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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"local identity"”.
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In Search of Localism: Local Identity and the Transition to Sustainability
… effective strategies for sustainability at the local level. The transition to sustainability should be based on citizen participation and democracy. In order for these changes to take place, people must be empowered to make differences. Eugene, Oregon is one of the communities in which the …
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The local identity politics of world heritage : lessons from Galle Fort in Sri Lanka
… the tensions between different scales of identity-building associated with the site, explore the politics of conservation and its motivating forces, and probe the impacts of tourism alongside the mechanisms supporting its imbalances. Drawing from the findings at this site, I consider …
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Local Identity in a Capital: Negotiating the Local and the National in Late Ming Nanjing
Can localism take place in a capital? This paper investigates how the native literati in late Ming Nanjing visualized their identity in terms of the local or the national. By analyzing 3 different genres of works by these literati (the biji, pictorial guides and religious writings), I argue that …
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"Haunted by the Sprits of Men in Blue and Grey:" The "Ghosts of Marietta" Tour, Selective History, and the Construction of Local Identity
… relationship between public history, place, and identity.</p>
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The Transformation of Civic Identity and Local Patriotism in Hamburg, 1790 to 1815
… events stimulated the emergence of a new local identity--Hanseatic solidarity. The city's need to defend its sovereignty and neutrality during the wars of the French Revolution and later Napoleonic conquest prompted Hamburg to unite with the cites of Bremen and Lubeck to improve their …
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Exploring the Role of the Artifact: An Evolution of Form, Function and Memory in the Urban Landscape
… and the remaining artifacts become key pieces of local identity as a result of their persistence. Even so, artifacts are also complex entities and their definition and value can be drastically different given the context in which they exist. Nonetheless, artifacts can be broadly understood as …
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Community attachment, sense of place, and attitudes toward tourism: a study of residents in the Mt. Rogers area of Southwest Virginia
… come to accept tourism as a potential boon to local economies, relatively little attention has been given to its potential for creating both social change and social problems. This study investigates the relationship between attitudes toward tourism development and place bonds among residents …
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Cultura de arquibancada: inter-relações no território no bairro de Canabrava
… the socio-spatial, economic, cultural, and identity dynamics of the neighborhood. To this end, an analysis of the history of the ECV was carried out, from its origins to the construction of Barradão, and the impacts of this construction on Canabrava and its surroundings. The study also …
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Digital Regionalism: Identity, Place and the Ottawa Train Station
… in a retreat back to an architecture of local identity. With the onset of the globalized 21st-century architecture practice, digital design tools have subsequently come to homogenize a transnational working methodology where the importance of regional peripheries is receding over time. …
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Constructing "Community" in a Changing Economy: A Case Study Analysis of Local Organizing in the Rural United States
… in efforts to redefine a sense of place and local identity amid large-scale unplanned change. As I explore the ways in which "community" is named and placed in micro, meso, and macro-level discourses, I am guided by the following broad questions: How do component organizations in a …
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It takes more than a village : mobilization, networks, and the state in Central Asia
… position. Elites base their appeal on shared local identity and the material benefit that people derive from elite charity. The ultimate scale of mobilization is determined by the number and geographic dispersion of elites who mobilize locally and then unite their protests.
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Cultural Landscapes and Adaptation: Identifying the Role of Civic Engagement and Cultural Heritage in Coastal Adaptation Planning
… and policymakers are developing and implementing local adaptation and resilience strategies. Largely absent from this conversation is, however, the cultural heritage of the coast-- the places of local identity, meaning and history. To address this shortcoming, the following study assesses the role …
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Steeltown scene : genre, performance and identity in the alternative independent music scene in Hamilton, Ontario
… and popular music, on my own experience as a local musician, direct observation of performances and of venues and other sites of interaction, as well as ethnographic interviews with scene participants, I focus on the role of space, genre and performance within the scene, and their contribution …
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Iraqi architecture between tradition and modernity : re-creating the urban identity of Basra, the “Venice of the East”
… years Iraqi traditional architecture and urban identity have been deeply affected by three wars, which challenged the cultural memory of the local people and in particular of young generations. This research focuses on the city of Basra to investigate the material features of the Iraqi …
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Imperial/Non-Imperial Encounters in the Gulf during the Late Pre-Islamic Period: The Glazed Pottery from Southeastern Arabia and Tepe Yahya, Iran
… through which it arrived nor its use in local contexts is fully understood. It is found alongside a set of objects that signal an increased connectivity with the wider worlds of the Indian Ocean, MENA region, and the Mediterranean. Previous scholarship has focused on the extent to which …
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"De par chez nous:" Fiddling Traditions and Acadian Identity on Prince Edward Island
… are a matter of some debate, yet the cultural identity of the Acadians of Prince Edward Island in the twenty-first century appears to have remained intact. Contrary to a popular discourse of identity "revival," this distinct culture is neither a recent phenomenon nor is it something that is …
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The implications of cultural interchange in Scalloway, Shetland, with reference to a perceived Nordic-based heritage.
… have been formative in the development of island identity; particularly in traditional practices, occupational forms, dialect, place-names and cultural expressions.<br/>The historical account of Scalloway provides material culture evidence for human occupation reaching back to the Bronze Age. …
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Renewal and Disposability: Projects and Narratives of Development and Dispossession in the "New" New Orleans
… has fundamentally altered the sense of place and local identity of New Orleans, as the city relies on Disposable's cultural contributions and Renewer's economic and social status.</p>
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From Counter-Narratives to Cultural Productions: A practice-led model to challenge extremists’ worldview in the cultural sphere
… supports the positive effect of dramatisation of identity-related content on violent extremism. However, defining this content is neglected in literature. This research sets to identify the themes needed for this content and the language best suited to articulate it. With Egypt as its case study, …
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