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FORM-ACTIVITY-MOVEMENT INTERACTION MODEL
No full textThis dissertation investigates the interactions between urban form, allocation of activities, and pedestrian movement in the context of urban planning. The ability to assess the long-term impact of urban planning decisions on what people do and how they get there is of central importance, with various disciplines addressing this topic. This study focuses on approaches proposed by urban morphologists, urban economists, and transportation planners, each aiming the attention at a different part of the form-activity-movement interaction. Even though there is no doubt about the advantages of these highly focused approaches, it remains unclear what is the cost of ignoring the effect of some interactions while considering others. The general aim of this dissertation is to empirically test the validity of the individual models and quantify the impact of this isolationist approach on their precision and bias.
For this purpose, we propose a joined form-activity-movement interaction model and conduct an empirical study in Weimar, Germany. We estimate how the urban form and activities affect movement as well as how movement and urban form affect activities. By estimating these effects in isolation and simultaneously, we assess the bias of the individual models.
On the one hand, the empirical study results confirm the significance of all interactions suggested by the individual models. On the other hand, we were able to show that when these interactions are estimated in isolation, the resulting predictions are biased. To conclude, we do not question the knowledge brought by transportation planners, urban morphologists, and urban economists. However, we argue that it might be of little use on its own.
We see the relevance of this study as being twofold. On the one hand, we proposed a novel methodological framework for the simultaneous estimation of the form-activity-movement interactions. On the other hand, we provide empirical evidence about the strengths and limitations of current approaches
Mitigating Risks of Corruption in Construction: A theoretical rationale for BIM adoption in Ethiopia
No full textThis PhD thesis sets out to investigate the potentials of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to mitigate risks of corruption in the Ethiopian public construction sector. The wide-ranging capabilities and promises of BIM have led to the strong perception among researchers and practitioners that it is an indispensable technology. Consequently, it has become the frequent subject of science and research. Meanwhile, many countries, especially the developed ones, have committed themselves to applying the technology extensively. Increasing productivity is the most common and frequently cited reason for that.
However, both technology developers and adopters are oblivious to the potentials of BIM in addressing critical challenges in the construction sector, such as corruption. This particularly would be significant in developing countries like Ethiopia, where its problems and effects are acute. Studies reveal that bribery and corruption have long pervaded the construction industry worldwide. The complex and fragmented nature of the sector provides an environment for corruption. The Ethiopian construction sector is not immune from this epidemic reality. In fact, it is regarded as one of the most vulnerable sectors owing to varying socio-economic and political factors. Since 2015, Ethiopia has started adopting BIM, yet without clear goals and strategies. As a result, the potential of BIM for combating concrete problems of the sector remains untapped. To this end, this dissertation does pioneering work by showing how collaboration and coordination features of the technology contribute to minimizing the opportunities for corruption. Tracing loopholes, otherwise, would remain complex and ineffective in the traditional documentation processes.
Proceeding from this anticipation, this thesis brings up two primary questions: what are areas and risks of corruption in case of the Ethiopian public construction projects; and how could BIM be leveraged to mitigate these risks? To tackle these and other secondary questions, the research employs a mixed-method approach. The selected main research strategies are Survey, Grounded Theory (GT) and Archival Study. First, the author disseminates an online questionnaire among Ethiopian construction engineering professionals to pinpoint areas of vulnerability to corruption. 155 responses are compiled and scrutinized quantitatively. Then, a semi-structured in-depth interview is conducted with 20 senior professionals, primarily to comprehend opportunities for and risks of corruption in those identified highly vulnerable project stages and decision points. At the same time, open interviews (consultations) are held with 14 informants to be aware of state of the construction documentation, BIM and loopholes for corruption in the country. Consequently, these qualitative data are analyzed utilizing the principles of GT, heat/risk mapping and Social Network Analysis (SNA). The risk mapping assists the researcher in the course of prioritizing corruption risks; whilst through SNA, methodically, it is feasible to identify key actors/stakeholders in the corruption venture. Based on the generated research data, the author constructs a [substantive] grounded theory around the elements of corruption in the Ethiopian public construction sector. This theory, later, guides the subsequent strategic proposition of BIM. Finally, 85 public construction related cases are also analyzed systematically to substantiate and confirm previous findings.
By ways of these multiple research endeavors that is based, first and foremost, on the triangulation of qualitative and quantitative data analysis, the author conveys a number of key findings. First, estimations, tender document preparation and evaluation, construction material as well as quality control and additional work orders are found to be the most vulnerable stages in the design, tendering and construction phases respectively. Second, middle management personnel of contractors and clients, aided by brokers, play most critical roles in corrupt transactions within the prevalent corruption network. Third, grand corruption persists in the sector, attributed to the fact that top management and higher officials entertain their overriding power, supported by the lack of project audits and accountability. Contrarily, individuals at operation level utilize intentional and unintentional 'errors’ as an opportunity for corruption.
