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Thesis. 1979. M.Arch.A.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographical references. / M.Arch.A.S.

“Se van los peruanos… los mas testarudos se quedan”: La memoria y olvido de la Chilenización en el pueblo de Socoroma”, es una tesis doctoral que nace a partir de una serie de interrogantes que emergieron a partir de las memorias de algunos socoromeños a finales del año 2007. Asimismo, en esta misma época después de buscar diversas alternativas académicas para los estudios doctorales y con la ayuda de mi esposa y su insistencia postule al Programa de Estudios Andinos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. / Tesis

“Se van los peruanos… los mas testarudos se quedan”: La memoria y olvido de la Chilenización en el pueblo de Socoroma”, es una tesis doctoral que nace a partir de una serie de interrogantes que emergieron a partir de las memorias de algunos socoromeños a finales del año 2007. Asimismo, en esta misma época después de buscar diversas alternativas académicas para los estudios doctorales y con la ayuda de mi esposa y su insistencia postule al Programa de Estudios Andinos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Through ethnography, I examine how hip-hop’s expressive forms are being used as the raw materials of everyday life by residents of the San Francisco Bay Area, home to what many regard as one of the most stylistically prolific, politically charged, and racially diverse hip-hop “scenes” in the world. This focus on regional specificity provides a greater understanding of the impact hip-hop is having on the ground, as an aspect of localized lived practice. Throughout, I make the case for the importance of ethnographically grounded localized research on U.S. hip-hop, which is surprisingly still relatively rare. Most scholars simply stress its continuity within a set of deterritorialized Diasporic African and African-American verbal-art traditions. My aim is not to contest this assertion, but to add to the body of knowledge about one of the most significant cultural inventions of the twentieth century by exploring hip-hop’s racial heterogeneity and its regional specificity. Acknowledging this kind of diversity allows us to reconceive what hip-hop is and how it matters in U.S. society beyond the ways it is usually framed: as either an oppositional form of black-vernacular culture or a co-opted and corrupted commodity form that reinscribes hegemonic values more than it actually contests them. Examining hip-hop within a specific, regionally delineated community reveals how hip-hop’s role in American life is more nuanced and complex. It is neither a pure vernacular expression of an oppressed class nor merely a cultural commodity imposed upon consumers and alienated from producers. In the Bay Area, hip-hop “heads” simultaneously consume mass-produced rap while producing homespun forms of music, dance, slang, fashion, and folklore. Through these forms, they construct individual and group identities that register primarily in expressive, affective terms. These novel cultural identities complicate rigid social markers of race, gender, and class; more specifically, they challenge the widely held perception that hip-hop is solely the terrain of inner-city young African-American men. More fundamentally, a sense of belonging is engendered through localized modes of expression and embodied style that manifest through shared practices, discourses, texts, symbols, locales, and imaginaries. / text

