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Showing 1 to 20 of 91 for “"public places"”.
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Public places through the private eye
… with a rapid transformation of the character of public urban places and the way they are used. The urban network is no longer the primary space for and means of communication as it was before the introduction of television, computers and other electronic media; its role needs reevaluation. This …
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Decolonizing Public Places and Public Memory: Kingston Ontario
… new engagement with Indigenous heritage and public memory. Municipal perspectives of heritage are frequently colonial and result in Euro-Canadian commemorative landscapes that reinforce official national narratives of history and identity. These landscapes limit the expression of Indigenous …
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Geographies that matter: Pregnant bodies in public places
… Many of these women tended to withdraw from public places such as night clubs, bars, pubs, restaurants, cafes, and from public activities such as sport and paid employment during pregnancy. Two possible reasons for these pregnant women's withdrawal from public places during pregnancy are: …
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Enriching Urban Thermal Experience: Thermal Pleasure Around Urban Public Places
… the outdoor thermal experience around urban public places neither extreme nor boring. Urban districts in central London, Paris, Vienna, Cambridge and Rome were chosen as the study areas, each having its own unique climatic, spatial, social, and cultural context. A wide range of outdoor …
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Subway spaces as public places : politics and perceptions of Boston's T
… roles in our cities, but they also act as unique public spaces, distinguished by specific design characteristics, governed by powerful state-run institutions, and subject to intense public scrutiny and social debate. This thesis takes the case of the United States' oldest subway system-Boston's …
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Apparent lesbian performances, heteroflexibility and sexual identity: Fluid sexuality among young women in public places.
… engage in intimate behaviour with other women in public places. This study finds that women who engage in this behaviour may identify as lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual. Their lesbian performativity is defined as "apparent" because it is characteristically not interpreted by the actors or their …
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Sacred Spaces, Public Places: The Intersection of Religion and Space in Three Chicago Communities, 1869-1932
… the secular values and aesthetic fashions of the public sphere. In less materially tangible ways, religious groups' engagement in civic debates over issues of morality and personal behavior in the public sphere can shape the meaning of public space and public places as well.</p><p>This …
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The city village : a design for public and semi-public places and paths in a residential and office community in Cambridge, Massachusetts
… other and to the street by a system of paths and places which allow continuous movement between public, semi-public, and private zones. Critical to the design is the creation of a circulation network, the system of paths and places, wherein people engaged in differing activities might mingle …
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Health Risk Perception for Household Trips and Associated Protection Behavior During an Influenza Outbreak
… libraries, hospitals, doctor’s offices, public transportation, and family or friends’ homes. Based on the models, factors influencing risk perception of contracting influenza in public places for discretionary activities (stores, restaurants, and libraries) are consistent but differ from …
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Punishing the homeless: The constitutionality of the criminalisation of homelessness in the City of Cape Town
… section 23, of the City of Cape Town's Streets Public Places and the Prevention of Nuisances By-law of 2007 and whether it violates the right to human dignity entrenched in section 10 of the Constitution. The provision prohibits begging, sitting, standing and lying in public places in the City …
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Structuring public place through the design of access systems : the design of urban public place, an addition to the "New Market" of Calcutta, India
… religion and wealth, creating a real need for a public place accessible to income and class groups from all over the city. The 'ground level' public spaces of colonialism-parks and gardens-have been taken over by the city's poor. The only zone of interaction for the city's varied population is …
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A Paean to the Prayer Quarry: Memories and burial in the Old Malay Quarter, Bo-Kaap
… uncovering and creating a narrative of the open public places within the Old Malay Quarter of the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town; specifically the Prayer Quarry. It is the power of this unknown that needs to be augmented and captured. The dissertation design strives to re- create and re-instill a sense of …
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Washington Square Park: Struggles and Debates over Urban Public Space
<p>Public space is often perceived as a space that is open to everyone and is meant for gatherings and interaction; however, there is often a great competition over the use and control of public places in contemporary cities. This master’s thesis uses as an example Washington Square Park, which has …
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Architecture as a stage for play and self expression : an intervention of public open space in Istanbul, Turkey
… and religious backgrounds share the need for public places which allow for human interaction and self expression. Unfortunately, in Istanbul, a city of twelve million people where public space has historically been associated with the mosque, historical precedents for secular public places …
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Organizing the middle landscape : a proposal for mixed-use nodal development in Atlanta
… a healthy urban environment- housing, shops, workplaces and public places. The final vision is of a city reconnected by its network of green infrastructure, invigorated by its clusters of livable urban nodes.
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Transforming the City. An Ethnography of Contested Public Space in Venezuela
… symbols in attempting to control certain public places in Venezuela's capital city, Caracas. My thesis is that by using public places to advance their respective agendas, President Chávez' supporters and opponents have struggled for power and have exacerbated the country's social …
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JEWISH LANDSCAPES ROOTED, EMBEDDED, ENSHRINED, AND TRANSCENDENT: METAPHOR AS COMMUNICATED IN JEWISH MUSEUMS IN NEW YORK, JERUSALEM, AND SAN FRANCISCO
As public places, museums negotiate authenticity and re-presentation, fact and ideology, memory and the present confronting a basic question for museums directors, curators, and visitors alike: what is the truth here? In this dissertation, the content and form of four Jewish museums are examined …
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Nap box: Human centered design
… different designs for creating private space in public places, specifically in an office environment for office workers. Napping is explored in terms of different cultures around the world, and the health risks and benefits are discussed, as are different sleeping positions and other elements of …
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