In light of these findings, two conceptual BIM-based risk mitigation strategies are prescribed: active and passive automation of project audits; and the monitoring of project information throughout projects’ value chain. These propositions are made in reliance on BIM’s present dimensional capabilities and the promises of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). Moreover, BIM’s synchronous potentials with other technologies such as Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and Radio Frequency technologies are topics which received a treatment. All these arguments form the basis for the main thesis of this dissertation, that BIM is able to mitigate corruption risks in the Ethiopian public construction sector. The discourse on the skepticisms about BIM that would stem from the complex nature of corruption and strategic as well as technological limitations of BIM is also illuminated and complemented by this work. Thus, the thesis uncovers possible research gaps and lays the foundation for further studies
Group Navigation in Multi-User Virtual Reality
No full textMulti-user virtual reality systems enable collocated as well as distributed users to perform collaborative activities in immersive virtual environments. A common activity in this context is to move from one location to the next as a group to explore the environment together. The simplest solution to realize these multi-user navigation processes is to provide each participant with a technique for individual navigation. However, this approach entails some potentially undesirable consequences such as the execution of a similar navigation sequence by each participant, a regular need for coordination within the group, and, related to this, the risk of losing each other during the navigation process.
To overcome these issues, this thesis performs research on group navigation techniques that move group members together through a virtual environment. The presented work was guided by four overarching research questions that address the quality requirements for group navigation techniques, the differences between collocated and distributed settings, the scalability of group navigation, and the suitability of individual and group navigation for various scenarios. This thesis approaches these questions by introducing a general conceptual framework as well as the specification of central requirements for the design of group navigation techniques. The design, implementation, and evaluation of corresponding group navigation techniques demonstrate the applicability of the proposed framework.
As a first step, this thesis presents ideas for the extension of the short-range teleportation metaphor, also termed jumping, for multiple users. It derives general quality requirements for the comprehensibility of the group jumping process and introduces a corresponding technique for two collocated users. The results of two user studies indicate that sickness symptoms are not affected by user roles during group jumping and confirm improved planning accuracy for the navigator, increased spatial awareness for the passenger, and reduced cognitive load for both user roles.
Next, this thesis explores the design space of group navigation techniques in distributed virtual environments. It presents a conceptual framework to systematize the design decisions for group navigation techniques based on Tuckman's model of small-group development and introduces the idea of virtual formation adjustments as part of the navigation process. A quantitative user study demonstrates that the corresponding extension of Multi-Ray Jumping for distributed dyads leads to more efficient travel sequences and reduced workload. The results of a qualitative expert review confirm these findings and provide further insights regarding the complementarity of individual and group navigation in distributed virtual environments.
Then, this thesis investigates the navigation of larger groups of distributed users in the context of guided museum tours and establishes three central requirements for (scalable) group navigation techniques. These should foster the awareness of ongoing navigation activities as well as facilitate the predictability of their consequences for all group members (Comprehensibility), assist the group with avoiding collisions in the virtual environment (Obstacle Avoidance), and support placing the group in a meaningful spatial formation for the joint observation and discussion of objects (View Optimization). The work suggests a new technique to address these requirements and reports on its evaluation in an initial usability study with groups of five to ten (partially simulated) users. The results indicate easy learnability for navigators and high comprehensibility for passengers. Moreover, they also provide valuable insights for the development of group navigation techniques for even larger groups.
Finally, this thesis embeds the previous contributions in a comprehensive literature overview and emphasizes the need to study larger, more heterogeneous, and more diverse group compositions including the related social factors that affect group dynamics.
In summary, the four major research contributions of this thesis are as follows:
- the framing of group navigation as a specific instance of Tuckman's model of small-group development
- the derivation of central requirements for effective group navigation techniques beyond common quality factors known from single-user navigation
- the introduction of virtual formation adjustments during group navigation and their integration into concrete group navigation techniques
- evidence that appropriate pre-travel information and virtual formation adjustments lead to more efficient travel sequences for groups and lower workloads for both navigators and passengers
Overall, the research of this thesis confirms that group navigation techniques are a valuable addition to the portfolio of interaction techniques in multi-user virtual reality systems. The conceptual framework, the derived quality requirements, and the development of novel group navigation techniques provide effective guidance for application developers and inform future research in this area.Multi-User-Virtual-Reality-Systeme ermöglichen es lokalen und räumlich getrennten Benutzer*innen, kollaborative Aktivitäten in einer immersiven virtuellen Umgebung auszuüben. Eine grundlegende Aufgabe in diesem Zusammenhang ist die Navigation von einem Ort zum nächsten als Gruppe, um die Umgebung gemeinsam zu erkunden. Die einfachste Lösung zur Realisierung dieser Mehrbenutzer*innen-Navigationsprozesse besteht darin, jedem*jeder Teilnehmer*in eine Technik zur individuellen Navigation zur Verfügung zu stellen. Dieser Ansatz führt jedoch zu einigen potenziell unerwünschten Begleiterscheinungen, wie zum Beispiel der Ausführung einer ähnlichen Navigationssequenz durch jede*n Teilnehmer*in, einem regelmäßigen Koordinationsbedarf innerhalb der Gruppe und damit verbunden der Gefahr, sich während des Navigationsprozesses zu verlieren.
