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Showing 1 to 20 of 183 for “"cultural landscape"”.
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The Appalachian cultural landscape along the New River
The regional landscape of Appalachian was a testing ground for a method to define cultural landscape. Landscape Architects and land planners can learn from the existing landscape about the aesthetics and environmental constraints of an area to design and plan in such a way as to complement and …
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A changing cultural landscape: Yanchep National Park, Western Australia
This study depicts the changing landscape of Western Australia's Yanchep National Park as it has evolved in response to natural processes and human activities. The study also serves to evaluate the level of input Indigenous people have in the management of Australian natural and cultural heritage. …
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Broken Ground: Plowing and America's Cultural Landscape in the 1930s
… with the land. Environmental history, agricultural history, and the cultural geography of the plains are used in the analysis of these images to suggest the pervasiveness of the plow as a cultural symbol of man's relationship to the earth. My investigation begins with a chapter devoted to a …
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Rock Imagery: A Cultural Landscape Analysis in the Yakima Uplands
… of using viewshed analysis to examine the cultural landscape. The documentation and locational analysis support recommendations for future study and protection of rock image sites. There are currently twelve known rock imagery sites at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord - Yakima Training Center …
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The Heping District, Tianjin, China: conservation of a cultural landscape
… domestic political changes, such as the “Cultural Revolution” and the “Reforming and Openness Policy.” The buildings in the previous concessions are the city’s root. Though imposed by foreign powers, they did mark the start of China’s modernization process. Also, the pre-concession …
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Continuity and change in the cultural landscape of Table Mountain
… Mountain is an inherently physical and natural landscape that also holds deep cultural meaning, symbolism and value for generations of Capetonians, past and present. The first detailed accounts and artistic representations of Table Mountain come from the early European discoverers, sailors and …
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Continuity and change in the cultural landscape of Table Mountain
… Mountain is an inherently physical and natural landscape that also holds deep cultural meaning, symbolism and value for generations of Capetonians, past and present. The first detailed accounts and artistic representations of Table Mountain come from the early European discoverers, sailors and …
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Using Archetypal Metaphor to Analyze Cultural Landscape: A Chlilean Case Study
… ever more difficult to isolate and map the cultural identity of any given region, as bounded and contained cultural places have become a rare occurrence. To further complicate the matter, perspectives, loyalties, and identities shift with time, and appear to shift with circumstance. While …
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Living Landscapes: John Dunkley and the Cultural Landscape of Colonial Jamaica
… spiritual and alive, and while John Dunkley’s landscapes seek to mystify audiences, this thesis seeks to discern the complex symbolism within his paintings. Although only moderately successful in his lifetime, this Jamaican, self-taught artist is now known as a master of Intuitive art. …
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"Walking the Queen's highway": ideology and cultural landscape in Nothern Ireland
… in Northern Ireland leads to the creation of cultural landscapes heavy with symbolism – ideological landscapes – that maintain social divisions and incite conflict. Mural and curbstone painting, flag bearing, the construction of memorials, and parading are activities that inscribe messages in …
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Climate change, technology, and toponymy in the cultural landscape of Nunavut
… acute climatic and technological change. As this landscape transforms, the place-based knowledge of the native Inuit is under threat. According to recent psychological research, societal problems such as youth suicide, stem from the Inuit losing connections with their homeland. This thesis …
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Bridging the past and the present “Rediscovering Prieska's forgotten cultural landscape”
… complex process of reimagining Prieska—rich in cultural heritage yet marred by neglected sites—by transforming underutilized areas into vibrant, functional spaces that reflect and preserve the town's unique identity. The strategy aims to restore the town's physical environment while awakening …
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Forging Identities in the Multicultural Society: Cultural Landscape Construction in Langde, China
… in which ethnic minority communities in multicultural societies, respond to the Authorised Heritage Discourse’ (AHD) (Smith 2006) as the product of nationalism is relatively under-researched (Caffyn and Lutz 1999, Waterton 2010). This dissertation focuses on the case study of the Miao ethnic …
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Creating and Interpreting a Cultural Landscape on Twitter to Understand People and Audiences
Socio-cultural institutions play a large part in shaping our identities as well as signaling to others important parts of our identity. However, the space of such institutions, or "cultural touchstones", is large and the definition is broad; sports teams, places of worship, companies, and …
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Cultural Landscape Development and Tourism in Historic Mining Towns of the Western United States
This thesis examines the development of the cultural landscape of western mining towns following the transition from an economy based on mining to one based on tourism. The primary case studies are Bodie, California, Virginia City, Nevada, and Cripple Creek, Colorado. Each one is an example of …
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Photographed at...Locating Fashion Imagery in the Cultural Landscape of Post-War Britain 1945-1962
… and 1962. Fashion magazines participate in the cultural production of art by depicting its institutions, its products and producers as fashionable. This thesis interrogates the ways in which the field of fashion, and fashion media in particular, thereby gives symbolic value to the field of art …
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An investigation of the regional expression of the vernacular architecture and cultural landscape in the Sandveld
… and considers the development of the vernacular landscape at three analytical scales, a broad, macro-scale, a midscale, and the detailed micro-scale. To do this I have drawn on multiple strands of evidence in both the documentary and archaeological record. These multiple strands of evidence …
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