Chan Yuen Lai. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2002-2003, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Chapter 00_ --- FOREWORD: I BEGAN CREATING MY TIME CAPSULE BOXES / Chapter 01_ --- INVENTORY OF BOXES / Chapter 02_ --- "THE ARCHIVE GALLERY, AS AN INVENTED PROGRAM" / Chapter 03_ --- HABITATION / MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT / TOURISTIC EXPERIENCE / DEAN MACCANNELL / "ADVENTURER, TRAVELLER, TOURIST" / CHRISTIAN NORBERG-SCHULZ / RELPH EDWARD / INSIDENESS AND OUTSIDENESS / "THE ONE, THE THING, THE PLACE" / AUTHENTICITY VS PEUSDO-EVENT / THE HOME / Chapter 04_ --- THE SITE / TOPOLOGY VS GEOGRAPHY / TIME AND MOVEMENT / ANDY WARHOL / DAN GRAHAM / UMBERTO ECO / ENCODING AND DECODING / AS SIGN AND AS MIRROR / TIME CAPSULE / "REGISTRATION, RETENTION, RECALL OF MEMORY" / WALTER BENJAMIN / CITY AND MEMORY / THE METAPHOR / Chapter 05_ --- THE STATEMENT / OUR WORLD. REALITY VS VIRTUAL ITY. LABYRINTH. MIRROR. METAPHOR. CUBE. PLANE. LINE. POINT. MODEL. ARCHITECTURE. THESIS / GRID. LABYRINTH. TIME. BODY. MIRROR / Chapter 06_ --- LABYRINTH AND MIRROR / THESEUS AND MINOTAUR / NARCISSUS / RACHEL WHITEREAD / SARAH SZE / JOSEPH CORNELL / MEMORY BOXES / WORLD AND SELF / ITALO CALVINO / LABYRINTHINE CHARACTER / ZAIRA AND ITS PAST / NETWORK / MEDIATION / MIRROR REFLECTIVITY / THE BIG STONE FEDORA AND THE LITTLE FEDORAS IN THE GLASS GLOBES / IMAGES OF CONTAINMENT / ENCLOSURE / Chapter 07_ --- THE PROGRAM / THE ARCHIVE GALLERY / "START OF THE JOURNEY, COLLECTION OF THE BOX" / "THE THING, THE BOX, THE LETTER" / STORAGE OF THE BOX / "RETRIEVAL OF THE BOX, THE ARTIST'S CONVERSATION" / "FROM THE BOX TO THE INSTALLATION AND SO ON, THE CYCLE" / Chapter 08_ --- MODELS / DRAWINGS / SKETCHES / SNAPSHOTS / ENCAPSULATED / Chapter 09_ --- CREDITS / Chapter 10_ --- DEDICATIONS: THIS THESIS IS SOMEWHERE SOMETIME WITH SOMEONE

My research project explores conventions in art-making and viewing via the notion of the performative art object. The performative (derived from J.L. Austin and Judith Butler’s formulations of the word) is here used predominantly as a term to denote a generative, experiential and iterative process (in this case outlined by art theorist Barbara Bolt) in which intuitive or playful actions of both artist and spectator dictate the route of research. The project, following an A/r/tographical cycle of theoriapraxis-poesis (or theory/research - doing/learning - art/making) as defined by Rita Irwin, thus investigates the relations inherent between artists, spectators or viewers, and objects, and how these may change according to the spaces they are conceived in; from art gallery to urban “non-art” environments. It deals with the inclusion of process or performativity within, or in relation to the art object and how this take on the traditionally static object may have the capacity to change how artworks are envisaged, and more significantly, how they are received, in terms of the effects they (in combination with the viewer) have on the world around them. Blurred in the context of performativity, the art object may become a means of documenting process and in a sense may act as a ‘prop’ for artistic research. This enquiry has involved the study of process and play, as related to creative practice, via a series of object-based events or interventions (including gallery exhibitions and other “non-art” events initiated by the artist outside of conventional art-related space) which have been documented and included in the theoretical research as a means of providing a first-hand narrative of theoretical ideas put into practice. Here Diana Taylor’s understanding of interrelated modes of storing and enacting knowledge as posed in the notion of the archive and repertoire has been utilised as a means of collecting and collating performative and ephemeral research. These events/interventions have further served as a means of gauging viewer interaction and participation, thus actively involving the viewer in the creative act. Jacques Rancière’s notion of the emancipated spectator is here utilised to activate the role of the viewer. In this regard, Martin Heidegger’s concept of handiness or handling serves as a means of “emancipating” spectators by encouraging tactile viewership. It is my intent to open up or reveal new modes of thinking or doing within the viewer when he or she enters a state of performative play within these events. Here the status of the art object is challenged and in this way has the potential to subvert or confront problematic repetitions, both in the identity of the viewer and the space occupied in each event.