Zur Überwindung dieser Problematiken erforscht die vorliegende Arbeit Gruppennavigationstechniken, die alle Gruppenmitglieder gemeinsam durch eine virtuelle Umgebung bewegen. Die vorgestellten Beiträge wurden von vier übergreifenden Forschungsfragen geleitet, welche sich mit Qualitätsanforderungen an Gruppennavigationstechniken, den Unterschieden zwischen lokaler und räumlich getrennter Teilnahme, der Skalierbarkeit von Gruppennavigation und der Eignung von Einzel- und Gruppennavigationstechniken für verschiedene Szenarien befassen. Die vorliegende Arbeit nähert sich diesen Fragen durch die Einführung eines allgemeinen konzeptionellen Frameworks sowie die Spezifikation zentraler Anforderungen an den Entwurf von Gruppennavigationstechniken. Die Entwicklung, Implementierung und Evaluation entsprechender Gruppennavigationstechniken demonstrieren die Anwendbarkeit des vorgeschlagenen Frameworks.
In einem ersten Schritt stellt diese Arbeit Ideen zur Erweiterung der Teleportationsmetapher über kurze Distanzen, auch Jumping genannt, für mehrere Benutzer*innen vor. Sie leitet allgemeine Qualitätsanforderungen zur Verständlichkeit des Gruppen-Jumpings ab und präsentiert eine entsprechende Technik für zwei lokale Benutzer*innen. Die Ergebnisse zweier Benutzungsstudien zeigen keine Einflüsse des aktiven oder passiven Jumpings auf Symptome der Simulatorkrankheit und bestätigen eine erhöhte Planungsgenauigkeit für den*die Navigator*in, ein verbessertes räumliches Verständnis für den*die Passagier*in und eine reduzierte kognitive Belastung für beide Rollen.
Danach untersucht diese Arbeit den Gestaltungsraum von Gruppennavigationstechniken in verteilten virtuellen Umgebungen. Basierend auf Tuckmans Modell der Kleingruppenentwicklung stellt sie ein konzeptionelles Framework zur Systematisierung der Designentscheidungen für Gruppennavigationstechniken vor und führt die Idee der virtuellen Formationsanpassungen als Teil des Navigationsprozesses ein. Eine quantitative Benutzungsstudie zeigt, dass eine entsprechende Erweiterung des Multi-Ray Jumpings für räumlich getrennte Dyaden zu effizienteren Navigationsabläufen und geringeren wahrgenommenen Arbeitslasten führt. Die Ergebnisse eines qualitativen Expert-Reviews bestätigen diese Erkenntnisse und liefern weitere Einsichten bezüglich der Komplementarität von Einzel- und Gruppennavigation in verteilten virtuellen Umgebungen.
Anschließend untersucht diese Arbeit die Navigation größerer Gruppen räumlich getrennter Benutzer*innen im Kontext von Museumsführungen und stellt drei zentrale Anforderungen für (skalierbare) Gruppennavigationstechniken auf. Diese sollen das Bewusstsein für laufende Navigationsaktivitäten fördern sowie die Vorhersehbarkeit ihrer Konsequenzen für alle Gruppenmitglieder erleichtern (Verständlichkeit), der Gruppe bei der Vermeidung von Kollisionen in der virtuellen Umgebung assistieren (Hindernisvermeidung) und die Platzierung der Gruppe in einer sinnvollen räumlichen Formation für die gemeinsame Betrachtung und Diskussion von Objekten unterstützen (Blickoptimierung). Die Arbeit stellt eine neue Technik zur Adressierung dieser Anforderungen vor, welche in einer initialen Usability-Studie mit Gruppen von fünf bis zehn (teilweise simulierten) Benutzer*innen evaluiert wurde. Die Ergebnisse zeigen eine einfache Erlernbarkeit für den*die Navigator*in und eine hohe Verständlichkeit für Passagier*innen. Darüber hinaus liefern sie wertvolle Erkenntnisse zur Entwicklung von Gruppennavigationstechniken für noch größere Gruppenstärken.
