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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"human culture"”.
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Approaches to Nature Aesthetics: East Meets West
… often claimed that natural beauty decreases if humans interfere into nature. This claim leads to the separation of human culture and nature, and limits the number of landscapes which can be protected in terms of aesthetic value. As a solution to this separation, a non-dualistic Japanese …
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Urban microcosm
… built environment has been a manifestation of human ideals and aspirations. Although these ideals, diverse and varied in each case, are only present in a small few of the buildings that are actually constructed, it ls my belief that they are the givers of meaning and identity to human culture …
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Why we sing : an ode to our musical origins
Music is part of human culture and has been around for several thousand years. In spite of its strong emotional appeal, the history of this human characteristic, and the source of its allure remain elusive. This thesis is a report from the front lines of research into the origins of human music, …
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To eat or not to eat: an ethical analysis of cannibalism through a bioethical framework
… that this act has been an integral part of human culture for over thousands of years. This is in part due to the subliminal teachings in literature that has instilled upon us a gut reaction of disgust and repugnance when thinking about cannibalism as well as the common association between …
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Compression and release, enclosure and transparency
… of nature, collective archetypal aspects of human culture, and the individual creative impulse. Polarities figure prominently : positive / negative, formal/random , orthogonal / organic. These are not all-out oppositions but symbiotic dualities--sides of the same coin. Orthogonal formality is …
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Betwixt the Popular and Academic: The Histories and Origins of Memetics
… or epidemiological approaches to the study of human culture, with memes viewed as discrete units of cultural transmission. At the center of my account is the argument that memetics has been characterized by an atypical pattern of growth, with the meme concept only moving toward greater academic …
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Symbiotic Design Practice: Designing with-in nature
Human culture has recognized the damage being caused to our environment and is in the process of transitioning toward sustainable systems. Design disciplines and environmental studies are engaging in alternative ways to support a sustainable world and, to a large extent, on resolving the …
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Computers and Families
… computers will increasingly become part of the human culture. As such, computers will continue to effect families, and there will undoubtedly be a proliferation of computer usage across family types. Because computers will be an integral part of change in the next millennium, it is important to …
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Heroic painting and its contemporary interpretation
… communicates the manner in which certain popular culture characters in my paintings - taken from comic books, film, and fantasy storytelling in general - are related to traditional mythological forms. These elements touch on the religious expression of human culture in the context of heroic …
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Information Needs of Art Museum Visitors: Real and Virtual
… libraries are considered large repositories of human knowledge and human culture. They have similar missions and goals in distributing accumulated knowledge to society. Current digitization projects allow both, museums and libraries to reach a broader audience, share their resources with a …
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The Night Witch: The Demonic and the Roman Witch
The Night Witch is a concept found throughout human culture, a category of the female magical practitioner who can only be found in literature and the nightmares of those who imagine her. As the name suggests, she typically operates at night, using violence and magic to ensnare and kill her …
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The Night Witch: The Demonic and the Roman Witch
The Night Witch is a concept found throughout human culture, a category of the female magical practitioner who can only be found in literature and the nightmares of those who imagine her. As the name suggests, she typically operates at night, using violence and magic to ensnare and kill her …
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The Architecture of Suburban America
… our life styles. For example, today's strongest culture, commercialism, is using images and icons as if laughing at those who declared "the death of images and values". Even some contemporary philosophers, like Jean Baudrillard, argue everything is the result of images: "Simualtion". Thus, it …
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The Significance of Gameful Systems Design: A Journey through the Evolution of GamiDOC, from its Conceptualization to Experimental Validation
… of digital games into diverse aspects of human culture has led to a paradigm shift in their utilization beyond mere entertainment. This doctoral thesis explores the challenges in designing effective gameful systems and presents a novel solution, GamiDOC, to address these challenges. The …
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Inspiration and Novelty: Creativity and the Modularity of Mind
… of any kind, artefacts or ideas, are added to human culture. As the entire cultural environment is composed of entities which are either themselves new or are copies of things which once were new, the subject is of some ontological significance. It is therefore regrettable that it is still far …
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Does culture evolve?: testing evolutionary theories of culture through a case study of El Khiam points from three sites in the Pre Pottery Neolithic A of the Southern Levant
This thesis addresses the question of whether human culture evolves. Evolutionary approaches to understanding culture are introduced, synthesised and challenges considered to provide context and focus to the thesis. Cultural evolution theories have been used to explain much of human complexity, but …
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Die wetenskapsteoretiese grondslae van die verkeersveiligheidsopvoedkunde
… following headings: - Road traffic as product of human culture. - Man as communicating or social being. - The question concerning human safety in road traffic. - Man as "treasurer" of the phenomenon of traffic safety. Before traffic safety education can be guaged scientific-theoretically, it is …
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Common minds, uncommon thoughts: a philosophical anthropological investigation of uniquely human creative behavior, with an emphasis on artistic ability, religious reflection, and scientific study
… and evolutionary approach to the question of why humans, but not other animals engage in such activities. Through an application of cognitive and evolutionary perspectives to the study of these behaviors, I have sought to provide a more solid footing for philosophical anthropological discussions …
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Universal artificial intelligence: evaluation and benchmarks
… and it's formal measure are sensitive issues in human culture, both in respect to humans and more so in respect to machines. Several attempts have been made to generalize the definition of universal intelligence and derive formal benchmark tests from such definitions. In this thesis, we will …
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