Chung Yuen Yee. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 168-174). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract (English Version) --- p.i-iii / Abstract (Chinese Version) --- p.iv-v / Acknowledgement --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1-15 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.16-39 / Chapter 2.1 --- Cyberspace and its Activism --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2 --- Communication in Virtual Community --- p.20 / Chapter 2.3 --- Virtual Community and Public Sphere --- p.26 / Chapter 2.4 --- Virtual Community and Commercial Control --- p.32 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Theoretical Framework and Research Design --- p.40-51 / Chapter 3.1 --- Theoretical Framework --- p.40 / Chapter 3.2 --- Research Design --- p.45 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Participant-Observation --- p.46 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- In-depth Interview --- p.47 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Textual Analysis --- p.49 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Briefing on LIFT --- p.52-66 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Concept of LIFT --- p.52 / Chapter 4.2 --- Participants as Artist Managers in Virtual Music Community --- p.56 / Chapter 4.3 --- Participants as Artists in Virtual Music Community --- p.59 / Chapter 4.4 --- Main Events for all Members in LIFT --- p.60 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Audition --- p.61 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Post-audition Dinner --- p.62 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Artist Management Talk --- p.62 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Mini Show --- p.63 / Chapter 4.4.5 --- Street Show --- p.64 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Interaction in Virtual Music Community --- p.67-107 / Chapter 5.1 --- Structure of the Corporation (Virtual Music Community): Loud Music --- p.69 / Chapter 5.2 --- Virtual Status on the Forum: How did the Virtual Members Build Up? --- p.73 / Chapter 5.3 --- Cultural Characteristics in Virtual Music Communities --- p.74 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Usage Pattern --- p.75 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- The Use of Language --- p.76 / Chapter 5.4 --- Accomplishment through Interaction in Virtual Music Communities --- p.78 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Company Name of the Virtual Music Community: How did the Virtual Members Make it? --- p.78 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Company Logo of the Virtual Music Community: How did the Virtual Members Create it? --- p.80 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Company Slogan of the Virtual Music Community: How did the Virtual Members Generate the Ideas? --- p.84 / Chapter 5.4.4 --- Lyrics Creations for Our Artists: How did the Virtual Members Draft and Collect them? --- p.85 / Chapter 5.4.5 --- CD Album Cover for the Artists of Virtual Music Community: How did the Virtual Members Conduct? --- p.87 / Chapter 5.4.6 --- Virtual Advertisement in Hompy of the Virtual Music Community: How did the Virtual Members Conceive such Idea and Put it into Practice? --- p.90 / Chapter 5.5 --- Difficulties of Interaction in Virtual Music Community --- p.96 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- The Concern of Off Topic Discussion and the Problem of Inactiveness --- p.96 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- The Occurrence of Virtual Argument --- p.99 / Chapter 5.5.3 --- The Existence of Troublemakers --- p.103 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Commercial Intervention in Virtual Music Community --- p.108-127 / Chapter 6.1 --- The Arrangement of Real Core Groups in LIFT --- p.108 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- The Invitation of CUHK Real Core Group --- p.108 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- The Withdrawal of Real Core Groups --- p.111 / Chapter 6.2 --- Exclusive Participation --- p.113 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Virtual Artist Managers as well as Net Users --- p.113 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Virtual Artists as well as Net Users --- p.114 / Chapter 6.3 --- The Autonomy of Involvement in Virtual Music Community --- p.115 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- The Involvement in Judge Panel --- p.115 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- The Involvement in Promotion Work for the Artists --- p.116 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- The Role / Duties of Virtual Music Community --- p.118 / Chapter 6.3.4 --- The Interaction on the Forum --- p.121 / Chapter 6.4 --- Turning Point: Negotiation between the Organization and Virtual Music Community --- p.123 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion and Discussion --- p.128-12 / Chapter 7.1 --- Conclusion and Discussion --- p.121 / Chapter 7.2 --- Limitation and Further Research --- p.134 / Chapter 7.3 --- Epilogue --- p.135 / Appendices (1 -26) --- p.137-16 / Bibliography --- p.168-17

