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Showing 1 to 20 of 162 for “"Unfinished"”.
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Unfinished myth
I have always claimed that places are stronger than people, the fixed scene stronger than the transitory succession of events. This is the theoretical basis not of my Architecture, but of Architecture itself.
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Unfinished Business: The New Wave of Women's Horror Cinema
My doctoral dissertation, “Unfinished Business: The New Wave of Women’s Horror Cinema,” responds to early considerations in feminist horror studies via the recent surge of horror films directed by women filmmakers for a primarily female audience. Placing this new wave of horror cinema in dialogue …
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Literally unfinished : a qualitative single case study exploring the factors impacting Texas teachers' responses to unfinished learning in reading due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic created unfinished learning in reading for K–12 students (Curriculum Associates, 2021; Lambert & Sassone, 2020). A survey of public school administrators showed that half of their students were behind grade level in at least one subject area; of those, 64% believed the …
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The unfinished miracle : how plastics came to be lost at sea
Plastic trash is an increasingly significant source of pollution in the world's oceans. In some remote ocean regions, it is aggregating by the ton. This thesis investigates plastic trash as an emerging marine contaminant, with a specific focus on: the history of plastic trash in the ocean; areas of …
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Unfinished man : questioning difference through the pictorial recontextualisation of socio-medical documents
In this dissertation and series of paintings I wish to focus attention on the interconnection between knowledge and power. This is commented on in relation to socio-medical disciplines. The argument proposes that knowledge is a product of vested interests and should thus not be regarded as …
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The Sempiternal Nature of Architectural-Conservation and the Unfinished Building and Drawing
Conservation is today often interpreted as the preservation of a still-shot, an understanding informed by the belief that by displaying photographic memory of the past, it is possible to gain access to it. Naturalistic representation is unequivocal and presents the onlooker with a single meaning. …
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The unfinished agenda: the great Munāz̤ara of 1854 and ‘Imād-ud-dīn’s contribution to the Muslim-Christian debates in nineteenth-century India
… is made that Imād-ud-dīn helped complete an unfinished agenda besides making a significant contribution to the nineteenth-century context of Christian-Muslim debates. This work is both historically and theologically significant because: i. This is the first research into the primary sources …
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“Rape and GBV is part of the TRC's unfinished business!”: Illuminating a culture of impunity through tracing the legacy and collective memory of sexual violence in contemporary South Africa
The proliferation of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in South Africa has ranked it as one of the countries with the highest rates of violence against women in the world – with interventions to address SGBV failing dismally to do so. A cursory glance at this issue may reveal that South …
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"Art is Love is God" : Wallace Berman and the Transmission of Aleph, 1956-66
… film Aleph as both a transmission and an unfinished, unstable document. The form and content of Aleph enact the process of transmission and represent transmission itself. However, since the film is unfinished, abandoned and left with excess fragments, it possesses unstable meaning. This …
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Rostok
… the prologue and first five chapters of an unfinished novel, Rostok.
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Rostok
… the prologue and first five chapters of an unfinished novel, Rostok.
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Within the carnal: re-reading Merleau-Ponty through the language of drawing
… of a new ontology. Although his ontology remains unfinished and only exists as working notes and a manuscript entitled The Visible and Invisible, Merleau-Ponty had begun to appreciate the fundamental role drawing plays in the making of art and the creation of a language of expression that is as …
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The Devil in the Belfry a rhapsody for viola and orchestra & Edgar Allan Poe, Claude Debussy, and "The Fall of the House of Usher"
… the second is a discussion of Claude Debussy’s unfinished opera, La Chute de la Maison Usher. The Devil in the Belfry is a rhapsody for viola and orchestra based on Edgar Allan Poe’s tale of the same title. It contains quotations from the few sketches that Debussy left for his unfinished work, …
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An investigation into dry and wet textile friction and lubrication in practical applications.
… friction. Spray applying the finish resulted in unfinished regions on the fibre surfaces and the electrical resistance of fibre bundles was not reduced. Bath application of finish did lower electrical resistance in comparison with unfinished fibre, but none of the bath deposition variables had a …
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Collection
… is a compilation of fiction comprised of an unfinished novel and four completed short stories. Ophion Perdurabo presents Elijah Bollingham, an exceptional boy growing up amidst odd circumstances in rural Kansas. "Tribute" is a science fiction story of the Vonnegut/Bradbury strain. "Harvard …
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An analysis of hardwood lumber and other wood-based materials use in the wood furniture industry
… information about the respondents, RTA and unfinished furniture, and green lumber purchases. Total 1990 hardwood lumber used in wood furniture was estimated at over 2.4 billion board feet. Use was expected to increase 13% from 1990 to 1992. Softwood lumber used in wood furniture in 1990 was …
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