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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"banal"”.
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Sites of friction : borders of the banal
… which are housed within several seemingly banal commercial buildings.The border is offered here not an object to further divide, but paradoxically as a necessary edge condition which permits contact and thus re-establishes friction between these neighborhoods.
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The banal and the provisional : self-cancelling strategies in painting
… by the indefinite, the ordinary, the banal and the provisional, by the use of the photograph as source material, and includes other self-canceling strategies and acts of negation within the painting process. The research demonstrates how my investigation revolves around a state of …
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THE AWW
… The current body of work settles into banal and familiar interactions with animals, or more specifically the house cat and its accoutrements. Each element of the body of work engages specific concepts that developed out of the American landscape tradition and assimilates the banal …
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Spiritual Quest in French and English Post-War Novels
… and direction in life. In the face of banal preoccupations and pressures towards conformity, secularization and demythologization, some men pursue a transcendent ideal which starts with an epiphany, a sudden realization of truth. This moment of realization is often the moment of …
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These are the people I've been telling you about
… to build meaning out of lives at once absurd and banal. Toward this end, this collection plays with the problem of communication and meaning both in content and in form.
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Repositioning Chinatown Las Vegas : theming authenticity and theory of boring architecture
… of them- ing rests on its ability to mask the banal with signifiers of the exotic. The effects of this "shock and awe" approach, however, are short lived. My project offers an alternative; I begin with the banal to not end there. Instead of designing every aspect of the new Chinatown, I will …
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Structural Basis of Bat and Raccoon Dog Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) Receptor Recognition by Sarbecoviruses
… question, we compared the RBDs of SARS-CoV-2 and BANAL-52, a related bat coronavirus, and examined their inter- actions with ACE2 from Rhinolophus sinicus and humans. Structural and biochemical analyses revealed that the BANAL-52 RBD is well adapted for binding to R. sinicus ACE2, with His498 of …
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Instinto e asfalto : os contos impuros de Feliz ano novo, de Rubem Fonseca
… discurso metaficcional que contém, em sua forma banal e calculada, uma profunda reflexão sobre o papel da literatura no mundo mercantilizado que a cerca. Assim, através da metalinguagem, a narrativa dos contos problematiza a História e realiza uma das poucas formas de subversão ainda ao alcance …
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Création théâtrale, inhumain et postmodernité.
… de l'absente. C'est le drame d'un discours banal qui s'avere porteur de mort. Cette creation est inseree dans la conception de l'inhumain elaboree par Jean-Francois Lyotard dans sa reflexion sur la postmodernite. Les ecrits de Theodor W. Adorno sont aussi examines pour etablir la valeur de …
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Mezinárodní bezpilotní přeprava zboží
… is also related to the protection against banal evil and the protection of notional...
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The Story of Things
… that hold personal significance. The most banal object is cherished perhaps kept in a box to be admired on occasion. An earring can symbolize the lost love of a boyfriend, a ticket to a basketball game can mark the day after a father’s funeral or a fingernail brush is a stand in for …
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The Story of Things
… that hold personal significance. The most banal object is cherished perhaps kept in a box to be admired on occasion. An earring can symbolize the lost love of a boyfriend, a ticket to a basketball game can mark the day after a father’s funeral or a fingernail brush is a stand in for …
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Blue Lives Memorialized: Collective Memory and the Production of Ideology and Injustice in American Policing
… memorialization, which fosters a sense of banal nationalism, provides narrative justifications for police power, and strengthens a generalized acceptance of violence of police. </p>
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Making space: photographic traces of absence, stillness and the in-between in public spaces
… and the In-Between in Public Spaces explores banal and commonplace empty spaces, non-places, liminal spaces and ordinary, inanimate objects. In the first section, Situating my Practice, I contextualise my practice within the broader context of photography and architecture, looking specifically …
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Speculative Friction: Seven Stories from the Geneva Freeport
… This thesis opens the conversation to the banal and absurd capitalist reality at the Geneva Freeport and looks at this uncanny world from within. What are the objects and their entanglements with the world outside? What happens when the objects begin to push back on their container?
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The Everyday: Informing the realm of routine practice through design
… words as familiar, ordinary, mundane, habitual, banal, and commonplace. Yet beyond these dictionary definitions lies a much deeper meaning and appreciation when understood as something that is experienced. When it comes to informing and interpreting the everyday through design, early contemporary …
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Living Migration Through Digital Connectivity: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Migrant Belonging
… a bottom-up approach to explore the everyday and banal digital practices of migrants, the research examines how belonging is negotiated across connections and positions that move beyond a single national attachment and identification. The study employs an interpretative phenomenological analysis …
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Chapel, Crematorium, and Columbaria
… our ancestors. Cemetery landscapes usually are banal. Neither their settings nor their designs evoke memories or renew our spirits. When we visit cemeteries, we visit another suburb, another mall, a place that "sells" us with promises of security and efficiency, a place that keeps its promises …
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Is It Nationalism? History's Impact on Okinawan Identity
… to coexist with the every-day approach found in Banal Nationalism by Michael Billig and Ernest Gellner's Nations and Nationalism. These political observers seemingly holding opposing viewpoints actually work as a team. The results of this combined approach can be found all across Okinawa in …
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Making Waves: An Exploration In Learning Through Art, Science, And Making
… turning youth culture into a static banal concept. This study aimed to tackle the challenge of providing context, a reason for learning, and space for youth voice for a diverse group of teenagers. I explored how a multidisciplinary art and science maker workshop focused on sound …
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