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111	A reinterpretation of urban space in Pretoria Van der Klashorst, Elsa 2013 February 1900 (has links) Various potential modes of interpreting the urban space in the inner city of Pretoria is evaluated in this study with the purpose of expanding discourse around spatial production in the city. Production of meaning through formal and structural means produced a city that served as administrative capital and ideological base for Afrikaners until the arrival of a democracy in 1994. The contemporary urban space is produced by people through everyday life, as theorised by Henry Lefebvre, rather than through formal means such as name changes. This study evaluates the way that identity and belonging is created by referring to everyday life practices, rhythmanalysis and daily activities as performances. Urban space is evaluated from a phenomenological perspective through the eyes of an artist and resident and expressed in an art exhibition. The way artists Julie Mehretu and Franz Ackermann dealt with urban space in their art is also referenced. / Art History, Visual Arts & Musicology / Master of Visual Arts African city Afrikaner Art and city De Certeau Deleuze & Guattari Everyday life Lefebvre Performance Performativity Post-Apartheid city Post-colonial Pretoria Rhythmanalysis Social space Tshwane Urban geography Urban space 704.94468227 Public spaces in art Architecture -- South Africa -- Pretoria Cities and towns in art Pretoria (South Africa) -- In art Art, South African Pretoria (South Africa) -- In art
112	Towards an articulation of architecture as a verb : learning from participatory development, subaltern identities and textual values Bower, Richard John January 2014 (has links) Originating from a disenfranchisement with the contemporary definition and realisation of Westernised architecture as a commodity and product, this thesis seeks to explore alternative examples of positive socio-spatial practice and agency. These alternative spatial practices and methodologies are drawn from participatory and grass-roots development agency in informal settlements and contexts of economic absence, most notably in the global South. This thesis explores whether such examples can be interpreted as practical realisations of key theoretical advocacies for positive social space that have emerged in the context of post-Second World-War capitalism. The principal methodological framework utilises two differing trajectories of spatial discourse. Firstly, Henri Lefebvre and Doreen Massey as formative protagonists of Western spatial critique, and secondly, John F. C. Turner and Nabeel Hamdi as key advocates of participatory development practice in informal settlements. These two research trajectories are notably separated by geographical, economic and political differentiations, as well as conventional disciplinary boundaries. However by undertaking a close textual reading of these discourses this thesis critically re-contextualises the socio-spatial methodologies of participatory development practice, observing multiple theoretical convergences and provocative commonalities. This research proposes that by critically comparing these previously unconnected disciplinary trajectories certain similarities, resonances and equivalences become apparent. These resonances reveal comparable critiques of choice, value, and identity which transcend the gap between such differing theoretical and practical engagements with space. Subsequently, these thematic resonances allow this research to critically engage with further appropriate surrounding discourses, including Marxist theory, orientalism, post- structural pluralism, development anthropology, post-colonial theory and subaltern theory. 5 In summary, this thesis explores aspects of Henri Lefebvre's and Doreen Massey's urban and spatial theory through a close textual reading of key texts from their respective discourses. This methodology provides a layered analysis of post-Marxist urban space, and an exploration of an explicit connection between Lefebvre and Massey in terms of the social production and multiplicity of space. Subsequently, this examination provides a theoretical framework from which to reinterpret and revalue the approaches to participatory development practice found in the writings and projects of John Turner and Nabeel Hamdi. The resulting comparative framework generates interconnected thematic trajectories of enquiry that facilitate the re-reading and critical reflection of Turner and Hamdi's development practices. Thus, selected Western spatial discourse acts as a critical lens through which to re-value the social, political and economical achievements of participatory development. Reciprocally, development practice methodologies are recognised as invaluable and provocative realisations of the socio-spatial qualities that Western spatial discourse has long advocated for, and yet have remained predominantly unrealised in the global North. 720.1
