From my observation as a new resident in Education City, I recognize a need for cultural awareness and communication amongst those studying and working in this particular area. With this project I propose a different experience, a new way to use experiential learning as a mechanism to change people’s predetermined opinions about one another and disrupt personal biases in order to foster cultural awareness and friendship. A mapping system or wayfinding strategy to navigate a new city is the beginning of a visitor’s experience in a new place. This new experience is one way for users to identify locations through the use of a mapping system, discover cultural communication areas and be involved with sensory objects that require them to become aware of their surroundings. All of these elements are a catalyst for students in Education City to communicate and participate in experiential learning as part of their experience in Qatar.

The Medina of Tripoli, Libya, is a very ancient walled city that has a history of change, development, deterioration, conservation, and preservation to its fabric. Influenced by various foreign groups (Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Muslims, Spanish, Ottomans, Karamanlis), its architectural styles include ancient and traditional structures, as well as modern Western style or acculturation architecture. The purpose of the Medina as a place of habitation has changed over the years because of many factors including residents moving out of the Medina, fluctuating preservation, the changes in government policy when each new ruling entity had its particular laws and regulations, and some distortion of the economy due to the oil revenues. The place has no long-term plan or vision applied to it--either from within or from without. This study, the first of its kind in North Africa to collect information by using surveys and mental maps, convert the information into geographic information system (GIS) data, and come to definite conclusions about the Medina's situation. The entire research focused on four areas (the Islamic buildings, common routes of transportation, areas of deterioration, and population densities within Tripoli's Medina), but this document focused on the deterioration in the city while analyzing its urban informality, the residents' rights to live in the city, and property categories. This study helped to clarify the current situation and provide input to planners in post-uprising Libya.

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Orientador: Francisco de Alencar / Banca: Paulo Kawauchi / Banca: José Carlos Plácido da Silva / Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi levantar aspectos da metodologia de design para a sustentabilidade; primeiramente, difundindo os conceitos do pensamento sistêmico, alinhavando-os numa estrutura que serviu de base teórica para a construção metodológica, promovendo uma compreensão mais profunda desses conceitos e provocando uma mudança de paradigmas. Neste argumento, a concepção do objeto (ideias, serviços, comunicação), pode saltar da materialidade realística para um nível da cultura "transmaterial", ou seja, na concepção dos bens intangíveis . Numa segunda etapa, um questionário foi aplicado, com o objetivo de levantar o alcance de conhecimento dos entrevistados acerca dos elementos que compõem o meio ambiente, tanto natural, como construído. As amostras foram coletadas por meio de protocolo aplicado em dois momentos: (1) No 1º. Simpósio Paulista de Pesquisa e Pós Graduação em Design e; (2) em sala de aula, aos alunos do curso de design, grupo no qual se desenvolveu Estudo de Campo, onde foi observada a potencialidade das propostas abordadas nesta dissertação e na aplicação dos mapas mentais como metodologia de design para a sustentabilidade, assumindo o papel de junção transdisciplinar. A pesquisa resultou na comprovação de que os estudantes e profissionais ligados à área do design não percebem os ambientes construídos pelo homem como parte integrante do meio ambiente. Ou seja, o meio ambiente natural (florestas, águas, animais, solo, terra) é percebido facilmente como elementos indissociáveis da vida terrestre, enquanto que o homem, o índio, planetas, favelas, cidades, não são percebidas pela maioria. Isso prova que o homem ainda está caracterizado como um ser superior ou fora do meio ambiente, repetindo um comportamento do passado. Diante deste cenário, foram trabalhados no Estudo de Campo conceitos do pensamento sistêmico, do desenvolvimento ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The aim of this study was to identify aspects of desing methodology for sustainability, primarily by spreading the concepts of systems thinking which serve as a theoretical basis for the construction methodology, which promoted a deeper undestanding or these concepts and create a paradigm shift. Accordingly, the object conception (ideas, services, communication) can leap of materiality realistic, to a level of culture "transmaterial", the design of intangibles. In a second step, a questionnaire was developed with the goal of raising awareness of the scope of the interviewees, some of the elements that make up the environment, both natural and constructed. Samples were collected using a protocol implemented in two phases: (1) 1º Paulista Symposium of Research and Graduate and Design, (2) in the classroom, the group which also yielded a field study where we observed the potential of the proposals discussed in this essay and application of Mental Maps as transdiciplinary juncton and method of design for sustainability. The qualitative research resulted in evidence that students and professionals involved in the design area, do not realize the man-built environments as part or the environment. That is, the natural environment (forests, water, animals, soil, land) is easily perceived as inseparable elements of life on earth, while the man, the Indian, planets, slums, cities, are not perceived by the majority. Proving that that the concepts are still characterized by the image of man as a superior being, or out of the environment. Repeating a behavior of the past. In this setting, were worked in Field Study, concepts of systems thinking, sustainability and concepts that result in techniques as tools for achieving sustainability of the planet. In a third step, and perhaps most important for this project (because it is a methodology), among many other approaches to D45 Total ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

