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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"site interpretation"”.
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Seismic refraction on-site interpretation method, A
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The New Visitor Center at Shofuso: Expanding Site Interpretation Through New Construction
… can reinforce the vitality of these sites. By letting both management concerns and place values guide the design, the new building will make the site more meaningful as well as ensure sustainable expansion. Based on the value-based conservation model, the best way to create a …
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The Ethnography of On-Site Interpretation and Commemoration Practices: Place-Based Cultural Heritages at the Bear Paw, Big Hole, Little Bighorn, and Rosebud Battlefields
… four data sources: historical research about on-site interpretation and land management of the battlefields; participant observations conducted during height of tourism season for each battlefield; 1,056 questionnaires administered to park visitors; and 32 semi-structured interviews with park …
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The Ethnography of On-Site Interpretation and Commemoration Practices: Place-Based Cultural Heritages at the Bear Paw, Big Hole, Little Bighorn, and Rosebud Battlefields
… four data sources: historical research about on-site interpretation and land management of the battlefields; participant observations conducted during height of tourism season for each battlefield; 1,056 questionnaires administered to park visitors; and 32 semi-structured interviews with park …
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Visitors: their choice of activities and the importance of on-site interpretation in enhancing their overall experience at a World Heritage Site, the Jurassic Coast, UK.
Interpretation has been adopted at both natural and cultural sites as a soft visitor management tool where typically it might aim to develop an understanding and appreciation of the site as well as encouraging the appropriate on-site behaviour from the visitors. This study is primarily concerned …
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Multiple Manifestations of the Singapore Secondary School Art Style: A Story Told Visually
… in teaching. This study offers a cross-site interpretation of the meaning of stringency by examining style of authority display with level of aesthetic prescription.
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Rethinking the Role of the Landscape in Historic Interpretation: A Constructivist Design Approach to Interpreting Slavery in Appalachian Virginia
… a more active, meaningful role in historical site interpretation for the public. It asserts that the landscape can serve not merely as a passive backdrop or stage set for interpretation but as an active tool for communicating important understandings about history. To accomplish this, a …
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A Preservation Framework for American Jewish Built Heritage
… a non-contiguous approach to Jewish heritage sites (e.g., historic synagogues, legacy businesses, communal institutions and residences) help to identify, document and provide understanding of a Jewish community within a historic preservation context? Two, how do preservation planning, tools …
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Cross-Cultural Contact on Ship Island, Mississippi: An Analysis of the French Warehouse Site Ceramic Assemblage from an Aboriginal and Engendered Perspective
… ceramics recovered from the French Warehouse site (22HR638 or GUIS 98) located on Ship Island, a barrier island in the Mississippi Sound. The goals of the thesis are to determine both the regional source(s) of the pottery and date(s) of site occupation by identifying temper agents and ceramic …
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Memorial Museums: Politics, Spectacle and Interpretation
… effect of the spectacle, which distorts on-site interpretation. Furthermore, memorial museums are increasingly blurring the lines between education and entertainment; displays that rely on their emotional effect can more easily manipulate the observer’s reaction and are less likely to …
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Rethinking Landscape Interpretation: Form, Function, and Meaning of the Garfield Farm, 1876-1905
… preserved at James A. Garfield National Historic Site) contains multiple layers of historical meanings and values. The landscape as portrayed in political biographies, political cartoons, and other ephemera during Garfield’s 1880 presidential campaign reveals the existence of the dual cultural …
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Time-based media in landscape interpretation: Route 66 at McCook Quarry (Chicago)
… uses of time-based media for landscape interpretation. McCook Quarry lies outside Chicago, with a one-mile stretch of the historic US Route 66 through it. The quarry had contributed to the construction of the metropolis as well as the highway system, yet its own excavation caused the …