Lee Yee Chak Raymond. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1996-97, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Chapter 1. --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Design Objectives / Chapter 1.2 --- Problem Defined / Chapter 1.3 --- Description of Client & Users / Chapter 1.4 --- Mission and Goals / Chapter 2. --- Project Analysis / Chapter 2.1 --- Site / Context Analysis / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Location / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Climate / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Special Studies: Natural Ventilation / Chapter 2.1.4 --- History -- Sequence of the Settlement / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Development of Tai O / Chapter 2.1.6 --- Site Analysis Diagram / Chapter 2.2 --- Client / Users Analysis / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Functional Relationship / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Activities / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Social Pattern / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Organizational Hierarchies in Stilt Homes / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Schedule of Accommodation / Chapter 2.3 --- Subject Analysis / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Architectural Language / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Precedents / Chapter 3. --- Process / Chapter 3.1 --- Organization & Zoning Period / Chapter 3.2 --- Conceptual Stage / Chapter 3.3 --- Schematic Design / Chapter 3.4 --- Design Development / Chapter 3.5 --- Design Deveopment I / Chapter 3.6 --- Design Development II / Chapter 4. --- Final Project / Chapter 4.1 --- Settlement Design in 4 Level / Chapter 4.2 --- Site Planning / Chapter 4.3 --- Methodology: Diagram of Dwelling Units Formation / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Resident's Requirement / Chapter 4.3.2 --- One Man in Tai O / Chapter 4.4 --- Cluster Level / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Cluster / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Activites in the Cluster / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Cluster Level / Chapter 4.5 --- Open Space Level / Chapter 4.6 --- Details & Construction / Chapter 4.7 --- Special Studies: Material / Appendix / Programming report / Schedule of Work / Bibliography

<p>The purpose of this project is to study the women involved in the SOS Children’s Villages; the influence of the association on their views on life, as seen from a human-rights and a religious perspective. Questions such as why they chose to work with the association and what it gives them to do so are treated in this study.</p><p>My goal has been to study and present different aspects of something so important, but yet so unfamiliar. The method used in this project is minor field studies, which means visiting the villages, living with the families and observing their daily lives. The means of acquiring the information necessary for this study is by qualitative interviews with the mothers.</p><p>A theoretical framework has been used as a complement to the study, and it is also used to bring greater understanding to the SOS mothers and how they have shaped their lives.</p><p>My ambition with this essay is to bring out their individual experiences on how they view their own lives at present and what meaning life has given them. I have used seven of the 14 interviews conducted.</p><p>The outcome shows that several factors play important roles as to why the mothers decided to work with the association. Such factors were socioeconomic and sociopsyhologic factors. Other conclusions that were drawn after this field trip were that the women are very vulnerable to the social situation in Lebanon. They need someone to support them since the men are the primary providers. If the women do not find someone to marry they need to find another source for provision and the SOS children’s Association is one way to go. The sense of Coherence that these women had was indeed strong, they felt meaningfulness in what they did, they had comprehended the situations at hand and could manage the situations as predictable, and they have the confidence to know that everything will work out in the best way possible.</p> / Uppsatsen har givits ut som bok 2009 med titeln: "Lebanese SOS Children's Villages: Stories of the village mothers" av VDM Verlag, Saarbrücken.

The purpose of this project is to study the women involved in the SOS Children’s Villages; the influence of the association on their views on life, as seen from a human-rights and a religious perspective. Questions such as why they chose to work with the association and what it gives them to do so are treated in this study. My goal has been to study and present different aspects of something so important, but yet so unfamiliar. The method used in this project is minor field studies, which means visiting the villages, living with the families and observing their daily lives. The means of acquiring the information necessary for this study is by qualitative interviews with the mothers. A theoretical framework has been used as a complement to the study, and it is also used to bring greater understanding to the SOS mothers and how they have shaped their lives. My ambition with this essay is to bring out their individual experiences on how they view their own lives at present and what meaning life has given them. I have used seven of the 14 interviews conducted. The outcome shows that several factors play important roles as to why the mothers decided to work with the association. Such factors were socioeconomic and sociopsyhologic factors. Other conclusions that were drawn after this field trip were that the women are very vulnerable to the social situation in Lebanon. They need someone to support them since the men are the primary providers. If the women do not find someone to marry they need to find another source for provision and the SOS children’s Association is one way to go. The sense of Coherence that these women had was indeed strong, they felt meaningfulness in what they did, they had comprehended the situations at hand and could manage the situations as predictable, and they have the confidence to know that everything will work out in the best way possible. / Uppsatsen har givits ut som bok 2009 med titeln: "Lebanese SOS Children's Villages: Stories of the village mothers" av VDM Verlag, Saarbrücken.