Abschließend bettet diese Arbeit die bisherigen Beiträge in einen umfassenden Literaturüberblick ein und betont den Bedarf zukünftiger Forschungsarbeiten zu größeren, heterogeneren und diverseren Gruppenkompositionen. Dies beinhaltet ebenfalls die Betrachtung der damit verbundenen sozialen Faktoren sowie deren Einfluss auf die Gruppendynamik.
Zusammengefasst lauten die vier wichtigsten Forschungsbeiträge dieser Arbeit wie folgt:
- die Einordnung von Gruppennavigationsprozessen als spezifische Instanz von Tuckmans Modell der Kleingruppenentwicklung
- die Ableitung zentraler Anforderungen an effektive Gruppennavigationstechniken zusätzlich zu aus Einzelnavigationskontexten bekannten Qualitätsfaktoren
- die Einführung von virtuellen Formationsanpassungen als Teil der Gruppennavigation und deren Integration in konkrete Gruppennavigationstechniken
- Nachweise, dass geeignet gewählte Vorschaumechanismen sowie virtuelle Formationsanpassungen zu effizienteren Navigationssequenzen für die Gruppe und geringeren wahrgenommenen Arbeitslasten für Navigator*innen und Passagier*innen führen
Insgesamt bestätigen die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit, dass Gruppennavigationstechniken eine wertvolle Ergänzung zum Portfolio der Interaktionstechniken in Multi-User-Virtual-Reality-Systemen sind. Das konzeptionelle Framework, die abgeleiteten Qualitätsanforderungen und die Entwicklung entsprechender Gruppennavigationstechniken bilden eine relevante Wissensbasis für Anwendungsentwickler*innen und informieren zukünftige Forschung in diesem Gebiet
Modeling and Simulation of Source Separation in Sanitation Systems for Reducing Emissions of Antimicrobial Resistances
No full textAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the top ten threats to public health worldwide. In addition to public health, AMR also poses a major threat to food security and economic development. Current sanitation systems contribute to the emergence and spread of AMR and lack effective AMR mitigation measures. This study assesses source separation of blackwater as a mitigation measure against AMR. A source-separation-modified combined sanitation system with separate collection of blackwater and graywater is conceptually described. Measures taken at the source, such as the separate collection and discharge of material flows, were not considered so far on a load balance basis, i.e., they have not yet been evaluated for their effectiveness. The sanitation system described is compared with a combined system and a separate system regarding AMR emissions by means of simulation. AMR is represented in the simulation model by one proxy parameter each for antibiotics (sulfamethoxa-zole), antibiotic-resistant bacteria (extended-spectrum beta-lactamase E. Coli), and antibiotic re-sistance genes (blaTEM). The simulation results suggest that the source-separation-based sanitation system reduces emissions of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes into the aquatic environment by more than six logarithm steps compared to combined systems. Sulfa-methoxazole emissions can be reduced by 75.5% by keeping blackwater separate from graywater and treating it sufficiently. In summary, sanitation systems incorporating source separation are, to date, among the most effective means of preventing the emission of AMR into the aquatic envi-ronment
Das partikulare Gedächtnis jüdischer Museen
Get PDFBauhaus-Gastprofessorin Mirjam Wenzel referierte am 30. Juni 2021 im Audimax der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar zur Entstehungsgeschichte und Konzeption Jüdischer Museen. Dabei ging sie darauf ein, inwiefern diese Museen besonders relevant für aktuelle gesellschaftliche und politische Fragestellungen sind. Prof. Wenzels zweiter öffentlicher Vortrag an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar skizzierte die Potentiale von Kultureinrichtungen in Zeiten gesellschaftspolitischer Veränderungen im Allgemeinen und die Bedeutung Jüdischer Museen angesichts verbaler und tätlicher Gewalt gegen Jüdinnen und Juden im Besonderen
Abolish! Against the Use of Risk Assessment Algorithms at Sentencing in the US Criminal Justice System
No full textIn this article, I show why it is necessary to abolish the use of predictive algorithms in the US criminal justice system at sentencing. After presenting the functioning of these algorithms in their context of emergence, I offer three arguments to demonstrate why their abolition is imperative. First, I show that sentencing based on predictive algorithms induces a process of rewriting the temporality of the judged individual, flattening their life into a present inescapably doomed by its past. Second, I demonstrate that recursive processes, comprising predictive algorithms and the decisions based on their predictions, systematically suppress outliers and progressively transform reality to match predictions. In my third and final argument, I show that decisions made on the basis of predictive algorithms actively perform a biopolitical understanding of justice as management and modulation of risks. In such a framework, justice becomes a means to maintain a perverse social homeostasis that systematically exposes disenfranchised Black and Brown populations to risk
Continuities, tensions and breakdowns in the inhabit practices, in the framework of the transformations of 'traditional' neighborhoods. The case of Güemes neighborhood 2000-2016
No full textEl presente trabajo se inscribe en el campo de los estudios urbanos y plantea como ejes estructurantes la intersección entre las políticas públicas, el barrio y las prácticas del habitar (de Certeau, 1996, 1999; Gravano, 2003) en el marco de las transformaciones del espacio urbano en los barrios pericentrales, también denominados tradicionales de la ciudad de Córdoba, particularmente lo acontecido en Barrio Güemes, durante el periodo 2010-2016.