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Chan Chi Hang Raymond. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1998-99, design report." / Prelude / Introduction / Machine / Concept of Reading: Relationship of Text and Architectural Issues / Analysis / Internal Transformation: the【changing-state】 machine / External Transformation: the [molding] machine / “Adventure first …´ح [again] / "Depicting a trip, in search for a【site】" / The Trip 一 6 minutes 6 sites 7 situations 7 strips 1 trip

The majority of Muslims believe that the best era in their history was that of the Prophet Muhammad and his orthodox successors, and that the best rulers who ever governed Muslims are the Prophet and his successors. Therefore the Muslims in our own time are inspired by their works and words in many aspects of life, and hope still to follow their model behaviour. This attitude became clear immediately after the creation of Pakistan when the people began to discuss the necessity of establishing a constitution which should be based on the rules of Qur'an, the practice of the Prophet, and, the precedents of his orthodox successors. Yet the nature of the governmental system of the Prophet Muhammad is still ambiguous in the minds of Muslims, and it is hard to find any scientific study on this subject. Therefore it was felt that it might be useful to choose "the governmental system of the Prophet Muhammad" to be the subject of this thesis, and to study it in the light of the theories of state which are known in the field of constitutional law, in order to clarify the form and nature of "the Prophetic government". The thesis consists of five chapters and a conclusion. The first chapter explains how the Islamic state was established and extended to govern most of Arabia. The second chapter presents the idea of sovereignty and authority in the Islamic state. The third deals with the three authorities - legislative, executive, and judiciary - in the Islamic state. In the fourth chapter the writer tries to define the nature of the governmental system of the Prophet and the relations between its powers. The fifth chapter is devoted to explaining the position of the Islamic state on the rights of equality and liberty. The conclusion contains the summary of the main points dealt with in the thesis. It will be a source of satisfaction to the writer if this work should participate in clarifying the governmental system which the Prophet Muhammad established, and if in the near future an opportunity is found to study the development of this system in the era of the Prophet's successors.

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This thesis is an investigation into the discrepancies that exist in textual interpretations within Pentacostalism, in view of the ongoing search for a viable hermeneutic model unique to Pentecostalism. Since its birth, the modern Pentecostal movement has been influenced by many other theological traditions, especially Covenant theology and Dispensationalism. Nevertheless, from this research it becomes clear that Pentecostalists themselves have contributed to the discrepancies by failing to distinguish between biblical passages related to national Israel and those related to the church. It is factual that cultural differences and theological backgrounds influence the interpretations ascribed to Scripture. Yet, this research found that scriptural interpretive discrepancies exist amongst Pentecostalists belonging to the same cultural group and same denomination. This study presents a new perspective on biblical interpretation for Pentecostalism, namely the Mediatorial View, which when consistently applied to all tectual interpretations, most certainly will reduce the number of discrepancies that exist. / Philosophy, Practical & Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Systematic Theology)

This thesis is an investigation into the discrepancies that exist in textual interpretations within Pentacostalism, in view of the ongoing search for a viable hermeneutic model unique to Pentecostalism. Since its birth, the modern Pentecostal movement has been influenced by many other theological traditions, especially Covenant theology and Dispensationalism. Nevertheless, from this research it becomes clear that Pentecostalists themselves have contributed to the discrepancies by failing to distinguish between biblical passages related to national Israel and those related to the church. It is factual that cultural differences and theological backgrounds influence the interpretations ascribed to Scripture. Yet, this research found that scriptural interpretive discrepancies exist amongst Pentecostalists belonging to the same cultural group and same denomination. This study presents a new perspective on biblical interpretation for Pentecostalism, namely the Mediatorial View, which when consistently applied to all tectual interpretations, most certainly will reduce the number of discrepancies that exist. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Systematic Theology)