Urban Indians, Native Networks, and the Creation of Modern Regional Identity in the American Southwest

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-92
Author(s):  
Cathleen D. Cahill
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Regional Identity ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
American Southwest ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Live Performance ◽  
Urban Indians ◽  
Opera Singers

This article explores the careers and political activism of Native opera singers in the Southwest of the 1920s. I argue that a number of talented Native artists recognized that engaging their audiences directly in live performances provided opportunities for public education in addition to their economic benefits. Partnering with regional boosters, they built careers performing in multiple pageants and events sponsored by municipalities across the Southwest. Live performance with its direct access to audiences also facilitated their political agendas of publicizing Indigenous histories. Their careers highlight the mobility of Indigenous people, demonstrating how they helped create modern urban spaces across the American Southwest.

scholarly journals The City is a Stage: Innovation beyond the Theatre Space

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sarah Courtney
Keyword(s):  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Adaptive Performance ◽  
Live Performance ◽  
Central Cities ◽  
Theatre Design ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Performance Space ◽  
And Function ◽  
The City

<p>"[The] product of architecture can at least partly be understood as an endless live performance" (Van Berkel & Bos, 2008 , p. 135). As central cities such as Wellington become more event orientated, there is a greater need for a network of innovative performance venues (temporary or permanent) to meet public demand. The existing theatre spaces within Wellington are currently limited in size and the spaces are difficult to adapt to meet the needs of different performances. The thesis investigates this problem. The thesis proposes to develop a network of multifunctional performance spaces outside traditional theatre spaces in areas which are generally used as high activity public spaces and thoroughfares. This will result in not only new opportunities for theatre design and new types of adaptive performance, but, as performance is removed from a traditionally controlled environment, it will create urban spaces that are multi-functional and a better fit for a variety of experiences and uses. Several precedents are analysed with regard to the creation of new boundaries and multiple functionalities in a more contemporary setting. Public realm typologies are also explored for their capacity to be blended in form and function to create hybrid, multi-functional spaces. The resulting design strategy is applied in a series of design experiments to the selected subject site on Wellington’s waterfront. The experiments are then evaluated to aid in the development of an appropriate outdoor theatre network that will enliven the city and encourage performers to create a new style of theatre. The proposed design is developed from and through the research, and will benefit Wellington for many reasons. Firstly, the design will produce greater adaptability and permeability of the performance space in Wellington. Secondly, because theatres in Wellington are currently disengaged from their surrounding context, the proposed building will have a strong indoor/outdoor connection that encourages the use of diverse performance in and around the building. Thirdly, by placing the building in or near circulation paths, it will provide an interactive and engaging space for audiences.</p>

Economic Impacts of Rail Transit on Recreational Shore Communities: Case of the north Jersey Coast line

2015 ◽  
Vol 2531 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Devajyoti Deka ◽  
Michael Lahr ◽  
Thomas Marchwinski ◽  
Maia de la Calle
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Coast Line ◽  
The North ◽  
Expenditure Data ◽  
Rail Line ◽  
State Taxes ◽  
The Impact

This study estimated the impact of spending by North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL) riders during summer weekends on the economies of the Jersey Shore communities known for beach-oriented recreational activities. The NJCL is a commuter rail line that provides many workers with access to their workplaces on weekdays throughout the year. The line also provides a large number of recreational visitors from New York City and other parts of New Jersey with direct access to the Jersey Shore communities on summer weekends. To estimate the economic benefits to the shore communities from spending by NJCL riders on summer weekends, this study used a software program (R/ECON) regional input–output (I-O) model developed by the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Visitor expenditure data from an onboard survey of NJCL riders were used as model inputs. The survey was conducted during the summer of 2013 and was completed by 2,241 riders returning from the shore area. The R/ECON I-O model provided estimates of economic benefits to the shore communities in terms of jobs, earnings, gross domestic product, state taxes, and local taxes. The model also generated return-on-investment multipliers for these variables. The study showed that the $14.8 million spent by NJCL riders on summer weekends in the shore communities generated approximately 225 annualized jobs, more than $9 million in earnings, and more than $1 million in state taxes. More than 80% of the economic benefit was generated by out-of-state visitor spending.