El propósito del abordaje se inscribe en conocer y realizar aportes generalizables a la comprensión de las prácticas del habitar como unidad de análisis. En ese marco, el problema de investigación se formula en el siguiente interrogante: ¿cómo se modifican las prácticas del habitar en el marco de las transformaciones urbanas, en un modo de producción capitalista? Se entiende a las prácticas como acciones elementales de las “artes de hacer” que las personas ordinarias ponen en marcha en su vida cotidiana: para circular, cocinar, trabajar, vincularse. También, a través de las mismas resignifican los espacios, les otorgan una valoración (positiva o negativa), se identifican como parte de la identidad y a su vez se reconocen lugares de (des)encuentro y vías de circulación.
Para su abordaje se toma como unidad de estudio el caso de barrio Güemes. El recorte espacial (o físico) del trabajo empírico está localizado en la ciudad de Córdoba, y se sitúa en la periferia del área central. Esta localización permite comprender el surgimiento de las primeras expansiones urbanas como consecuencia del crecimiento demográfico y cómo estas, se transformaron en los primeros barrios. El recorte temporal se encuentra delimitado entre los años 2000 y 2016, respaldado intencionalmente por dos acontecimientos significativos: el censo de población (2001) y la celebración del Bicentenario de la Independencia en Argentina.
Los cambios materializados en ciertos espacios urbanos, tanto en ciudades latinoamericanas (Buenos Aires, Salvador de Bahía en Brasil, México Distrito Federal, etc.) como en otras partes del mundo (New Orleans en los Estados Unidos, el distrito de Kreuzberg- Friedrichshain en Berlín, el puerto de Hamburgo en Alemania, etc.) demuestran cómo estos espacios se van transformado acorde al modo de reproducción capitalista. Pues, se trataba de espacios que en algún momento cumplieron funciones económicas-sociales jerarquizadas y luego por la dinámica misma del capitalismo, la sobreacumulación, dejan de ser rentables y pasan a ser espacios “obsoletos”. En ese sentido, la omisión de acciones públicas y/o privadas, la desatención y el crecimiento de situaciones sociales conflictivas (delitos, inseguridad, degradación) en estos espacios, funciona como argumento para que los gobiernos locales comiencen a planear el futuro y modernizarlos.
De esta manera, se plantean políticas urbanas con el objetivo de impulsar acciones de renovación o rehabilitación para dinamizar económicamente determinados sectores. Dos elementos discursivos aparecen como posibilitadores del proceso de renovación urbana: el turismo y el patrimonio. En ese sentido, bajo la recuperación patrimonial de ciertos lugares se dinamizan los territorios, por lo que el turismo se vuelve una herramienta económica que produce un excedente de plusvalía. La puesta en valor de bienes tangibles e intangibles atrae la afluencia de visitantes y, a la vez, es rentable económicamente. Ahora bien, muchas veces los proyectos tienen en cuenta las variables morfológicas y físicas, dejando en un segundo plano el impacto en el espacio próximo y las relaciones entre los habitantes con su territorio. Actualmente los espacios elegidos por los municipios para la intervención pública y/o privada son los barrios, puesto que son espacios cercanos al centro y considerados estratégicos. Por lo general, el argumento es la necesidad de rehabilitar/renovar zonas poco aprovechadas o degradadas con el objetivo de mejorar la calidad de vida de la población y dinamizar el sector (Brites, 2017; Guevara, 2012). Desde los 2000 el barrio Güemes asiste a un proceso de crecimiento inusitado. La cantidad de artesanos se disparó y variedad de productos ofrecidos, emergieron los comercios que forman parte de la oferta comercial, gastronómica y cultural del barrio. Hace varios años, presenta nuevos actores económicos que se pueden observar en la apertura de galerías comerciales; ubicadas sobre el eje de las calles Belgrano, Achával Rodríguez, Fructuoso Rivera y la creciente aparición de edificaciones alrededor de la feria artesanal histórica; con la venta y exposición de piezas del arte plástico, gastronomía, negocios de diseñadores cordobeses y hasta la inclusión de la idea del del “desarrollo sustentable” en los techos de las galerías.