Lorsque William Randolph Hearst prit les rênes, en 1887, d’un petit quotidien sans envergure, personne ne fit grand cas de ce jeune nanti admiratif du travail de Joseph Pulitzer. Vingt ans plus tard, W. R. Hearst était à la tête d’un empire médiatique considérable et d’un pouvoir politique incontestable. Dans cet intervalle, les États-Unis, la presse, et William Randolph Hearst connurent des destins liés. Les États-Unis, d’abord, entrèrent de plain-pied dans ce qui allait devenir le siècle américain, avec leur puissance économique industrielle, et un statut de puissance coloniale acquis à la faveur de la guerre hispano-américaine en 1898. La presse, quant à elle, connut des bouleversements majeurs et une vigueur sans cesse alimentée par toujours plus de modernité. Hearst, enfin, construisit un parcours atypique, au point de rencontre entre médias et politique, couronné d’immenses succès comme de cuisantes défaites. Divertissant pour les uns ou effrayant pour les autres, il n’en porta pas moins les espoirs d’une frange encore silencieuse de la population, et fit de sa vie publique une histoire à rebondissements, non sans rapport avec le journalisme "jaune" qu’il érigea en éthique et en arme politique, malgré les critiques. Au-delà de la fascination, de la caricature, ou du jugement sans concession, le parcours médiatico-politique de Hearst mérite un réexamen qui prend en compte les transformations profondes de la société américaine. Sans le concours opportun de ces dernières, sa trajectoire n’aurait pas le même impact en tant que part significative, si ce n’est, sur bien des aspects, emblématique, du destin tumultueux de la nation américaine entre XIXe et XXe siècles. / In 1887, when William Randolph Hearst became the editorial head of a small daily in San Francisco, no one bothered to notice this well-off young man who admired Joseph Pulitzer’s work. Twenty years later he reigned over a gigantic media empire and held an unquestionable power in politics. In the meantime the paths followed respectively by the United States, the press and W. R. Hearst crossed many times. The United States fully entered what was to become the American Century as a prominent economic, industrial and colonial power, after the 1898 Spanish-American War. The American press underwent dramatic breakthroughs, and was vigorous as ever thanks to unceasing innovations and growing business-oriented practices. Hearst constructed an original career, at the crossroads of media and politics; he knew great successes, bitter defeats and disappointments. Entertaining to some, frightening to others, he was nonetheless the focus for the aspirations of a silent fringe of the population, and conceived his public life as a true story with twists and turns, similar to the stories accounting for the success of "yellow journalism" that constituted Hearst’s ethics and political weapon of choice, despite many criticisms. Beyond fascination, caricature or hasty judgments, his career deserves a reassessment that takes into account the changes affecting the core of American society. Without the help, intended or not, of those major transformations, Hearst’s adventure might not have left such a strong mark on his country’s history: a significant part of the bustling destiny of the United States at the turn of the XXth century, it is also, in many respects, an emblematic one.

Reliable estimates of river discharge and sediment transport to the ocean from large tidal rivers are vital for water resources management, efficient river and harbor management, navigational purposes, and climate analyses. Due to the difficulties inherent in measuring tidal-river discharge, hydrological and sedimentological records are typically too short to adequately characterize long-term (decadal) trends. Also, uncertainties associated with observation and calibration of hydrological models suggest a need for more accurate methods based on longer records of hydrodynamic parameters (e.g. tides). Tidal theory indicates that tides and river discharge interact through quadratic bed friction, which diminishes and distorts the tidal wave as discharge increases. In this study, using tidal constituents, astronomical forcing and a model of the frictional interaction of flow and tides, I propose a novel Tidal Discharge Estimate (TDE) to predict freshwater discharge with an approximate averaging interval of 18 days for time periods with tidal data but no river flow records. Next, using continuous wavelet analysis of tidal properties, I develop a method of estimating river discharge using tides measured on multiple gages along tidal rivers to improve the time-resolution and accuracy of TDE. The applicability of the Multiple-gauge Discharge Estimate (MTDE) is first demonstrated in the two largest tidal-fluvial systems of the Pacific Northwest, the Columbia River Estuary (CRE) and Fraser River Estuary (FRE). A numerical model of an idealized estuary with similar forcing as the FRE and CRE is next run under different hydrologic and morphologic scenarios to evaluate the effect of convergence, friction, and river flow variations on the applicability of MTDE. The TDE method was applied to the San Francisco Bay, using the continuous hourly tide record available since 1858. Results show that TDE reproduces known San Francisco (SF) Bay delta inflows from 1930-present with a Nash-Sutcliffe coefficient of 0.81 and is a useful method for hindcasting historical flows from 1858 - 1929, a period that predates direct measurement of delta discharge. I also recover and digitize ~80 years of Sacramento River daily water level data between 1849 and 1946, from which river discharge to SF Bay is estimated on a daily basis, after adjusting for changes to the river channel. This discharge combined with Net Delta Outflow Index estimates (1930 - 2011) and flow estimates from tidal data (1858 - 2011) provides a more accurate version of SF Bay historic daily inflows from 1849 - 2011. Next, the history of sediment transport and discharge into SF Bay from 1849-present is reevaluated using the daily discharge estimates. A non-stationary rating curve between river flow and sediment transport is developed, with net sedimentation observed during five bathymetric surveys that were used to constrain the total integrated sediment discharge. Results show that ~1600±320 million-tons of sediment have been delivered to SF Bay between 1850 and 2011. There has been an approximately 25 - 30% reduction of annual flow since the 19th century, along with decreased sediment supply. This has resulted in a ~60% reduction in annual sediment delivery to SF Bay. The annual hydrograph of inflow to SF Bay and the seasonality of sediment flux have changed considerably over time, due to both human alteration and climate change. Significant historic spring-melt peak floods have disappeared in the modern system and now peak flows mostly occur in winter. My flow estimation methods also confirm that the flood of January 1862 had the largest daily sediment load and the second largest daily discharge since 1849.