Germany at the Fin de Siècle: Culture, Politics, and Ideas

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-140
Author(s):  
H. Glenn Penny
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Fin De Siecle ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
German Population ◽  
The Sun ◽  
The World ◽  
Fin De Siècle ◽  
Weimar Culture

This is a fascinating book, partly because of the excellent contributions, and partly because of the ways in which the editors have chosen to engage the topic and organize their volume. Marchand and Lindenfeld open the collection with a loaded question: Was there a German fin de siècle? Did Germans, in other words, share the kinds of reactions to modernity that have so fascinated historians of Austria and France? Their answer is yes and no. Many German intellectuals embraced the modernist currents Carl Schorske identified more than forty years ago in his work on fin de siècle Vienna, reacting to the depressing problems of modernization in ways similar to their Austrian counterparts. And yet much of the German population was largely unbowed by their putatively perplexing condition. As the editors argue, despite the worries of many an intellectual, “the later Wilhelmine world was characterized by enormous ambition and optimism, booming industries and bustling new urban spaces, cultural and political activism on a new scale, and the promise, if not the immediate realization, of a ‘place in the sun’ on the world stage” (p. 1). That optimism is the perplexing bit, because many of us, schooled in the dark side of Weimar culture and its intellectual antecedents, have learned to imagine Germans at the end of the nineteenth century (or at least our favorite representatives) as people caught up in a pessimistic, existential, Nietzschean funk. Indeed, the editors themselves have not avoided that position entirely.

scholarly journals The City is a Stage: Innovation beyond the Theatre Space

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sarah Courtney
Keyword(s):  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Adaptive Performance ◽  
Live Performance ◽  
Central Cities ◽  
Theatre Design ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Performance Space ◽  
And Function ◽  
The City

<p>"[The] product of architecture can at least partly be understood as an endless live performance" (Van Berkel & Bos, 2008 , p. 135). As central cities such as Wellington become more event orientated, there is a greater need for a network of innovative performance venues (temporary or permanent) to meet public demand. The existing theatre spaces within Wellington are currently limited in size and the spaces are difficult to adapt to meet the needs of different performances. The thesis investigates this problem. The thesis proposes to develop a network of multifunctional performance spaces outside traditional theatre spaces in areas which are generally used as high activity public spaces and thoroughfares. This will result in not only new opportunities for theatre design and new types of adaptive performance, but, as performance is removed from a traditionally controlled environment, it will create urban spaces that are multi-functional and a better fit for a variety of experiences and uses. Several precedents are analysed with regard to the creation of new boundaries and multiple functionalities in a more contemporary setting. Public realm typologies are also explored for their capacity to be blended in form and function to create hybrid, multi-functional spaces. The resulting design strategy is applied in a series of design experiments to the selected subject site on Wellington’s waterfront. The experiments are then evaluated to aid in the development of an appropriate outdoor theatre network that will enliven the city and encourage performers to create a new style of theatre. The proposed design is developed from and through the research, and will benefit Wellington for many reasons. Firstly, the design will produce greater adaptability and permeability of the performance space in Wellington. Secondly, because theatres in Wellington are currently disengaged from their surrounding context, the proposed building will have a strong indoor/outdoor connection that encourages the use of diverse performance in and around the building. Thirdly, by placing the building in or near circulation paths, it will provide an interactive and engaging space for audiences.</p>

Performance, carcass and pork characteristics of castrates and gilts self-fed diets differing in protein content and lysine:energy ratio

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Castell ◽  
R. L. Cliplef ◽  
L. M. Poste-Flynn ◽  
G. Butler
Keyword(s):  
Block Design ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Growth Period ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Live Performance ◽  
Digestible Energy ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Incomplete Block Design ◽  
Concomitant Reduction ◽  
Balanced Incomplete Block

The effects of five diets, with 12–18% crude protein (CP) and 6.6–10.8 g lysine per MJ digestible energy (DE), on live performance, carcass and meat quality criteria were recorded for 90 pigs in a split-plot design involving male castrates and gilts and three replicates, with three pigs per pen. The five diets, differing in the ratio of barley:soybean meal, were fed as pellets, ad libitum from 25 to 98 kg liveweight. A balanced incomplete block design was used with four additional pens to assess the palatability of the diets offered in pairs sequentially over 10 wk. As expected, castrates had a higher intake (2817 vs. 2580 g d−1) and daily gain (888 vs. 800 g d−1) than gilts and were relatively fatter except when fed the lowest CP diet. While an increase in dietary CP, or lysine:energy ratio, led to significant improvements in growth rate, gain:feed and lean content, there was a concomitant reduction in marbling and sensory appeal. The palatability study suggested that both castrates and gilts tended to favour the intermediate diets (8.8 and 10.1 g lysine per MJ DE) over the others, with a preference for higher CP diets in the early growth period. Estimates of the lysine:DE ratio for maximum live performance indicated that gilts should receive > 10.8 in the pre- − 50 kg period and approximately 10.1 g lysine per MJ DE thereafter. For castrates, the respective ratios were 10.8 and 8.8 g per MJ DE. Split-sex feeding, with gilts receiving about 2% higher dietary protein levels than castrates, was also favoured by the estimates of economic benefits for the producer. Key words: Pigs, lysine, digestible energy, carcass, pork quality