La modificación del corpus normativo, la aparición de edificación en altura y el boom económico tuvieron como resultado, la valorización del suelo urbano, la retroalimentación en el espacio con el emplazamiento de nuevas actividades comerciales y servicios culturales. A la par, en el espacio barrial se presentan nuevos residentes con otros hábitos y prácticas que ponen en disputa los modos de habitar en el espacio.
A riesgo de simplificar, estas transformaciones fueron producto de los cambios políticoideológicos, de los modelos e instrumentos de gestión urbana puestos en juego en los diversos momentos históricos y de las propias prácticas sociales y culturales de los habitantes. De esta manera, se centrará la mirada analítica en las transformaciones de las prácticas del habitar de los pobladores de los Barrios Güemes, en el marco de la metamorfosis del espacio urbano (atravesado por tendencias de mediatización y mercantilización de la experiencia) que conjugó un proceso de intersección y asociatividad entre políticas públicas y expansión inmobiliaria.This work is part of the field of urban studies and proposes as structuring axes the intersection between public policies, the neighborhood and the inhabit practices (de Certeau, 1996, 1999; Gravano, 2003) in the framework of the transformations of the urban space in the pericentral neighborhoods, also known as traditional neighborhoods in the city of Córdoba, particularly what happened in Barrio Güemes, during the period 2010-2016.
The purpose of the approach is inscribed in knowing and making generalizable contributions to the understanding of the inhabit practices as a unit of analysis. In this framework, the research problem is formulated in the following question: how are living practices modified in the framework of urban transformations, in a capitalist mode of production? The practices are understood as elementary actions of the "arts of doing" that ordinary people implement in their daily lives: to circulate, to cook, to work, to connect. Also, through them they resignify the spaces, give them an assessment (positive or negative), identify themselves as part of the identity and, in turn, recognize places of (dis) encounter and circulation path.
For this approach, the case of Güemes neighborhood is taken as a unit of study. The spatial (or physical) clipping of the empirical work is located in the city of Córdoba, and is located on the periphery of the central area. This location allows us to understand the emergence of the first urban expansions as a consequence of demographic growth and how these were transformed into the first neighborhoods. The temporary cut is delimited between the years 2000 and 2016, intentionally supported by two significant events: the population census (2001) and the celebration of the Bicentenario de la Independencia de Argentina (Bicentennial of Independence in Argentina).
The changes materialized in certain urban spaces, both in Latin American cities (Buenos Aires, Salvador de Bahía in Brazil, Mexico City, etc.) and in other parts of the world (New Orleans in the United States, the district of Kreuzberg-Friedrichshain in Berlin, the port of Hamburg in Germany, etc.) demonstrate how these spaces are transformed according to the capitalist mode of reproduction. Since these were spaces that at some point fulfilled hierarchical economic- social functions and later, due to the very dynamics of capitalism, the over-accumulation, they stopped being profitable and became “obsolete” spaces. In this sense, the omission of public and / or private actions, the neglect and growth of conflictive social situations (crime, insecurity, degradation) in these spaces, works as an argument for local governments to start planning the future and modernizing them.
In this way, urban policies are proposed with the aim of promoting renovation or rehabilitation actions to economically boost certain sectors. Two discursive elements appear as enablers of the urban renewal process: tourism and patrimony. In this sense, under the patrimonial recovery of certain places, the territories are made more dynamic, so that tourism becomes an economic tool that produces an excess of surplus value. The punt in value of tangible and intangible assets attracts the influx of visitors and, at the same time, is economically profitable. However, projects often take into account morphological and physical variables, leaving in the background the impact on the nearby space and the relationships between the inhabitants and their territory.
Currently the spaces chosen by the municipalities and for public and/or private intervention are the neighborhoods, since they are spaces close to the center and considered strategic. In general, the argument is the need to rehabilitate or renovate little-used or degraded areas in order to improve the quality of life of the population and boost the sector (Brites, 2017; Guevara, 2012). Since the 2000s, the neighborhood has witnessed an unusual growth process. The number of craftsmen skyrocketed and the variety of products offered, the businesses that are part of the commercial, gastronomic and cultural offer of the neighborhood emerged. For several years, it has introduced new economic actors that can be observed in the opening of commercial galleries; located on the axis of the streets Belgrano, Achával Rodríguez, Fructuoso Rivera and the growing appearance of buildings around the historic artisan fair; where it is sold and exhibited different pieces of plastic art, gastronomy, businesses of cordobes designers and even the inclusion of the idea of "sustainable development" in the ceilings of the galleries.