113	A reinterpretation of urban space in Pretoria Van der Klashorst, Elsa 02 1900 (has links) Various potential modes of interpreting the urban space in the inner city of Pretoria is evaluated in this study with the purpose of expanding discourse around spatial production in the city. Production of meaning through formal and structural means produced a city that served as administrative capital and ideological base for Afrikaners until the arrival of a democracy in 1994. The contemporary urban space is produced by people through everyday life, as theorised by Henry Lefebvre, rather than through formal means such as name changes. This study evaluates the way that identity and belonging is created by referring to everyday life practices, rhythmanalysis and daily activities as performances. Urban space is evaluated from a phenomenological perspective through the eyes of an artist and resident and expressed in an art exhibition. The way artists Julie Mehretu and Franz Ackermann dealt with urban space in their art is also referenced. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.A. (Visual Arts) African city Afrikaner Art and city De Certeau Deleuze & Guattari Everyday life Lefebvre Performance Performativity Post-Apartheid city Post-colonial Pretoria Rhythmanalysis Social space Tshwane Urban geography Urban space 704.94468227 Public spaces in art Architecture -- South Africa -- Pretoria Cities and towns in art Pretoria (South Africa) -- In art Art, South African
114	Virtual reality in tourism. Opportunity or pitfall? : Explorative case study of a place-based virtual reality experience of Mariebergsskogen / Virtuell verklighet i turismen. Möjlighet eller fallgrop? : En explorativ fallstudie om en platsbaserade virtuell verklighet upplevelse av Mariebergsskogen Kubitzek, Barbara January 2021 (has links) To what extent can virtual reality be used to induce real-life tourism? This question becomes even more relevant in these covid-19 times. However, research on virtual reality concerning tourism has not engaged substantively with this question yet and thus this study seeks to address this question. This thesis is an explorative case study of the development of the prototype of a place-based virtual reality experience of Mariebergsskogen in Karlstad, Sweden. The purpose of this study is to investigate and show how a place-based virtual reality experience can add value to the experience and promotion of Mariebergsskogen. This thesis goes beyond ocularcentrism highlighting the involvement of senses, the whole body and emotions in experiencing a destination. How can a deeper emotional connection to a destination be evoked through virtual reality revealing the characteristics, uniqueness and rootedness of the place? A geomedia approach is taken that combines a sensitivity to place with media to arrive at a multi-dimensional view of Mariebergsskogen considering place representations, engagements and its roots to history. Place is conceptualized by recourse to Lefebvre’s (2011) spatial triad: lived, perceived and imagined that are in a dialectic relationship. The methodological model created has been informed by the project on place-based digital experiences (PDU) at the University of Karlstad in Sweden. Tourists are considered active agents in creating tourism destinations and this study emphasizes their engagement as co-creators in the prototype development process. A methodological model is proposed that combines a place analysis with workshops consisting of a user study and a co-creation workshop supplemented with insights from interviews with virtual reality developers and stakeholders from Region Värmland and Karlstad Municipality. Virtual reality tourism virtual reality co-creation geomedia place-based virtual reality experiences place marketing Region Värmland Karlstad Municipality Mariebergsskogen experience design interaction design storytelling cultural heritage covid-19 pandemic communication Sweden case-study film 360° Lefebvre digital experiences destination marketing VR film cinematic virtual reality metaverse UX UI Skansen Sweden Visit Sweden Visit Värmland design processes Oculus Quest Google cardboard NFT methodological model PDU innovation marketing Virtuelle Realität Tourismus Marketing Schweden Geomedia Experience Design Kommunikation Covid-19 Pandemie Fallstudie Sinne Kultur Park Umwelt Virtuell Verklighet turism Karlstad Kommun Region Värmland Kommunikation pandemi kulturellt arv plats berättelse Interaction Technologies Interaktionsteknik Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Studies on Film Filmvetenskap Communication Studies Kommunikationsvetenskap Economics and Business Ekonomi och näringsliv History Historia Cultural Studies Kulturstudier Computer and Information Sciences Data- och informationsvetenskap Human Computer Interaction Social Sciences Samhällsvetenskap Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst Engineering and Technology Teknik och teknologier Natural Sciences Naturvetenskap

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