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Resumo: A Educação Básica é responsável pela formação escolar do indivíduo durante onze anos, no mínimo. Ao longo desse processo, o estudante tem contato com o conhecimento científico provindo das diversas disciplinas que fazem parte do currículo da escola. Cada uma dessas disciplinas possui seus objetivos e contribuições para a aprendizagem do aluno e que o ajudam a compreender os contextos que interferem na organização da realidade, seja na perspectiva das relações sociais, culturais, políticas, ambientais-naturais etc. Dentre essas disciplinas, destacamos a presença da Geografia como conhecimento necessário para a formação intelectual do indivíduo. Essa ciência tem a responsabilidade de desenvolver uma leitura espacial dos inúmeros contextos que interferem na produção da sociedade, fato que caracteriza a própria Geografia e, portanto, a diferencia das demais áreas do saber. Nesse sentido, um estudante que teve contato com o conhecimento específico da Geografia, durante a Educação Básica, deve ser capaz de interpretar os elementos do cotidiano, da realidade, sob a perspectiva espacial - o que... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Basic Education is responsible for the school training of an individual for at least eleven years. Throughout this process, the student has contact with the scientific knowledge coming from various subjects which are part of the school curriculum. Each of these subjects has their objectives and contributions to the student learning which help them understand the contexts which influence in the organization of the reality, whether from the perspective of social, cultural, political, natural-environmental, etc. Among these subjects, we highlight the presence of geography as knowledge necessary for the intellectual training of the individual. This science has the responsibility to develop a spatial reading of the many contexts that influence the production of society, a fact... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Orientador: Fátima Aparecida Dias Gomes Marin / Coorientador: Mônica Modesta Santos Decanini / Banca: Raimunda Abou Gebran / Banca: Helena Copetti Callai / Banca: Sonia Maria Vanzella Castelar / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-11T13:57:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 thais luise.pdf: 1542089 bytes, checksum: 201121b4afaf7cd33ac702ba1dff2420 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-03 / The Military Police of Amazonas is present in all municipalities of the state, and would be no different in the city of Manaus. Public safety is an important part of society. In Manaus, the structure of that public safety has been undergoing constant change, we want to know what you think of the military police who are directly involved in this process, especially female officers who are the focus of research. A police officer is in the neighborhood of the reference public safety. Knowing the neighborhood is to realize space through the people who work and reside in place. We seek in this paper reflect the categories, place and perception, taking as starting point the view that the female police officer has over your work environment, and how it deals with violence and fear generated by insecurity. We adopt phenomenology as a methodological approach being used, open interviews to characterize the vision of the military police. From there, we made mental maps about the violence experienced by military police within the city, his involvement with the place. The study seeks to understand how the police officer perceives the city taking as reference the crime rates. The ratio of military police to the place requires new look at issues around violence. / A Polícia Militar do Amazonas está presente em todos os municípios do estado, e não seria diferente na cidade de Manaus. A segurança pública é uma parte importante da sociedade. Em Manaus, a estrutura dessa segurança pública vem passando por mudanças constantes, procuramos saber o que acham os policiais militares que estão envolvidos diretamente neste processo, principalmente as policiais femininas que são o foco da pesquisa. A policial militar é, dentro do bairro, o referencial de segurança pública. Conhecer o bairro é perceber o espaço através das pessoas que trabalham e residem no lugar. Buscamos neste texto refletir sobre as categorias, lugar e percepção, tomando como ponto de partida a visão que a policial militar feminina tem sobre o seu ambiente de trabalho, e como a mesma lida com a violência e o medo gerado pela insegurança. Adotamos a fenomenologia como abordagem metodológica, sendo utilizadas entrevistas abertas, para caracterizar a visão da policial militar. A partir daí, foram confeccionados mapas mentais a respeito da violência presenciada pela policial militar dentro da cidade, seu envolvimento com o lugar. O estudo busca compreender como a policial militar percebe a cidade de Manaus, tomando como referência os índices de criminalidade. A relação da mesma com o lugar requer novo olhar para problemática em torno da violência.

The goal of this thesis is to analyse the role of the teacher in teaching regional geography at school using cartographic tools - mental and teaching maps. Suitable class of elementary school was chosen at first and then the research was taken. The pupils had to draw their mental maps of chosen continent and complete the questionnaire. That served as a source of possible data influence or distortion in drawen maps. Then the mental and teaching maps were compared and was evaluated the role of the teacher. The important part of this thesis is the discussion of reached results.

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This research examined the processes involved when one is acquiring spatial knowledge while traversing an environment, integrating that knowledge into mental representations, and subsequently relying on that knowledge to successfully perform wayfinding. Particularly, the conducted studies aimed to provide evidence reflecting on two ongoing debates: the distinctions between types of knowledge embedded in mental maps, and the unconfirmed sequential or simultaneous nature of the acquisition and integration of those types. The experiments reported in this manuscript addressed drawbacks in existing research by manipulating opportunities for the acquisition of point and route knowledge (two of the potentially distinct knowledge types), and by testing participants' capacity to integrate their acquired knowledge in the context of environmental affordances. Participants in the conducted studies underwent environmental training exposures targeted at providing a) primarily point knowledge or b) route knowledge acquisition, and they also completed a set of knowledge measures tapping point, route, and configuration knowledge. Finally, participants completed tests of wayfinding capacity to demonstrate their ability to rely on integrated mental maps for successful wayfinding. Results of the two conducted studies provided substantial evidence that there are distinct types of knowledge that may be acquired and quantifiably measured, and that spatial knowledge can be acquired in parallel, not necessarily in sequence, across knowledge types. Critically, some knowledge types may also develop in exclusion to others especially for individuals with particular spatial abilities and predispositions. Accordingly, it is likely that previous research indicating sequential spatial knowledge development may be reflecting differential acquisition as a combination of population capabilities and knowledge measurement research methodologies. Finally, the results demonstrate that individual differences, training modalities, and environment iv features have complex, interacting effects on spatial cognition and that no one factor predominantly determines individuals' ability to acquire, integrate, or employ spatial knowledge.