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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"handwork"”.
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The Arts and Crafts movement: exchanges between Greece and Britain (1876-1930)
… for the creation of new work and the emphasis on handwork. Hellenism was embedded in many aspects of British life in the nineteenth century but a new interest in Byzantine art and architecture developed as part of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Robert Weir Schultz and Sidney Barnsley, two young …
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From Social Reform to Social Science: The Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Boston, 1877-1912
… this end, it sponsored some of the first women's handwork shops, employment agencies, and trade schools in the nation.</p> <p>This thesis follows the development of the WEIU between its founding in 1877 and the appointment of its first paid and professionally education president in 1912. The Union …
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In the Family of Things: Stories About Simple Choices and Radical Change
… are intentionally making connections with handwork and responsible production and distribution networks, particularly in comparison to the industrial, global commodity networks that often unhealthily, unjustly govern many lives around the world today.
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In the Family of Things: Stories About Simple Choices and Radical Change
… are intentionally making connections with handwork and responsible production and distribution networks, particularly in comparison to the industrial, global commodity networks that often unhealthily, unjustly govern many lives around the world today.
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A Chronological Study of Experiential Education in the American History Museum
… trunks and of organized activity, crafts as handwork and as skills, role-playing, simulation, hands-on museum work, and minor patterns. The decline of involvement of citizens in the civic and cultural life of the community has adversely affected history museums. Experiential learning can stop …
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"Live in the country with faith": Jane and Ralph Whitehead, The Simple Life Movement, and Arts and Crafts in The United States, England, and on The Continent, 1870-1930
… in art and the built environment, and where handwork in the form of art and craft and working the land were balanced with intellectual activity, leisure time and socializing in order to improve physical and psychological well being. This dissertation uses the wealth of primary source material …
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Crafting, Conjuring, and the Aesthetic of Making: Towards a Materialistic Understanding of Fantasy
… I assess human tasks by focusing on the hand and handwork, that contribute to the distinct moods of the fantasy narrative: positive, negative, ambiguous, and the various shades in-between. In Chapter 2, non-human tasks are assessed by plumbing the materialistic dimensions of magical artefacts such …
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An Interpretive Exploration of the Meaning of Being with Women during Birth for Midwives
… were supported through effective knowing such as handwork and succoring connections were important to recipients of midwifery care and considered legitimate knowledge in personal narratives and stories written by midwives. This study found that being with a woman during childbirth is an important …
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Humor i romantisk text : om Jean Pauls estetik i svensk romantik: C.F. Dahlgrens Mollbergs epistlar (1820), C.J.L. Almqvists Amorina (1822) och C. Livijns Spader Dame (1825)
… in older research one sometimes spoke of poor handwork, or bad taste of the writers or it was explained that these works were a stage between the end of romanticism and the beginning of realism. A common approach in the last years has been to leave such biographical and contextual discussions …
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Účel designu u ručního nářadí
Diplomová práce se zabývá vlivem designu na ruční nářadí. V první teoretické části práce jsou rozebírány jednotlivé ruční operace prováděné při strojové výrobě. Další část je zaměřena na jednotlivé aspekty vlivu designu u ručního nářadí. Následuje zpracování dosahovaných parametrů u ručních prací. …
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Ukuziphatha nokuphathwa kwabesifazane : endulo namanje
… can benefit from like taking care of the houses, handwork and many more. The research shows that females have great sympathy. They can be sympathetic in many ways. They are there when one needs help for example tending the sick, helping the poor, and giving help to other people with different …
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Managing complexity in high-concentration flow modelling aimed at hazard assessment: numerical and practical aspects
… The large efforts required in terms of handwork, computational charge and resources may divert the user attention from the physical meaning of the hazard-assessment process, possibly leading to inaccurate results. To overcome this issue, a possible solution is proposed, based on the use …