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Analysis of landscape change of the Rio Vista Dam in San Marcos, Texas /Bussemey, Michelle, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Texas State University-San Marcos, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-101).
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Analysis of landscape change of the Rio Vista Dam in San Marcos, TexasBussemey, Michelle, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Texas State University-San Marcos, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-101).
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Sights of Desire; Sites of Demise: The Environment in the Works of Edward Burtynsky and Olafur EliassonFrench, Elysia 06 December 2011 (has links)
This thesis argues that the environmental undertones of artists Edward Burtynsky’s and Olafur Eliasson’s work have clearly aligned them; however, the focus of my study is not an evaluation of the artists’ abilities to express environmental concerns, but rather an exploration of the effects of their representations on our understanding of the surrounding environment, and of the artists’ contributions toward a definition of Nature that now includes its own demise as a site of aesthetic pleasure.
This study focuses on Olafur Eliasson’s New York City Waterfalls and on Edward Burtynsky’s Nickel Tailings photographs. Burtynsky’s Nickel Tailings photographs, among them in particular, his well known Nickel Tailings No. 34, depict a barren grey and black landscape centered primarily around an intensely coloured red and orange river of molten metal. Eliasson’s recent New York City Waterfalls consists of four artist-constructed waterfalls, ranging from 90 to 120 feet tall, located within the waters of Lower Manhattan, Governs Island, and beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.
In his monumental New York City Waterfalls, Eliasson has made an intervention into the landscape that effectively works to contaminate the established aesthetic upon which it is based. In his monumental photographs, in contrast, Burtynsky does the opposite; he aestheticizes the contaminated. Here I would add that both artists have carefully called upon the elemental in order to reference the idea of wilderness or a “pure” form of Nature. Reference to the elemental in Nature—to air, water, and fire— has allowed these artists to challenge the viewer’s perception and experience of the nonhuman world. These manufactured landscapes are undeniably owned by humanity, yet is this the type of landscape we are comfortable to claim as our own? / Thesis (Master, Art History) -- Queen's University, 2011-12-03 14:03:08.43
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"...a stromy procitnou." / "... and trees are going to wake up."SROGONČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina January 2011 (has links)
ABSTRACT This practice-oriented diploma paper consists of painting series of five larger-format paintings. These are made of acrylic paints on fibreboards. As regards the form and content, it is a coherent series focused on free artistic expression of personal emotional experiences of confidentially-known landscape poetry. It primarily attends to tree as a solitair. In it´s supporting theoretical thesis the work deals with a survey of selected form changes of equally ideologically oriented artistic acquisitions in South Bohemian landscape-painting genre.
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Geomorfologia dos maciÃos costeiros de Caucaia-Cearà / Geomorphology of the massive coastal Caucaia-CearÃJoÃo Correia Saraiva Junior 30 July 2009 (has links)
FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico / A caracterizaÃÃo geomorfolÃgica dos maciÃos cristalinos costeiros do municÃpio de Caucaia, integrante da RegiÃo Metropolitana de Fortaleza, CearÃ, bem como a apropriaÃÃo das paisagens naturais por variados segmentos sociais, representa o principal objetivo desta pesquisa. Dividido em quatro partes, este trabalho discute, no primeiro momento, a base metodolÃgica que contempla a evoluÃÃo geomorfolÃgica do setor de pesquisa, baseada no PrincÃpio do Atualismo. A discussÃo acerca da apropriaÃÃo dos aspectos geomorfolÃgicos foi realizada atravÃs da anÃlise ambiental, na tentativa de compreender a complexa relaÃÃo sociedade-natureza e variada formas de uso e ocupaÃÃo. Ao longo da dissertaÃÃo, o meio fÃsico e suas interconexÃes à abordado integrando dados geolÃgicos, geomorfolÃgicos, climÃticos, hidrolÃgicos, pedolÃgicos e fitogeogrÃficos, caracterizando um quadro ambiental marcado, sobretudo, pelas precipitaÃÃes pluviais concentradas no primeiro semestre e dÃficit hÃdrico no perÃodo que se estende de agosto a dezembro. Os maciÃos cristalinos, com altitudes mÃximas da ordem de 600m, possuem importÃncia Ãmpar na organizaÃÃo hidrogrÃfica do municÃpio de Caucaia, pois constituem interflÃvios de todas as sub-bacias existentes no municÃpio. Os solos e cobertura vegetal associados possuem variaÃÃes verificadas diante da mudanÃa das altitudes e grau de declividade das vertentes. Esses elevados relevos, situados à