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O Rio escoa superficialmente por 2.700 km entre a nascente, na Serra da Canastra (MG), à foz, em meio aos estados Sergipe (SE) e Alagoas (AL). O Rio compreende ainda os estados da Bahia (BA), Pernambuco (PE), parte de Goiás (GO) e do Distrito Federal (DF). Assim sendo, este estudo objetiva analisar a gestão hídrica na bacia hidrográfica do Rio São Francisco a partir do CBHSF e o papel do comitê perante à transposição do Rio São Francisco para as bacias hidrográficas do Nordeste Setentrional. Por meio de uma abordagem qualitativa, a pesquisa é dividida em pesquisa teórica, embasada em autores que estudam a temática da água e a sua transformação em recurso, as nuances do coronelismo das águas no Nordeste Semiárido no contexto da transposição; a dinâmica natural e a política na bacia hidrográfica – ecossistema aberto e espaço institucional; além do papel dos comitês de bacias no processo de descentralização na gestão hídrica brasileira, especificando o Rio São Francisco, seu comitê interestadual e os comitês estaduais. As pesquisas documentais são contempladas na Política Nacional de Recursos Hídricos, Lei Federal N.º 9.433/1997; nos acervos documentais do CBHSF, além de órgãos que participam do projeto de transposição, como a Agência Nacional de Águas (ANA), o Ministério da Integração Nacional e o Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA). Tais pesquisas objetivam entender como se configura a gestão das águas do Rio São Francisco, a atuação do CBHSF e dos demais comitês da bacia frente ao projeto e obras da transposição, a partir do papel deliberativo exposto pela legislação hídrica. Demais dados foram obtidos com a utilização, como técnica de pesquisa, de roteiro de entrevista estruturado à Diretoria Executiva do CBHSF e dos comitês estaduais, e aos servidores da ANA que atuam no apoio à gestão das águas do Rio São Francisco, bem como com a participação na XXVIII Plenária Ordinária do Comitê. Pôde-se evidenciar, portanto, que o projeto de transposição do Rio São Francisco foi aprovado, contrariando o posicionamento do CBHSF e apesar do comitê ter judicializado a questão, não há na legislação hídrica brasileira uma jurisprudência para conflitos pelo uso da água entre diferentes bacias hidrográficas (bacia doadora e receptoras). Assim, as grandes obras hídricas, como é o caso da transposição, trazem à tona os limites de atuação dos comitês de bacias e reforçam o fortalecimento do agrohidronegócio no Semiárido nordestino, fortalecido por políticas públicas para os recursos hídricos, conforme propô-se na hipótese de estudo. / The River Basin Committee San Francisco was created by Presidential Decree in 2001, aims to achieve a decentralized and participatory of the São Francisco River waters. The river flows superficially 2,700 km between the source in Serra da Canastra (Minas Gerais), the mouth, among the states Sergipe (SE) and Alagoas (AL). Rio also includes the states of Bahia (BA), Pernambuco (PE), part of Goiás (GO) and the Federal District (FD). Therefore, this study aims to analyze water management in the basin of the Rio San Francisco from CBHSF and the role of the committee before the transposition of the São Francisco River for the river basins of northern Northeast. This question is problematic as the functional power of the committee, contrary to the project, whose budget was approved by the Federal Government and the works were initiated. Therefore, this study aims to analyze water management in the basin of the São Francisco River from its committee in order to understand how the approval of the project and the works of transposition countered the committee's activities. Through a qualitative approach, the research is divided into theoretical research, based on authors who study the theme of water and its transformation into a resource, the historical coronelismo of the water in the Northeast semi-arid region in the context of implementation; the natural dynamics and politics in the basin - open ecosystem and institutional space; beyond the role of the basin committees in the decentralization process in Brazilian water management, specifying the São Francisco River, its interstate committee and state committees. The documentary research are addressed in the National Water Resources Policy, Law No. 9.433/1997; the documentary collections of the committee, and bodies participating in the implementation of the project, such as the National Water Agency the Ministry of National Integration and the Ministry of Environment. These studies aim to understand how to configure the management of the São Francisco waters, the performance of San Francisco committee and other committees in the bowl against the design and construction of the transposition from the deliberative role exposed by water legislation. Other data were obtained with the use as a research technique, interview structured report to the Executive Board of San Francisco committee and state committees, and servers ANA operating in support for water management of the São Francisco River, as well as the participation in the XXVIII Ordinary Session of the Committee. It was possible to show, therefore, that the transposition project of the São Francisco River was approved, contrary to the position of CBHSF and despite the committee have judicialized the question, it is in the Brazilian water law jurisprudence to conflict over water use between different basins river (donor and recipient basin). Thus, large water works, as is the case of transposition, bring out the limits of action of the basin committees and reinforce the strengthening of agrohidronegócio in the northeastern semi-arid strengthened by public policies for water resources, as propose the hypothesis study. / CNPq: 141777/2013-3

