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Showing 1 to 20 of 219 for “"envisioning"”.
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Envisioning creative space
This thesis proposes a framework to articulate certain criteria in creative spatial productions such as architecture. I discuss that a conformist and unquestioning adaptation to conventional space conceptions limits enhancement of spatial sensibility, and consequently creativity. I connect such …
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Re-envisioning dance technique pedagogy
… Through the unfolding discussion, a re-envisioning of dance technique pedagogy is developed. Its polymorphic potentialities are explored through the pedagogical priorities of active learning, shared responsibility and interdependent relationships. Thus, learning among students, teacher …
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Envisioning utopia: the aesthetics of black futurity
… and healing from trauma through acts of envisioning the future. The ways in which space, connectivity, and gesture function throughout Solange Knowles' "Cranes in the Sky" music video exemplifies the ways in which "performance of futurity [is] embedded in the aesthetic" (Muñoz 87), Kelela …
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Envisioning Morality in Times of Dynastic Change
The emphasis placed on morality became increasingly remarkable during late imperial China, especially at the junctures of dynastic change. This thesis explores the problem of the construction of morality, and I focus on two plays in which the idea of morality is presented in complicated ways: the …
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Multiple perspectives for envisioning marine protected areas
This thesis provides the first direct comparison between – and integration of – community-based and science-based approaches to the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs). MPAs are one potentially effective conservation tool, but are being established very slowly. My research shows that …
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Envisioning maternal health practice through antiracist feminisms
<p>Health care systems in the United States perpetuate disturbing maternal health inequity. Rampant maternal health disparities, including preterm births, low birthweight, maternal and infant mortality, and maternal morbidities, disproportionately affect birthing parents of color, queer parents, …
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United Stadium: Envisioning a Truly Urban Stadium
It is unmistakable that sport is a universally vital element in our society today. Sport teaches us teamwork, sportsmanship, and provides a stage to compete instead of fight. Sport has been known to end civil wars and bring peace when all hope is lost. Sport has been called the world's first global …
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Experienced teachers’ planning practices: Orienting, inventing, and envisioning
… three core practices: orienting, inventing, and envisioning. In sum, I argue that theoretical attention to the development of teachers’ practices can help researchers reconceptualize how we understand, study, and support planning for student learning and teacher development.
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Envisioning the Mind: Children's Representations of Mental Processes
Inspired by writings on creativity and by Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, I conducted a series of ten "exercises" -- each of them a guided visualization followed by an opportunity to produce -- with nine- and ten-year-old students. The visualizations, which were designed to …
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Made in Hong Kong : re-envisioning the pedestrian interface
The thesis begins with an interest in the diversity and ambiguity of open spaces in a consumption oriented society: Hong Kong. The hustle and bustle of informal markets, together with the traditional pedestrian streets that ow from the mountains down to the waterfront are typical examples of such …
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Collecting Ideals: Re-envisioning ejidos as climate-action platforms
… inequality. In "Collecting Ideals: Re-envisioning ejidos as climate-action platforms" I argue that ejidos, have and are still playing a major role in the urbanization and development of more rural settings in Mexico, particularly in regions with small towns. I further argue that ejidal …
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From marginalized to optimized : re-envisioning urban highway corridors
The past century of highway construction has assumed relentless growth of vehicular traffic capacity. Yet today is an era of highway rationalization, aging facilities, strained finances, peak oil concerns, climate change, and urban regeneration. It is a prudent time to re-examine the place of …
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Entheogen: Envisioning Sustainable Futures through Biomimicry and Parametric Design
Entheogen, which roughly translates from ancient Greek as "becoming the divine within," is a creative process that envisions sustainable futures by generating biologically inspired sculptures. Biomimicry is a design process that derives aesthetic and functional inspiration from evolved forms found …
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Exploring and Envisioning Periodic Laminar Flow Around a Cylinder
It is well known that for small Reynolds numbers, flow around a cylinder is laminar and stable. For larger Reynolds numbers, although the flow regime remains laminar, the formation of complex periodic structures appear downstream. The cyclic nature of this periodic flow is well characterized by the …
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Adams Morgan Parkway: Envisioning a Network of Green Streets
The footprint of urban streets have become conflict zones of interests; ranging from efficient automobile infrastructure, building restriction lines, economical interests, shy efforts to introduce nature, services, etc. How can we, as urban designers, retrieve a portion of this footprint to nature …
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Ecofeminism as invitational rhetoric: Envisioning the shift in Western consciousness
Ecofeminists believe the Western patriarchal worldview perpetuates a power-over ideology that contributes to the destruction of the environment. Ecofeminists advocate that understanding the web of life is crucial for attaining a paradigm shift to a mindset that respects all entities. This study …
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The Archipelago. Envisioning the Urban Revolution amid the Planetary Flood.
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