The modification of the normative corpus, the appearance of high-rise buildings and the economic boom resulted in: the valorization of urban land, feedback in space with the location of new commercial activities and cultural services. At the same time, new residents appeared in the neighborhood space with other habits and practices that dispute the ways of living in the place.
At the risk of simplification, these transformations were the product of the political-ideological changes, of the urban management models and instruments put into play in the various historical moments, and of the inhabitants' own social and cultural practices. In this way, the analytical look will focus on the transformations of the inhabitat practices of the residents of the Güemes neighbourhood, within the framework of the metamorphosis of the urban space (crossed by tendencies of mediatization and commercialization of the experience) that combined a process of intersection and associativity between public policies and real estate expansion
Workflow for high-resolution phase segmentation of cement clinker fromcombined BSE image and EDX spectral data
No full textBurning of clinker is the most influencing step of cement quality during the production process. Appropriate characterisation for quality control and decision-making is therefore the critical point to maintain a stable production but also for the development of alternative cements. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in combination with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) delivers spatially resolved phase and chemical information for cement clinker. This data can be used to quantify phase fractions and chemical composition of identified phases.
The contribution aims to provide an overview of phase fraction quantification by semi-automatic phase segmentation using high-resolution backscattered electron (BSE) images and lower-resolved EDX element maps. Therefore, a tool for image analysis was developed that uses state-of-the-art algorithms for pixel-wise image segmentation and labelling in combination with a decision tree that allows searching for specific clinker phases. Results show that this tool can be applied to segment sub-micron scale clinker phases and to get a quantification of all phase fractions. In addition, statistical evaluation of the data is implemented within the tool to reveal whether the imaged area is representative for all clinker phases
Die Musikfeste des Allgemeinen Deutschen Musikvereins von 1859 bis 1937 (Eine Dokumentation der Veranstaltungen). Kritische Edition, herausgegeben von Jan Neubauer und Thomas Radecke
No full textOhne das fast achtzigjährige Wirken des Allgemeinen Deutschen Musikvereins (ADMV) würde das deutsche Musikleben in seiner heutigen Form nicht existieren. Die Dokumentation der Programme zu seinen von 1859 bis 1937 nahezu jährlich anderen Orts veranstalteten Musikfesten erschließt erstmals grundlegende Quellen hierzu. Diese Datenbasis vertieft für den Zeitraum von vier deutschen Systemen den Diskurs über Probleme der Repertoirebildung, Institutionalisierung, Kommerzialisierung und Mediation von Musik.
1861 als erster überregionaler deutscher Musikverein mit dem offiziellen Ziel der Integration musikalisch gegensätzlicher zeitgenössischer Richtungen und künstlerischen Nachwuchsförderung konstituiert, trat der ADMV einerseits kosmopolitisch auf, und seine Musikfeste entwickelten sich zu einem Forum für internationale zeitgenössische Musik wie einem Podium für die Wiederentdeckung älterer Musik. Hier erlebten Werke von Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler und Arnold Schönberg frühe, vielbeachtete Aufführungen. Anderseits reiften parallel dazu protonationalistische Tendenzen zu einem Nationalismus heran, der die Musikfeste 1938 nahtlos in die nationalsozialistischen Reichsmusiktage überführen konnte.
Nach zahlreichen Standortwechseln sind die nunmehr restaurierten Materialien der einstigen Vereinsbibliothek und Vereinsakten im Hochschularchiv / Thüringischen Landesmusikarchiv Weimar sowie Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv Weimar wieder zugänglich. So wird jetzt eine erste kritische Edition der Festprogramme angeboten, in welcher die Programmfolge zu jeder Aufführung mit Werkangaben und dem Nachweis der Aufführenden prozessual von der Planung bis zur Präzisierung und Ergänzung bzw. Modifizierung rekonstruiert wurde. Darüber hinaus werden alle wissenschaftlichen Vorträge, Haupt- u. a. Versammlungen, Beratungen und die gesamten Personalia des Vereins und der jeweiligen Lokalkomitees dokumentiert sowie lassen sich Komponisten und Interpreten über Indizes erschließen.
