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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"symbolic meaning"”.
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Occupational Stratification and the Multidimensional Structure of Symbolic Meaning
<p>Subjective cultural meanings were once central to occupational stratification research. However, attempts to operationalize cultural meanings associated with occupations have been widely criticized, leading contemporary stratification scholars to largely abandon subjective measures in favor of …
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Learning from Andean vernacular architecture: a proposal for a tourist center in San Pedro de Casta, Marcahuasi
… may best be described in the phrases: "symbolic meaning of the environment" - "the spirit of place" - and the need to assure the "historical continuity". The main points of the program are the following: 1.- to create a service unit corresponding to the needs of the overall development …
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Ritos personales que señalan la transición de las mujeres a la segunda mitad de la vida
… of a series of experiences that equip them symbolic meaning. The rites are not living in a space of time, but are gestated slowly and sometimes seem to be going backwards. Menopause, with its implications understood biological, psychological and social, is the key event that marks the …
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A new approach of identifing the function of the elevated beds at Deir el-Medina
… positioned and therefore link to the gardens symbolic meaning of resurrection and the afterlife. The elevated beds were orientated to symbolize the deceases’ connection with Re and Osiris. It also signifies a change after the Amarna period with an influx in Osiris worship. The iconographies …
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Simbolių identifikacija politinėje reklamoje /
… of logotype recognition; define the notion of symbolic logotype meaning; examine the process of logotype meaning formation; mark the tests of successful identification; analyze logotypes of political parties in Lithuania for successful identification tests. Goals of this paper are accomplished …
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The Iconography of Kee -Chung Sohn in Korean Cultural Memory
… Games in Berlin. His achievement has a great symbolic meaning to the Koreans because it happened during the Japanese colonization of the Korean peninsula, the most agonizing period in Korean history. Using secondary sources, the dissertation studies the biography of Sohn, including his early …
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A living monument for a rootless city
… monument for the immigrants. In addition to its symbolic meaning, the monument is an excuse for preserving a preeminent Urban Village in the Shenzhen Central Business District. Urban Village is essentially urban slums that accommodate thousands of low-income migrant workers. It carries much of …
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The rise and fall of a wall and a dialect: Observations of shifting linguistic behavior among former East Berliners
… the dialect took on a vastly different symbolic meaning for the people in the West than it did for the people in the East. It became associated with lower educational and class levels, and was perceived to reflect ignorance on the speaker's part in the West. In the eastern part of …
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The politics and identity of fashion changes in early-twentieth century China
… article will take a look at the debate on the symbolic meaning of women’s fashion in early-twentieth century China. Women’s fashion has been perceived as an important site of normative prescription in Chinese history. In the beginning of the twentieth-century, China was beleaguered by the …
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Ozarkitecture: Shaping the Sense of a Region
… are spaces stripped of the sensory depth and symbolic meaning that make dwelling possible. This thesis thus returns to the concept of the genius loci—the spirit of place—not as a nostalgic embellishment, but as an ethical and practical imperative. It traces the philosophical and historical …
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Anxieties and artificial women: disassembling the pop culture gynoid
This thesis analyzes the cultural meanings of the feminine-presenting robot, or gynoid, in three popular sci-fi texts: The Stepford Wives (1975), Ex Machina (2013), and Westworld (2017). Centralizing a critical feminist rhetorical approach, this thesis outlines the symbolic meaning of gynoids as …
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Aesthetics of the Qur'anic epigraphy on the Taj Mahal
… distinct, hierarchical registers: aesthetic, symbolic, and then denotative. Furthermore, I argue that the inscriptions hint towards a preferred way to approach the site. The thesis argues that the primary concern of the calligraphic design on the Taj Mahal is aesthetics. This study finds that …
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Amending the American flag : artistic liberties in the nineteen sixties and seventies
… rights. Its attempt to control the image and meaning of the flag led citizens to use the flag to fight for freedom of speech, a freedom that the flag supposedly represented. The attempt to restrict usage of the American flag as an object and an image resulted in citizens and artists alike …
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Rocks in the American landscape
… and Japan rocks were used as sculpture with symbolic meaning over 2000 years ago. The English adapted Oriental ideas on the landscape uses of rocks to produce the typical English rock garden. In the United States, rocks were used very sparingly before 1900 as landscape enriching elements. …
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The Theme Of Sacrifice: A Comparison Of The Primitive Practices Recorded In The Golden Bough With Representative Works Of Faulkner
… a rich background against which to discuss the meaning of Faulkker's work, particularly those novels concerned with sacrifice. The focus of this paper is on Faulkner's use of pagan and Christian symbolism, especially as it relates to the theme of sacrifice. First, the many parallels between The …
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The Brain Scan as Ideograph
… term that subtly takes on outsized political and symbolic meaning to enforce state power. In conversation with theories of new materialism, I situate the brain scan as an ideograph within Jenny Edbauer’s model of rhetorical ecologies. The rhetorical force of the brain scan comes out of a collision …
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Understanding shared family meals on the autism spectrum
… families establish useful mealtime routines and meaningful mealtime rituals, (3) what are the barriers to achieving the family meal, and (4) the role mealtime rituals and routines play in family life I analyzed recorded observations of family dinners in the home and interviews with mothers of 16 …
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The sign models of Sassure and Pierce and the glossematic model of Hjelmslev: an analysis of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial
Cultural meaning has been a critical dimension of landscape design over several thousands of years. Recent literature submits that the strength of cultural meaning has waned over the last century. It is also suggested, however, that the landscape architect is in a unique position to strengthen the …
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