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

En 1988, le Bassin du fleuve Sénégal au Mali a vu la mise en service d’un barrage par l’Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS). L’objectif principale est la production d’énergie électrique partagée entre : le Mali (52%), le Sénégal (33%) et la Mauritanie (15%). Mais l’apparition de cet ouvrage constitue une perturbation profonde dans l’organisation et le fonctionnement des espaces riverains. Les territoires autour du Bafing, affluent où se localise le barrage, se trouvent ainsi cloisonnés en une partie amont et aval du lac de retenue. Ce dernier a insufflé une nouvelle dynamique spatiale avec l’installation récente de 25 campements de pêche.Cette nouvelle économie constitue un facteur d’attraction de pêcheurs professionnels venus des régions du Centre du Mali, particulièrement de Mopti et de Ségou. Le lac devient ainsi une immense réserve de poissons avec des tailles plus importantes par rapport à ceux capturés dans les affluents du Bafing, du Bakoye, ou même du fleuve Sénégal. En amont du barrage, la pêche devient la première activité économique poussant des jeunes agriculteurs et éleveurs «autochtones» à une reconversion professionnelle pas toujours aboutie. Les campements de pêcheurs occupent un ancien site des villages déplacés lors de la construction du barrage. Trente-trois villages sont actuellement réinstallés en aval du barrage dans le finage d’autres hameaux préexistants. Cette cohabitation bouleverse l’occupation de l’espace et entraine des tensions foncières. Certains sites comme Manantali à 5 km du barrage en sont les grands bénéficiaires. Ce village s’est transformé en un véritable « centre-rural », en accueillant les cadres et les ouvriers qualifiés et toute la main d’œuvre venus du Mali voire de l’étranger. Cet afflux d’habitants urbanisés a profondément changé la configuration du site et l’a surtout fortement ségrégué. Les bureaux de la société d’exploitation au pied du barrage, le vieux village de Manantali, les cités des ouvriers et celle des cadres sont autant de témoins d’un espace urbain en devenir, fonctionnel et très inégalitaire. Le principal objet de cette étude est l’étude des impacts du barrage de Manantali sur l’organisation socio-spatiale et physique des territoires riverains. L’entrée par une lecture des représentations sociales, consensuelles comme conflictuelles, par les habitants et les différents acteurs, est privilégiée. L’analyse des données quantitatives et des différents discours identifie les expressions tant des effets environnementaux physiques que socioéconomiques suscités par l’ouvrage. Le concept de représentations sociales est posé de la façon suivante: «les représentations forment des codes mémorisés par le cerveau, mobilisables de façon consciente et se prêtant à de multiples utilisations mentales. Ces codes servent en particulier à décrypter notre environnement géographique, mais aussi à communiquer avec autrui, à rêver, imaginer, planifier et orienter nos conduites ou nos pratiques les plus diverses» (DI MEO, 2008). Cette étude d’impact se positionne donc le domaine de la géographie sociale.Au cœur de cette étude se trouvent les acteurs, les responsables politiques à différentes échelles, et surtout l’habitant ordinaire qui vit à l’ombre du barrage de Manantali. Cette notion d’ombre doit être comprise dans la polysémie des impacts de l’ouvrage, tout autant néfastes que bénéfique, et par rapport à son aire d’influence. Les principales zones d’étude considérées se situent à « l’ombre proche » de l’ouvrage, ou à l’échelle locale, dans un rayon de 50 kilomètres autour du barrage. Il s’agit de 8 villages déplacés et anciens. Mais également des 25 campements de pêche autour du lac de retenue. / In 1988 the Senegal River basin in Mali has witnessed the building of a dam by the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) in French. The main objective is the production of electric power shared between: Mali (52%), Senegal (33%) and Mauritania (15%). But the birth of this dam has deeply disrupted the organization and functioning of all the waterside’s areas. The territories around the Bafing, the river where the dam is localized, are now strictlydivided by the reservoir between an upstream and downstream portions. This artificial lake has created new types of spatial organization with the recent settlements of 25 fishing camps.This new economy has created a pull factor for professional fishermen coming from the central regions of Mali, particularly Mopti and Segou. The lake hence becomes a huge fish reserve with larger sizes compared to those caught in the Bafing, the Bakoye or even in the Senegal River. In the upstream areas of the dam, fishing has become the first business activityencouraging local young farmers and herdsmen towards an unlikely professional retraining.Fishermen settlements occupy former site of displaced villages due to the dam construction. Thirty-three villages have been relocated downstream of the dam in the lands of existing hamlets. This cohabitation disruptstraditional land use and leads to social strains.