Diese Publikation ist im von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft geförderten Projekt Der Allgemeine Deutsche Musikverein (ADMV, 1861–1937) – ein internationales Forum der Musik in Deutschlands Mitte am Gemeinsamen Institut für Musikwissenschaft Weimar-Jena der Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT und der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität entstanden
Ein handlungsorientiertes Entscheidungsmodell zur Feststellung der Genehmigungsfähigkeit von Bauvorhaben
No full textDie Auseinandersetzung mit der Digitalisierung ist in den letzten Jahren in den Medien, auf Konferenzen und in Ausschüssen der Bau- und Immobilienbranche angekommen. Während manche Bereiche Neuerungen hervorbringen und einige Akteure als Pioniere zu bezeichnen sind, weisen andere Themen noch Defizite hinsichtlich der digitalen Transformation auf. Zu dieser Kategorie kann auch das Baugenehmigungsverfahren gezählt werden. Unabhängig davon, wie Architekten und Ingenieure in den Planungsbüros auf innovative Methoden setzen, bleiben die Bauvorlagen bisher zuhauf in Papierform oder werden nach der elektronischen Einreichung in der Behörde ausgedruckt. Vorhandene Ressourcen, beispielsweise in Form eines Bauwerksinformationsmodells, die Unterstützung bei der Baugenehmigungsfeststellung bieten können, werden nicht ausgeschöpft. Um mit digitalen Werkzeugen eine Entscheidungshilfe für die Baugenehmigungsbehörden zu erarbeiten, ist es notwendig, den Ist-Zustand zu verstehen und Gegebenheiten zu hinterfragen, bevor eine Gesamtautomatisierung der innerbehördlichen Vorgänge als alleinige Lösung zu verfolgen ist.
Mit einer inhaltlich-organisatorischen Betrachtung der relevanten Bereiche, die Einfluss auf die Baugenehmigungsfeststellung nehmen, wird eine Optimierung des Baugenehmigungsverfahrens in den
Behörden angestrebt. Es werden die komplexen Bereiche, wie die Gesetzeslage, der Einsatz von Technologie aber auch die subjektiven Handlungsalternativen, ermittelt und strukturiert. Mit der Entwicklung eines Modells zur Feststellung der Baugenehmigungsfähigkeit wird sowohl ein Verständnis für Einflussfaktoren vermittelt als auch eine Transparenzsteigerung für alle Beteiligten geschaffen.
Neben einer internationalen Literaturrecherche diente eine empirische Studie als Untersuchungsmethode. Die empirische Studie wurde in Form von qualitativen Experteninterviews durchgeführt, um den Ist-Zustand im Bereich der Baugenehmigungsverfahren festzustellen. Das erhobene Datenmaterial wurde aufbereitet und anschließend einer softwaregestützten Inhaltsanalyse unterzogen. Die Ergebnisse wurden in Kombination mit den Erkenntnissen der Literaturrecherche in verschiedenen Analysen als Modellgrundlage aufgearbeitet.
Ergebnis der Untersuchung stellt ein Entscheidungsmodell dar, welches eine Lücke zwischen den gegenwärtigen
Abläufen in den Baubehörden und einer Gesamtautomatisierung der Baugenehmigungsprüfung schließt. Die prozessorientierte Strukturierung entscheidungsrelevanter Sachverhalte im Modell ermöglicht eine Unterstützung bei der Baugenehmigungsfeststellung für Prüfer und Antragsteller. Das theoretische Modell konnte in Form einer Webanwendung in die Praxis übertragen werden.In recent years, the debate on digitization has been a topic of discussion in the media, at conferences and in committees of the construction and real estate industry. While some areas are producing innovations and some actors can be called pioneers, others still have deficits with regard to the digital transformation. The building permit process can also be considered among this category. Regardless of how architects and engineers use innovative methods in the planning offices, building applications are still often in paper form or are printed out after electronic submission to the authorities. Existing resources, for example in the form of a building information model, which can provide support in obtaining building permits, are not being utilized. In order to develop a decision support for the building authorities with digital tools, it is necessary to understand the actual conditions and to question the circumstances before an overall automation of the internal official processes can be pursued as the sole solution.
With a content-based organizational view of the relevant components, which take influence on the building permit determination, an optimization of the building permit procedure in the authorities is aimed at. The complex components, such as the legal situation, the use of technology, but also the subjective alternatives for action, have to be determined and structured. The development of a model for determining building permit ability provides both an understanding of influencing factors and an increase in transparency for all parties involved.
In addition to an international literature review, an empirical study served as a method of investigation. The empirical study was conducted in the form of qualitative expert interviews to determine the current state in the field of building permit procedures. The collected data material was prepared and subjected to a software-supported content analysis. In combination with the results of the literature review, the results were processed in various analyses as a model basis.
The result of the investigation represents a decision model which closes a gap between the current processes at the building authorities and an overall automation of the building permit review. The process-oriented structuring of decision-relevant factors in the model enables support for the reviewers and the applicants during the building permit assessment. The theoretical model could be transferred into practice in the form of a web application