Examining the Links Between Heritage Use and Identity Building Through a Narrative Approach: A Case Study of Dadaocheng, Taipei City, in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
pp. 245592962110251
Author(s):  
Tu-Chung Liu
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Historic District ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Taipei City ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Historical Legacies

This article is intended to explore where narrative stands in the interconnection between heritage use and identity building. To achieve this goal, both heritage use and identity building are understood as the process of connection with a physical place for meaning-making of self-identification. This also means that while heritage use is related to discursive practices with historical legacies, narrative is the discursive structure for heritage users to receive its temporal meanings between time, person and place. Accordingly, with a case study of the historic district of Dadaocheng, Taipei City, in Taiwan, this article would like to suggest that heritage really benefits the shaping of our imagination with a physical place, particularly for building urban imaginaries and place uniqueness. Moreover, historical legacies and urban imaginaries are defined and chosen to strengthen the quality of a person, and then each narrated story of heritage use seems like an illustration of the strategic ways of living and/or working with historical legacies in a specific place. Consequently, the linkage between heritage and narrative here denotes an ongoing doing–saying–being approach to make time and place more humanized; meanwhile, ongoing storytelling is a possible way to reflect people’s perspectives and envision a sustainable historic environment.

Exploration on Traditional Courtyard Micro-Climate Characteristics and Improvement Method - Case Study of No. 6 Courtyard of Chang'anxue Alley in Xi'an Sanxuejie Historic District

2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 1918-1927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruo Bing Fan ◽  
Xiao Ming Li
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Historic District ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Historic Districts ◽  
Improvement Method ◽  
New Perspective

Xian Sanxuejie district is a typical historic district of the city. Presently this type of traditional districts is surrounded by many modern buildings due to the rapid urban expansion. The historic districts are facing problems of poor courtyard micro-climate conditions and low living level, which has become the bottleneck of historic districts sustainable development. This paper studies thermal environment, luminous environment, solar environment and wind environment from a new perspective using Ecotect building environment analyzing software. The author explores micro-climate improving method suitable for traditional courtyard in order to promote micro-climate quality of historic district and to improve the comfort of local residences. The purpose is to achieve sustainable development of historic districts.

scholarly journals The role of collaborative journalism in West Papua: A Jubi and Tirto case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1and2) ◽  
pp. 119-131
Author(s):  
Ana Nadhya Abrar
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
News Media ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
West Papua ◽  
Media Outlet ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Practical Level

In this article, the author explores the collaboration between Tirto and Jubi in reporting on the Wamena and Jayapura riots in September 2019 in what has been described as the Papuan Uprising. The collaboration was greatly influenced by the desire of both media to improve the quality of news on human rights violations in West Papua. Tirto is an Indonesian online media outlet. Its journalists often criticise various government policies and the Indonesian political world through headlines, news and special articles. Tirto won an award as the Most Innovative Cyber Media in the 2017 Adinegoro Journalism Awards organised by the Indonesian Journalists Association. In the following year, Tirto became the only media outlet in Indonesia to receive an award from the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). Jubi is a general news media service from West Papua which reports on the West Papuan conflict, especially human rights issues. At the conceptual level, one can expect an accurate and in-depth report resulting from the journalism collaboration between Tirto and Jubi. However, at the practical level, a question arises about what the collaboration means for the life of West Papuan journalists? Research results using qualitative content analysis and interviews suggest that the collaborative journalism they created was able to restore West Papuan journalists’self-esteem. These findings can contribute to the enhancement of the knowledge in the field of journalism and provide valuable information for West Papuan journalists.

Broadband Satellite Multimedia Networks

2010 ◽  
pp. 377-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Chini ◽  
Giovanni Giambene ◽  
Snezana Hadzic
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Satellite Networks ◽  
Multimedia Networks ◽  
Multimedia Services ◽  
Management Schemes ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Suitable Case

Nowadays there is an increasing need of broadband communication anytime, anywhere for users that expect to receive multimedia services with support of quality of service. In such a scenario, the aim of this chapter is to present the possibility of the satellite option that is particular attracting to bridge the digital divide in those areas where terrestrial solutions are unfeasible or too expensive. This chapter provides first a survey of the ETSI standardization framework for satellite networks. Then, resource management schemes for both forward and return link are described. Finally a suitable case study is provided for the integration of a DVB-S/DVB-RCS satellite system interconnected with a WiFi segment for local coverage; examples and results permit to understand different resource management implications.

Women Breast Cancer Survivors: Stories of Change and Meaning

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Sadler-Gerhardt ◽  
Cynthia Reynolds ◽  
Paula Britton ◽  
Sharon Kruse
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Breast Cancer Survivors ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Qualitative Investigation ◽  
Health Counseling

Breast cancer research has addressed prevention, early treatment, and quality of life, but research from the perspective of survivors has been limited. This is a qualitative investigation of the experience of eight women breast cancer survivors, ranging in age from 28 to 80 at diagnosis, six of whom were Caucasian and two African American. The research consisted of a phenomenological and case study examination of change and meaning-making during their experience. The findings support a posttraumatic growth model of change as part of survivorship for the participants, as well as the presence of negative changes and a state of new normal in their lives. Recommendations are made for mental health counseling and for future research.

