The City Can Speak for Itself: Independence Era Constructions in Kinshasa (Drc)

The historic precinct of Ahmedabad has a numbering system that was put in place by colonial rulers and got followed in the post-Independence era. The growth of the city around the historic precinct as well as increase of population has led to a number of issues regarding the existing numbering systems. The demographic explosion has resulted in an undesired development within the historic precincts across various cities in India. Such a scenario has made the existing system redundant as the density of building fabric has increased, within the areas, leading to inconsistent numbering systems. While the road hierarchy as well as the numbering system outside the historic precinct differs from that of the old city, centres have led to the difference between the naming and numbering system of the roads inside and outside the old city area. Most of the streets, except the main, have no nomenclature; also, the streets with names have no particular logic or framework behind the naming system. The aim of this prospective study would be to understand and analyze the street addressing approaches and their benefits within the historic precincts, with a focus on the old core of Ahmedabad. The approach of the article would be to understand the various applications of street addressing, especially within historic precincts, and understand the benefits presented by the system. The article will end with the implementation of street addressing at Ahmedabad and what would be the phases of implementation. Furthermore, devising a sample coding system for a particular area of historic Ahmedabad would support this understanding.

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AKULTURASI NILAI BUDAYA MELAYU DAN BATAK TOBA PADA MASYARAKAT MELAYU KOTA TANJUNGBALAI ASAHAN

MIQOT Jurnal Ilmu-ilmu Keislaman ◽

10.30821/miqot.v41i1.328 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mailin Mailin

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Religious Leaders ◽

Two Cultures ◽

Acculturation Process ◽

Toba Batak ◽

Independence Era ◽

The Republic ◽

The Government ◽

North Sumatra ◽

The City

Abstract: This paper attempts to analyze the acculturation process of Malays and Toba Batak cultures in Asahan Tanjungbalai, and to what extent the Sultan of Asahan influenced the process of acculturation. This study uses descriptive qualitative research method. The findings of this research showed that the process of acculturation Malay and Muslim Toba Batak culture in the city emerged from the government of Tanjungbalai Sultan Asahan I who ruled in the city before the independence era of the Republic of Indonesia. Religious leaders (ulama) and traditional leaders also played a role in the acculturation process of Malay cultural values in Tanjungbalai, especially in the Batak Toba ethnic Muslim milieu. Acculturation between these two cultures gave birth to a Malay culture which led to a different characteristic to the Malay culture in the archipelago. The author affirms that Malays in the city, by nature, tends to be tough in character as a result of Toba Batak ethnic character. Abstrak: Acculturation of the Malay and Toba Batak Cultural Values on Malay Societies in Tanjung Balai City Asahan North Sumatra. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian lapangan yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui proses akulturasi budaya Melayu dan Batak Toba di Tanjungbalai Asahan, serta seberapa besar pengaruh Sultan Asahan dalam proses akulturasi budaya Melayu dan Batak Toba di Asahan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa proses akulturasi budaya Melayu dan budaya Batak Toba Muslim di kota Tanjungbalai berawal dari pemerintah Sultan Asahan I yang memerintah di kota Tanjungbalai sebelum kemerdekaan Negara Republik Indonesia. Tokoh agama (ulama) dan tokoh adat juga turut berperan dalam proses akulturasi nilai budaya Melayu di Kota Tanjungbalai, khususnya pada etnis Batak Toba Muslim. Akulturasi antar dua budaya ini melahirkan sebuah budaya Melayu yang memiliki ciri khas yang berbeda dengan budaya Melayu di Nusantara. Melayu di kota ini memiliki sifat serta karakter yang cenderung kasar dan keras, seperti karakter etnis Batak toba. Kata Kunci: Melayu, Batak Toba, Kesultanan Asahan, Islam

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Singapore Songlines Revisited

Hard State, Soft City of Singapore ◽

10.5117/9789463729505_ch01 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mark R. Frost

Keyword(s):

Built Environment ◽

Urban Landscape ◽

State Policies ◽

Official Ideology ◽

Independence Era ◽

The City

This essay revisits Rem Koolhaas’s classic meditation on Singapore’s natural and built environment in the post-independence era. Building on Koolhaas’s provocative depiction of Singapore as an architectural and environmental tabula rasa, it delves deeper into the twentiethcentury modernist conditions which produced the post-independence city state’s decontextualized urban landscape. Singapore’s city-making state policies have resulted from more than an official ideology of pragmatism; rather, they contain within them an official poetics with which independent creatives in the city must contend and negotiate. An analysis of these poetics, embodied in Singapore’s official image of itself, reveals a pervasive preoccupation with ‘the global’ and a wilful desire to liberate Singapore from the constraints of history through creative urban destruction.

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The Existency of Traditional and Modern Dance in Medan City

Budapest International Research and Critics in Linguistics and Education (BirLE) Journal ◽

10.33258/birle.v4i1.1574 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 203-212

Author(s):

Martozet Martozet

Keyword(s):

18Th Century ◽

Modern Dance ◽

Research Problem ◽

Field Observations ◽

Literature Study ◽

Research Results ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

Independence Era ◽

The 1960S ◽

The City

The purpose of this study was to determine the existence or existence of traditional dances and modern dances in Medan. The research problem focuses on the existence of these two dance forms, how is the journey of traditional dance forms from the pre-independence era to the present and the glories of the emergence of new, modern-style dance forms from the 1960s, especially in the city of Meda. In order to approach this problem, the theory of existence is used WJS Poerwadaminta. Apart from that, it was also emphasized aboutunderstanding of traditional and modern dance by Indonesian dance expertsSoedarsono.While the data were collected through field observations, interviews, documentation, and literature study. Furthermore, the data obtained were analyzed through qualitative descriptive methods, narrating the data obtained in the field according to existing facts. From the research results it is known that the city of Medan as a large heterogeneous city, has traditional dances such as the Inai and Zapin Labuhan dances. Inai dance is performed at the evening ceremony, while Zapin Labuhan is performed at the apostolic circumcision ceremony.Zapin appeared in line with the existence of the Malays who lived in this area and were related to the existence of the Deli Sultanate. Zapin Labuhan developed during the reign of Tuanku Panglima Gandar Wahid in the 18th century AD, who was the King of Deli to V. Zapin.consists of several variants such as Zapin Anak Ayam, Zapin Pecah Tiga, Zapin Elang, Zapin Selendang, Zapin Lancang Kuning, Zapin Zat, Zapin Gergaji, and Zapin Zig-Zag.

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Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics ◽

10.1017/s1073110500012961 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 202-203

Author(s):

Robert Chatham

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York City ◽

York City ◽

Public Health System ◽

Municipal Hospital ◽

The Public ◽

Public Benefit ◽

For Profit ◽

Benefit Corporation ◽

The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

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ASHA Convention 2013

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.an11.18072013.46 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (7) ◽

pp. 46-48

Keyword(s):

Ice Cream ◽

Annual Convention ◽

The City ◽

Rich History

This year's Annual Convention features some sweet new twists like ice cream and free wi-fi. But it also draws on a rich history as it returns to Chicago, the city where the association's seeds were planted way back in 1930. Read on through our special convention section for a full flavor of can't-miss events, helpful tips, and speakers who remind why you do what you do.

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