vanguarda da planÃcie costeira, representam o resultado da aÃÃo, por dezenas de milhÃes de anos, de processos naturais como os tectÃnicos (soerguimento no CretÃceo e flexura marginal, ao longo do TerciÃrio, sobretudo), climÃticos (aÃÃo externa e mudanÃas nos padrÃes climÃticos) e eustÃticos (com mudanÃas de nÃvel de base). A evoluÃÃo dos relevos à contextualizada na divisÃo do super-continente Gondwana, impulsionada pelos processos que culminaram com a geraÃÃo do Oceano AtlÃntico e formaÃÃo da margem continental passiva transformante do Nordeste brasileiro. Os dados obtidos possibilitaram identificar as unidades geomorfolÃgicas como os maciÃos costeiros modelados em estruturas dobradas, apresentando feiÃÃes como hog-backs e combe. Trata-se da primeira indicaÃÃo, descriÃÃo e anÃlise de relevo em estrutura dobrada no Estado do CearÃ. No contato com a estrutura dobrada dissecada, ocorrem ainda pÃes-de-aÃÃcar, relevos mamelonizados e inselbergs. AlÃm da evoluÃÃo dos relevos elevados, discute-se a relaÃÃo entre esses relevos e as superfÃcies de piso adjacentes, no caso a SuperfÃcie de Aplainamento Sertaneja (DepressÃo Sertaneja) e Tabuleiros Costeiros. Para finalizar, apresentamos os relevos como recurso natural, que constituiu a base para organizaÃÃo da sociedade local. A apropriaÃÃo dos aspectos geomorfolÃgicos iniciou antes da colonizaÃÃo do CearÃ, pela presenÃa de comunidades indÃgenas. A transformaÃÃo das paisagens vem sendo progressiva, atravÃs de urbanizaÃÃo complexa, expondo formas diversas de uso e ocupaÃÃo, como Ãreas agrÃcolas, zona residencial destinada ao veraneio ou à moradia fixa, exploraÃÃo do potencial ecoturÃstico, religioso e mineraÃÃo. A mercantilizaÃÃo da natureza à apresentada, sobretudo, diante da atuaÃÃo do mercado imobiliÃrio sobre a Ãrea de pesquisa. A ocupaÃÃo crescente de todos esses espaÃos naturais hoje resulta em degradaÃÃo ambiental, e em escassez de natureza para os menos favorecidos. / The geomorphological characterization of the 600m high crystalline coastal massifs of Caucaia City, that integrates the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza, CearÃ, and the appropriation of the nature by various social sectors, are the main objective of this research. Divided into four parts, this research first discusses the methodological basis which contemplates the geomorphologic evolution of the sector of research, based on the âUniformitarianism Principleâ and the discussions about the appropriation of nature, through the environmental analysis, in an attempt to understand the complex society-nature relationship and varied forms of use and occupation. Throughout the dissertation, the physical environment and their interconnections is discussed integrating geological, geomorphologic, climatic, hydrological, pedological and biogeographical data, featuring an environmental framework, mainly marked by rain precipitation, which is concentrated in the first semester of the year, with a water deficit in the period extending from August to December. The crystalline mountains type geomorphology has great importance in the organization of the drainage system, as it is the water divisor for all the hydrological basins in the area. The soils and associated vegetation show physiological changes with altitude and slope declivity. As a result of the action on ten ten of millions of years of natural processes such as tectonic (uplift of basement in the Cretaceous time and marginal flexure especially along the Tertiary), climate action (external action and changes in weather patterns) and eustatic (with changes in the erosion base level). The evolution of the relief is contextualized in the division of the super-continent Gondwana, driven by processes that culminated in the generation of the Atlantic Ocean and formation of passive transform continental margin of Brazilian Northeast. The data obtained allowed to identify the geomorphological units that have been developed in a folded geological structure, presenting features such hog-backs and comb. This is the first time that folded controlled morphology is indicated, described and analyzed in Cearà territory. Other features as sugar-loafs, multi-convex relief type and inselbergs also occur in the vicinities of the hog-backs. The relationship between these high slopes with the adjacent planation surface (Sertaneja) and the coastal plain are also discussed. Finally, we discuss the ânature x societyâ relationship in the area. The appropriation of the geomorphologic features began before the colonization of Cearà State by Portuguese, with the presence of indigenous communities. The gradual transformation of the landscape was made through a complex urbanization process, exhibiting various forms of use and occupation as agricultural areas, residential areas, for vacations and living, as well as ecological and religious tourism activities, besides mining economical activity. The mercantilization of nature is mainly linked to real estate market, highly increasing in the area. The development and appropriation of nature today results in environmental degradation and lack of nature to less favored population.