ICTs and Educational Benefits in Regional Development

2008 ◽  
pp. 2495-2513
Author(s):  
James J. Rennie
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Building Block ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Educational Benefits ◽  
Universal Accessibility

ICTs can play an important role in improving public education in rural regions. The effects of ICT use in schools can, in turn, bring unexpected economic benefits to the region. ICT developers interested in building economies can use education as a sustainable, grassroots building block for future growth. While many development programs tend to focus on private models for ICT dissemination in remote regions (such as telecenters), public education embodies a spirit of universal accessibility that can bring global technologies into the daily lives of all world citizens. When ICTs are recognized as pedagogical tools, they serve both the long-term economic and cultural needs of communities.

scholarly journals Change by Activism: Insurgency, Autonomy, and Political Activism in Potosí-Jerusalén, Bogotá, Colombia

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-81
Author(s):  
Juan Usubillaga
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
The One

Cities today face a context in which traditional politics and policies struggle to cope with increasing urbanisation rates and growing inequalities. Meanwhile, social movements and political activists are rising up and inhabiting urban spaces as sites of contestation. However, through their practices, urban activists do more than just occupy spaces; they are fundamental drivers of urban transformation as they constantly face—and contest—spatial manifestations of power. This article aims to contribute to ongoing discussions on the role of activism in the field of urban design, by engaging with two concepts coming from the Global South: <em>insurgency</em> and <em>autonomy</em>. Through a historical account of the building of the Potosí-Jerusalén neighbourhood in Bogotá in the 1980s, it illustrates how both concepts can provide new insight into urban change by activism. On the one hand, the concept of insurgency helps unpack a mode of bottom-up action that inaugurates political spaces of contestation with the state; autonomy, on the other hand, helps reveal the complex nature of political action and the visions of urban transformation it entails. Although they were developed at the margins of conventional design theory and practice, both concepts are instrumental in advancing our understanding of how cities are shaped by activist practices. Thus, this article is part of a broader effort to (re)locate political activism in discussions about urban transformation, and rethink activism as a form of urban design practice.

scholarly journals (Re)constructing Political Theatre: Discursive and Practical Frameworks for Theatre as an Agent for Change

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-396
Author(s):  
Rebecca Hillman
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Live Performance ◽  
Political Theatre ◽  
Political Performance ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The University ◽  
Made In

In 2015 the concept of live performance as having efficacy to instigate political change is contested, yet some politically motivated performance has demonstrably facilitated change, and critical frameworks have been developed that account for performances that hold clear political stances. However, even where arguments exist for the enduring relevance of political performance, certain models of practice tend to be represented as more efficacious and sophisticated than others. In this article, inspired by her recent experiences of making political theatre, Rebecca Hillman asks to what extent prevalent discourses may nurture or repress histories and futures of political theatre. She re-evaluates the contemporary relevance of agitprop theatre made in British contexts in the 1960s and 1970s by comparing academic analyses of the work with less well-documented critiques by the practitioners and audiences. She documents also the fluctuation and transformation, rather than the dissipation, of political activism in the final decades of the twentieth century. Rebecca Hillman is a director and playwright, and is a Lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter..

Brazilian Black Feminism in Rural and Urban Spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-85
Author(s):  
Flavia Rios ◽  
Regimeire Maciel
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Black Feminism ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Black Feminists ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Public Status ◽  
Action Strategies

Brazilian Black feminism has changed and grown more influential and diverse in the past two decades. One of the major challenges is to understand what these changes mean for women’s agency in the different contexts in which they emerge, both rural and urban. To examine the transformations of Black feminism in Brazil, this article investigates three generations of activists over the periods of re-democratization, democratic expansion and crisis of democracy, bringing focus to Black women in the quilombola movement, young Black feminists on the Internet and intersectional feminism. The article analyses traditional and new activist networks that claim multiple identities for themselves, as well as public status as collective action strategies to seize traditional spaces for political activism, grounding themselves in feminism and anti-racism against the multiple forms of oppression in urban and rural spaces.

Strategies to promote direct access: The public education alternative

1982 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 681-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcy L. Bohm ◽  
John J. Voorhees ◽  
John H. Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
The Public
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