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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"amulet"”.
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Wearing an amulet: Land titling and tenure (in) security in Tanzania
Land reform in Tanzania introduced a new National Land Policy (1995) and Land Laws (1999), changing the way land is governed and administrated. The land reform process promoted formalisation of customary land rights as a means to tenure security for the citizens. This ethnography found that …
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ELEMENTAL
… that are integrated into wearable objects in an amulet form. The objects created allow a wearer to be connected to the natural world in a time when contact, which is so essential, is elusive. This paper will talk about personal experiences and relationships with the natural world, the natural …
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Matmar: revisiting burial practice of the non-elite during the Third Intermediate Period
… sex, age, burial location, coffin style, amulet inclusions. In turn the results were interpreted to shed light on local perceptions of sex and gender, religious practice and economy. The statistical analysis demonstrated a strong link between the sex and age of the individual and the …
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Architectures of the third cloud : distributed, mobile, and pervasive systems design
… in their proximate environment. The Amulet is a discrete portable device able to act on behalf of its user in a multitude of contexts. We evaluate the power and flexibility of these systems by using them in the construction of two applications. In the final chapter, we compare our …
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Out of network : technologies to connect with strangers
… Sheep? by Philip K. Dick; and the Empathy Amulet, a wearable device that fosters an unconscious sense of our connection to strangers. Both devices use shared physical warmth as a way to cultivate empathy and a novel sense of connection with anonymous others. With the understanding that the …
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A novel, Curse of the time witch : and, An essay, The time-slip novel
E. Nesbit’s The Story of the Amulet inspired me to write a time-slip novel for young adults. During my research for this explicatory essay, I discovered that later writers not only expanded upon Nesbit’s simple formula to create atmospheric novels with fully developed characters, but also …
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Shi in Architecture: the Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Doors
This dissertation explores the concept of shi manifested in traditional Chinese architecture by examining the efficacy of the traditional Chinese house doors. Three connotations of the concept of shi derived from different philosophical schools of thought during the Warring States Period: the …