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Incarnations: exploring the human condition through Patrick White�s Voss and Nikos Kazantzakis� Captain Michales.Harrison, Jen January 2004 (has links)
Nikos Kazantzakis� Captain Michales is a freedom fighter in nineteenth century Crete. Patrick White�s Voss is a German explorer in nineteenth century Australia. Two men struggling for achievement, their disparate social contexts united in the same fundamental search for meaning. This thesis makes comparison of these different struggles through thematic analysis of the texts, examining within the narratives the role of food, perceptions of body and soul, landscapes, gender relations, home-coming and religious experience. Themes from the novels are extracted and intertwined, within a range of theoretical frameworks: history, anthropology, science, literary and social theories, religion and politics; allowing close investigation of each novel�s social, political and historical particularities, as well as their underlying discussion of perennial human issues. These novels are each essentially explorations of the human experience. Read together, they highlight the commonest of human elements, most poignantly the need for communion; facilitating analysis of the individual and all our communities. Comparing the two novels also continues the process of each: examining the self both within and outside of the narratives, producing a new textual self, arising from both primary sources and the contextual breadth of such rewriting.
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Fyra pedagogers skilda uppfattningar om utomhuspedagogik som fenomenKyller, Carola, Abedini, Mehrnaz January 2013 (has links)
Syftet med vårt examensarbete har varit att undersöka hur några valda pedagoger förhåller sig till utomhuspedagogik som en pedagogisk undervisningsmetod och diskutera dessa olika perspektiv av vad pedagogerna säger utifrån frågeställningarna i vårt syfte. Med hjälp av intervjuer har vi ställt frågor till fyra utvalda pedagoger som besitter skilda kunskaper och erfarenheter av utomhuspedagogik. I litteraturstudien mötte vi begrepp som forskare och teoretiker förknippade med utomhuspedagogik. Begrepp som direktkontakterfarenhet, sinnlig erfarenhet, autentisk lärandemiljö. Resultatet åskådliggör att pedagogerna ser fler fördelar än nackdelar med utomhuspedagogik. Några fördelar gällande utomhuspedagogiken framkom som mer rörelse i lärandet, bättre hälsa och att lära om objekt i sin verkliga miljö m.fl. En nackdel som flera av pedagogerna var överens om var personalbrist, tidsbristen gällande planering och de praktiska förberedelserna. Pedagogerna visade olika intresse för utomhuspedagogik men alla var överens om att det var en bra undervisningsmetod och några av dem ville gärna använda sig mer av det i sin undervisning i framtiden.
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Incarnations: exploring the human condition through Patrick White�s Voss and Nikos Kazantzakis� Captain Michales.Harrison, Jen January 2004 (has links)
Nikos Kazantzakis� Captain Michales is a freedom fighter in nineteenth century Crete. Patrick White�s Voss is a German explorer in nineteenth century Australia. Two men struggling for achievement, their disparate social contexts united in the same fundamental search for meaning. This thesis makes comparison of these different struggles through thematic analysis of the texts, examining within the narratives the role of food, perceptions of body and soul, landscapes, gender relations, home-coming and religious experience. Themes from the novels are extracted and intertwined, within a range of theoretical frameworks: history, anthropology, science, literary and social theories, religion and politics; allowing close investigation of each novel�s social, political and historical particularities, as well as their underlying discussion of perennial human issues. These novels are each essentially explorations of the human experience. Read together, they highlight the commonest of human elements, most poignantly the need for communion; facilitating analysis of the individual and all our communities. Comparing the two novels also continues the process of each: examining the self both within and outside of the narratives, producing a new textual self, arising from both primary sources and the contextual breadth of such rewriting.
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Nature rituals of the early medieval church in Britain : Christian cosmology and the conversion of the British landscape from Germanus to BedeMayhew-Smith, Nick January 2018 (has links)
This thesis studies ritual interactions between saints and the landscape, animals and elements during a three-hundred year period from 410 AD. Such interactions include negotiations about and with birds and other animals, exorcism of the sea, lakes and rivers, and immersion in these natural bodies of water for devotional purposes. Although writers of the period lacked a term such as 'nature' to describe this sphere of activity, it is demonstrated that the natural world was regarded as a dimension of creation distinctively responsive to Christian ritual. Systematic study of the context in which these rituals were performed finds close connection with missionary negotiations aimed at lay people. It further reveals that three British writers borrowed from Sulpicius Severus' accounts of eastern hermits, reworking older narratives to suggest that non-human aspects of creation were not only attracted to saints but were changed by and participated in Christian ritual and worship. Natural bodies of water attracted particularly intense interaction in the form of exorcism and bathing, sufficiently widely documented to indicate a number of discrete families of ritual were developed. In northern Britain, acute anxieties can be detected about the cultural and spiritual associations of open water, requiring missionary intervention to challenge pre-Christian narratives through biblical and liturgical resources, most notably baptism. Such a cosmological stretch appears to have informed a 'Celtic' deviation in baptismal practice that emphasised exorcism and bodily sacrifice. Nature rituals were a systematic response to the challenges of the British intellectual and physical landscapes, revealing the shape of an underlying missionary strategy based on mainstream patristic theology about the marred relationship between humans and the rest of creation. St Ambrose emerges as the most influential theologian at the time when the early church was shaping its British inculturation, most notably led by St Germanus' mission in 429.
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