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Showing 1 to 20 of 114 for “"reinvent"”.
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"Old Tales in New Skins": Three Authors Reinvent the Fairy Tales
- - The Grimm's fairy tales are considered to be of the same importance as ancient myth or biblical form. A revision allows for the "original" text to tales' problematic associations with the patriarchal and heteronormative traditions and insist tale adaptations: Anne Sexton's (1971), Olga …
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The Georgia Project: A Binational Attempt to Reinvent a School District in Response to Latino Newcomers
Within the research domains of Latino/Hispanic education, educational leadership, and school/community relations, this ethnographic case study documents the creation and early development of the Georgia Project, a collaboration between Dalton (GA) Public Schools, the Universidad de Monterrey (of …
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"It is possible to reinvent yourself!” An analysis of the learning lives and lived experience of adult literacy students in a Further Education context
This research presents an analysis of the life stories of four adult literacy learners studying on a Skills for Life course in a Further Education context in the south west of England, three of whom are returning to education for the first time in their adult lives. Drawing on data generated by …
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EthnoComputation : on Weaving Grammars for architectural design
… into most of today's architecture. In a quest to reinvent architectural weaving, the conception of weaving is challenged, reconfigured, and reformulated through in situ observation and computational design formulation. This dissertation proposes methodologies to interpret tacit knowledge in …
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Sustentación de caso: propuesta de mejoras para el modelo de negocio ¨Vista Inmobiliaria¨, empresa del rubro inmobiliario
… really changed, and all businesses had 2 paths: reinvent themselves or disappear. Vista Inmobiliaria, the company chosen for this study, is a Peruvian company dedicated to offering complete advice on the process of renting and selling properties. This company chose to reinvent itself together …
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Historical process and the constitution of subjects : I.D. du Plessis and the reinvention of the "Malay"
… to examine how a ruling-class actor attempted to reinvent and reconstitute an ethnic subject. Dr I.D. Du Plessis was, among other things, an Afrikaner litterateur and Commissioner of Coloured Affairs between 1930 and 1962, the period covered by this thesis. In Cape Town he applied himself to …
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Life under the desert sun : dust storms, steam baths and outhouses for the unencumbered desert dweller
… West remains the American 'way out' a chance to reinvent oneself, 'to make it'. Yet, the desert landscape is fraught with the politics of displacement, exploitation, and imposition, carrying with it a socio-political dimension. Our collective imprint on this uniquely American geographic region is …
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Dragon Moon, Rooster Sun
… exploring a multitude of ways to reimagine and reinvent the past and present through the work of poetry. The poems move between personal family history and Khmer history in a way that creates a unique space for the speaker to access myth and memory in order to reaffirm their own identity. In the …
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Staging race: Blackness, performance, and citizenship in Afro-Latin American writers (1940-2000)
… I argue these artists used performances to reinvent discourses on blackness, cultural memory, and the meaning of democracy in multiracial societies.
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A Slice of Life's Passage
… ideas of perfection through the media. I wish to reinvent these standards in my art, to show the beauty of the ordinary and the grace of the flawed. Beauty, by definition, is that which gives intense aesthetic pleasure. I think that aesthetic pleasure can be found in the commonplace and I use …
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Construction of national identity and national pride of Germans in the intercultural context
… to analyze how Germans construct and/or reinvent their national identity when communicating with individuals from other nations.</p> <p>The results show that German national identity and national pride are strongly intertwined and poise a unique problem for every German. Germans have …
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Will you have a yam? : a study in agency and representation
… site of tectonic, spatial, and programmatic reinvention. By altering only the roles of those involved in the design/construction process, and the system of representation employed, one will necessarily reinvent the architecture produced. My semester circulates around two devices - two games. …
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Someone Else's Story
… includes a handsome movie star and a chance to reinvent an abandoned writing career—if only she can face the truth about her past. Ultimately, Madelyn will be forced to make the same decision three generations of women have faced before her: How much sacrifice is too much when it comes to …
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Re-visionary bodies: Feminist/Brechtian theory in the plays of Paula Vogel
… of Virginia Woolf? in order to question and reinvent the American nuclear family. In Hot 'N' Throbbing, Vogel re-visions the feminist pornography debate in order to examine the destructive effects of domestic violence and pornography on men, women and children. In Desdemona, Vogel revisions …
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Wimps, dorks, and reluctant readers: Redefining literacy in multimodal middle grade diary books
… not new to children’s literature, these series reinvent the established conventions through drawings and supplementary online environments. Both series are routinely identified as for reluctant readers; however, their diversity of form actually leads to complex reader engagement. My purpose is …
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Corporate venture capital : transforming CVC into an effective corporate strategic tool for seeking innovation and growth in the 21st Century
… for its success as corporations seek to reinvent themselves for the future.
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X-Conference : reinventing a teleconferencing system
… This thesis presents an effort, X-Conference, to reinvent a teleconferencing system toward the concept of "3-D Virtual Teleconferencing." Several aspects are explored. A multiple-camera calibration approach is implemented and is employed to effectively blend the real view and the virtual view. An …
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Re-Use as a Means of Preservation
… of one existing structure, the architect can reinvent the city as a modern destination. By juxtaposing the old, with a new set of residential apartments, the area becomes attractive to those young professionals who want to submerge themselves in the locale of an artistic urban community.
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Bolting the Landscape: An Ethnography of Yosemite as a Significant Climbing Destination
… community, and how climbers validate and reinvent their identities through shared practices, rituals, and narratives. The findings of this research underscore the importance of recognizing the cultural and personal dimensions of climbing experiences in this iconic destination. By …
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Learning Performances of Dislocation, Receptivity and Hybridity in Women's Utopian Writing
… to rethink educational goals and practices, reinvent utopian conventions, and politicize and deconstruct the educational imaginary (e.g., the child as receptive receptacle and woman as fertile receptacle).
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