scholarly journals Young Children’s Journey into a World of Play with Open-Ended Materials: A Case Study of the Creative Play Club

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Monirah A. Al-Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Creative Play ◽  
Activity Setting ◽  
The Social ◽  
Play Behaviors ◽  
Over Time

This study is mainly based on conducted naturalistic descriptive observation of 13 children ages 6–8 years using open-ended materials in their play at the Creative Play Club (CPC). The research carefully examines and analyzes how four boys and nine girls in the CPC used open-ended materials in their play over 8 weeks. One aim was to evaluate changes in the quality of play over time. A second aim was to analyze the influence of various factors on children’s social and nonsocial play behaviors. Those factors were the materials’ characteristics and affordances and the social activity setting. The research gave special attention to the possible influences that flatten expression in play and those influences that might reignite play expression within or across CPC sessions. The research generated evidence that children’s drawing, manipulating objects, and reflecting are meaning making. Interpretations of data were guided by an activity setting model, affordance theory, and a multimodality and meaning-making conceptual framework. The main findings were that the CPC and the case study are good conduits for exploring the possibilities and challenges that emerge from children’s experiences with open-ended materials in play with other children.

Mrs Blue Gum, Some Puppets and a Remnant Forest: Towards Sustainability Education through Drama Pedagogy

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Appleby
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Classroom Teacher ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Recent Theory ◽  
Meaning Creation ◽  
Remnant Forest

AbstractThis paper focuses on a case study of the collaborative development of an environmental education unit involving the use of puppetry and drama. The collaboration was between an experienced classroom teacher beginning to use drama, and a drama/environmental educator and researcher. The critical lens for the analysis was sustainability education, including how this aligns with some recent theory on multiplist and evaluativist meaning-making. It is argued that these modes of meaning-making are necessary pedagogical goals of an eco-connected pedagogy. This case study showed that collaborative planning, implementation and reflection of drama pedagogy was not only a catalyst for more complex and deeper levels of meaning-making for the classroom teacher, but also prompted discussion about other important issues such as the quality of student engagement, classroom power dynamics and authentic assessment. In addition the teacher observed a range of outcomes achieved by her students that align with sustainability education as they became immersed in a dramatic world. In particular she observed that the students, through role-playing and writing about points of view not necessarily their own, developed deeper understandings demonstrating multiplist and evaluativist meaning creation.

scholarly journals Modeling Photovoltaic Potential for Bus Shelters on a City-Scale: A Case Study in Lisbon

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. 4801
Author(s):  
Teresa Santos ◽  
Killian Lobato ◽  
Jorge Rocha ◽  
José António Tenedório
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Bus Stop ◽  
Solar Exposure ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The City

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development set 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These include ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (SGD7) and making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SGD11). Thus, across the globe, major cities are moving in the smart city direction, by, for example, incorporating photovoltaics (PV), electric buses and sensors to improve public transportation. We study the concept of integrated PV bus stop shelters for the city of Lisbon. We identified the suitable locations for these, with respect to solar exposure, by using a Geographic Information System (GIS) solar radiation map. Then, using proxies to describe tourist and commuter demand, we determined that 54% of all current city bus stop shelters have the potential to receive PV-based solutions. Promoting innovative solutions such as this one will support smart mobility and urban sustainability while increasing quality of life, the ultimate goal of the Smart Cities movement.

Reflections on Pedagogy and Place: A Journey into Learning For Sustainability through Environmental Narrative and Deep Attentive Reflection

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Tooth ◽  
Peter Renshaw
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Values Education ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Personal Agency ◽  
Narrative Mode

AbstractNarrative is fundamental to our diverse capacities to remember, to provide an account of self, and to represent our actions, motivations and place in society. The narrative mode is concerned with central aspects of the human condition – commitments and personal agency; motivations and emotions; collective experiences and cultural histories and myths. As such it is concerned with relationships between people, their activities within particular places and the ethics that arise in these specific relationships. This paper explores the role of narrative as a pedagogical device and as a form of thinking and valuing for students to use in their everyday interactions. In particular, it considers why a combination of environmental narrative, drama and deep attentive reflection sits so well with the emerging pedagogies of “place”, and why this alliance is such an effective means for allowing individuals to experience, understand and value for themselves the entwined and sensorial connections that exist between people and place. Based on a year-long values education case study in eight primary schools, we describe and theorise about why such a narrative approach to pedagogy, when linked to deep attentive experiences in nature, is so effective in developing a new kind of place-based body/mind meaning-making and learning that inspires individuals to engage with both the inner and outer work of sustainability.

TO VAD OR NOT TO VAD

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 238-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Friedman ◽  
Molly McMahon
Keyword(s):  
Mayo Clinic ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Assistive Device ◽  
Implantable Medical Devices ◽  
Care Technology ◽  
Ventricular Assistive Device ◽  
To Receive

As part of its Healthy Aging & Independent Living (HAIL) initiative, Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation (CFI) examined the patient experience regarding the decision to receive a ventricular assistive device (VAD) implant, and patients’ quality of life after the surgery. As health care technology continues to develop, more people will be living longer, fuller lives with the assistance of wearable/implantable medical devices such as the VAD. This case study examined and made recommendations on ways for the Mayo Clinic VAD Committee to improve the program.

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