation Art and Memory: A Practice-As-Research Exploration
… themes. During the period of design and construction, I interacted with and recorded interviews with people who had a personal connection with the site or with an interest in how memory works. The final installation presented layers of spoken fragmented content in a dialectic relationship …
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Constructing wilderness: the nexus of preservation and ocean-space in the United States
… has largely and paradoxically overlooked the spatial qualities of ocean-space; often looking only to its fringes (the littoral) and its surface-space as viable social domains. This dissertation proposes an additional layer of spatial construction, where volume and water column are as integral …
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Extending our senses: music, nostalgia, space, artefact and the Mediterranean imaginary among the Greek- and Turkish-speaking Cypriot diaspora in Birmingham (UK)
… diaspora to Birmingham (UK). It introduces a new spatial construction in diaspora which I term "The Mediterranean Imaginary"—an informed, playful, and re-structured space in the triangle of Cyprus, Turkey and Greece, defined by the history of the Cypriot di-ethnos, assessed in modern life through …
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Enhancing livelihood and community diversity through wetland- approach to living with the wetland
… to comprehend the intricate obstacles hindering spatial improvement. The research aims to investigate the spatial, social, and cultural dimensions of informal settlements, seeking to unravel the underlying causes and challenges faced by the community. Employing methods such as interviews with …
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Wahrnehmung und Reproduktion des „Ostens“ in der im „Westen“ geborenen Post-Wende-Generation
Auch 35 Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands bleibt die Unterscheidung in Ost und West relevant. Sie prägt politische Debatten, mediale Darstellungen und alltägliche Begegnungen. Dabei rückt zunehmend eine Generation in den Blick, die selbst im wiedervereinigten Deutschland geboren und …