This research study addresses the problem of unmet facilities needs in the California Community College (CCC) system with a case study analysis of two major campus construction projects within the City College of San Francisco system (CCSF). Specifically, this study is intended to provide insight into the difficulties facing CCC administrators regarding unmet facilities needs within their campuses, and the overall processes and challenges involved in constructing the 21 st century CCC campus. Interviews with the campus deans of the CCSF Chinatown/North Beach and Mission District Campuses revealed that challenges for construction and modernization projects in the San Francisco City College system derive more from external stakeholder concerns than internal governance systems. In particular, the study focused on a satellite campus dean's role in the shared governance system for CCSF construction projects and how they effectively work in conjunction with CCSF leadership to garner community support, while mediating external opposition for projects. Findings from the study concurred in part with current literature regarding construction delays related to external stakeholder opposition and the role college administrators must play in ameliorating environmental, historical preservation, and corporate interest concerns for projects. Specifically, campus deans in the San Francisco City College system found that the practices of conducting information hearing sessions and forming internal/external/community advisory committees facilitated productive forums for hearing the concerns of key campus personnel and community stakeholders. Additionally, these practices allowed for more efficient project execution and the promotion of improved community relations within the neighboring communities for the campus projects in this study.

As a figure in the American period of California history, Mr. James D. Phelan's achievements were an outstanding example of what an honest man can do in politics. First of all, I have endeavored to show his contributions to the city of San Francisco. There is hardly any field of San Francisco life in which James D. Phelan did not leave a tremendous influence. The politics of his term as mayor were a shining model of clean and progressive measures. As senator he kept the interest of California at heart. Through his work at the World's Columbian Exposition, he made known to the world the progress and culture of California, then almost unknown. Besides being a man of great accomplishments in the government, he had a vastly interesting personality, while a quiet, reserved man, he on the other hand never backed down if he felt the issue was right, His keen witticisms always followed a merry twinkle of his eyes, within his family he was found to be very strict and demanding; more so than with his business associates, he had great affection for his sister, Mary Louise. His individuality perhaps attracted my attention in the first place by being one that could be described as "the perfect gentleman of the old school" that is rarely found in politics. The fact that he was a poet also does not suit a political career, his character was an odd one, combining many characteristics which are not often found together. He was the first modem dictator in San Francisco. Control of the city government was practically all in his hands; showing a good example of what can be done by this method with the proper type of man. Also, as his will showed, he was a rood capitalist who subscribed to the theory of "division of property." His enormous estate was divided so as to do the most good possible in the city of San Francisco in the hope that by its enrichment he might aid in turn California—a true pioneer of California was he! Thus, I have endeavored to portray the character of a man whom I felt was an outstanding Califoranian, a personality different and rare, but worthy of imitation.