Inscrite dans une démarche pluridisciplinaire et multi-scalaire, cette recherche s'attache à étudier l'évolution de la structure politique et gestionnaire vietnamienne locale, dans des villages de métier du delta du Fleuve Rouge. D'implantation millénaire, ces villages sont actuellement engagés dans un double mouvement, d'urbanisation et de fort développement endogènes, d'une part, et d'urbanisation et d'influences exogènes, d'autre part.Les modalités de leur résurgence, recomposition et adaptation sont ainsi bouleversées par l'étalement des centres urbains limitrophes, Hà Nội et Bắc Ninh et par leur intégration progressive dans la nappe urbaine. Au même moment se déploie au niveau central un processus de construction-déconstruction de l'État-Parti, dont les manifestations concrètes se font sentir dans les villages de métier. En effet, à des politiques de décentralisation-recentralisation de l'autorité s'ajoutent l'évolution du cadre légal, institutionnel et gestionnaire national, qui remodèlent la gouvernance locale comme les rapports pouvoirs publics – habitants au niveau des villages. Les questions liées à l'aménagement du territoire, à la métropolisation d'Hà Nội, au foncier ou au contrôle des richesses créent ainsi des dynamiques d'évolutions du régime et interrogent son modèle de gestion, reposant largement sur la flexibilité, le pragmatisme et les échanges d’expérimentations entre les échelons territoriaux.Pourtant, la « permissivité » du pouvoir central et la marge de manœuvre déléguée aux autorités locales sont menacées à mesure que les déviances liées à l’exploitation des ressources s'accroissent et que les conflits locaux se multiplient.De plus, le mode de gouvernance « rurale » est progressivement remis en cause par l'urbanisation administrative, vue comme une réaffirmation de l'autorité réglementaire et comme une intégration à « l'ordre urbain ». En étudiant de façon approfondie le cas de deux villages de métier, Sơn Đồng, commune rurale nouvellement intégrée à Hà Nội, et Đồng Kỵ, quartier urbain ayant récemment acquis ce statut administratif, cette recherche vise à mettre en lumière les interactions entre acteurs et territoires et à montrer d'une part comment ces communautés locales réagissent à leur captation dans la sphère urbaine et d'autre part comment les pouvoirs publics, à tous les niveaux, gèrent cette transition. / Falling within a multidisciplinary and multiscalar approach, this research aims at studying the evolution of Vietnam's local political and administrative structures in the Red River Delta's craft villages. These villages, settled thousands of years ago, are now experiencing a dual process : on the one hand, strong development and endogenous urbanisation and, on the other, an exogenous urbanisation. In fact, the sprawl of adjacent urban cores, Hà Nội and Bắc Ninh, and their on-going integration into the urban realm has disrupted modalities of their resurgence, internal structuring and adaptation to this new context. At the same time, the legal, institutional and administrative structures are evolving, nationwide – the decentralisation/recentralisation being an aspect of it – and reshape the local governance as well as the relationship between the public authorities and the inhabitants, at the village level. Issues concerning urban planning, Hà Nội's metropolisation, land management or control over resources are thus impacting the regime's evolution and challenging its modus operandi, based on flexibility, pragmatism and sharing of experimentation conclusions between territorial levels.Yet, the central « permissiveness » and leeway delegated to the local level are being reconsidered as deviances in resources exploitation increase and local conflicts become more frequent. Furthermore, the « rural » governance is gradually threatened by administrative urbanisation, considered as a mean of reassertion of the regulatory authority and as an integration to the « urban order ». By thoroughly analysing two case-studies, the newly hanoian rural commune of Sơn Đồng and the urban ward of Đồng Kỵ, which recently gained this administrative status, this research exposes interactions between stakeholders and territories, shows how these local communities react to their inclusion in the urban realm and how the public authorities handle this transition.

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