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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"spatial agency"”.
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The Spatial Agency of the Catacombs: An Analysis of the Interventions of Damasus I (305-384)
<p>Damasus I (305-384) ascended to the office of the Bishop of Rome after a bitter and bloody battle with Ursinus in 366 CE. The violence was a culmination of doctrinal squabbles and power contests which erupted in the Roman church over the course of the fourth century. Damasus engaged in a …
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Nuance, Encounter and Restorative Justice: How the Black Horsemen of Philadelphia reshape mythic narratives and reclaim spatial agency
If woven together, the three stories I have told within the three dissertation articles produce a historical, cultural and personal product for the Black horse riding community and for the city of Philadelphia. Throughout the research process, I documented and also helped create community. As a …
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The poetic function in architecture : an exploration into the potential poetic agency of space
… the ongoing conceived, perceived, and lived spatial realities within it. The study is presented as a process which unfolds the relationship between the architectural discipline and society, in order to explore the potential role of the architect as an enabler of architectural and social …
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Ageing in urban spaces : developing inclusive urban environments for older people in Global South cities
… of older people living in spaces of socio-spatial inequality. Despite the growing stream of literature in the development of inclusive and resilient urban areas in the Global South, there has been relatively little discussion of urban development in an ageing context. This research seeks to …
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Gaming Bodies: Video Game Corporeality in Characters, Players, and Representations
… of game players’ bodies, and the temporal/spatial agency of players’ bodies. Ultimately, I argue that the four sites and characteristics of video game bodies share three commonalities, which I call the three I’s of digital viscera: immersion, interactivity, and intuition.
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Housing rural-urban migrants in Katutura: A transition towards a place in which "we want to stay"
… strategy towards the Apartheid government's spatial planning strategies in Katutura, which made it “a place where we do not stay”. The studies will be looking at the spatial justice theory to address the spatial inefficiency of the NE51/9 house type, as a framework for developing counter …
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The production of digital public spaces
… media can be used to promote other forms of spatial agency remains a critical issue. Whereas the impact of technology from a macro perspective offers a globalizing and homogenizing image, its role in the production of space at a local scale is less clear (Kirsch 1995). The aim of this study …
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Participation and triangulation: learning from non-institutional international Architecture Live Projects through a comparative case approach
… intersection between the Live Project and new spatial agency. However, despite the increasingly participative nature of Live Project initiatives, there is still a lack of research into the role stakeholder participation plays in the first place, exacerbating this emergent model’s …
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The Production of Digital Public Space(s)
… media can be used to promote other forms of spatial agency remains a critical issue. Whereas the impact of technology from a macro perspective offers a globalizing and homogenizing image, its role in the production of space at a local scale is less clear (Kirsch 1995). The aim of this study …
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Redefining South African Government School Typologies to Encourage Lifelong Learning Potential
… for many faculties over the years. The spatial consequences of architecture on the educational ecosystem are questioned, with focus placed on the shift in the learning environment towards lifelong learning. The dissertation deals with this concept from the perspective of the holistic …
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Discovery in flux: informing design for experience of exploratory walking in changing urban landscapes
… European cities have been undergoing rapid spatial and social transition (United Nations 2014). Increasingly complex urban environments have been posing challenges to wayfinding — a process of negotiating and moving around unknown quarters (Lynch 1960). Wayshowing — an information design …
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Socio-material constructs of domestic energy demand: Household and housing practices in Pakistan
… to explore various nexuses of practices and spatial arrangements of urban housing that have emerged, persisted and transformed over time, giving rise to unsustainable levels of electricity consumption in middle-class housing in Lahore, Pakistan. It further investigates how household practices …
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Organized self-help housing as an enabling shelter & development strategy. Lessons from current practice, institutional approaches and projects in developing countries
… self-help housing contributes to improving ‘the spatial’; and ‘the social’. High degree of dweller-control over the OSHH process is key for enhancing the capabilities of the deprived. Due to mastering the OSHH process, the poor enhance their individual capabilities for planning, decision-making …
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Black Food Geographies and the Politics of Resistance in the Brick City. An Intersectional Analysis of Black Food Provisioning Practices, Food Access, and Racial Food Inequities in Newark, New Jersey from 1666 – 2020
… Black food geographies not only include the spatial agency of Black residents but also entail the structural intersectionality and organized abandonment that Black residents currently experience as well as their historical production. Thus, food access of Newark’s Black resident was analyzed …