12,315 research outputs found
The Global Rock-Art Database: Centralizing Heritage Data Collections using a Collaborative, Information Structure and Data Visualization Approach in an Open Source Application
No full textThe Rock-Art Database (RADB) is a non-for profit online project at PERAHU, Griffith University in Australia. It seeks to improve theory and practice in the digital curation of rock-art data through building a centralized global rock-art heritage hub. Through the use of new technologies the database explores new ways to look at rock-art information and explores the potential within its digital curation. The system can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.rockartdatabase.com.
Australia alone features over 100,000 rock art sites, important heritage places for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and a testament to over 10,000 years of human activity, including interactions with other peoples and the environment. Many of these sites have not been documented or recorded and are threatened by natural and cultural agents. It is becoming increasingly important to develop conservation models for the protection and preservation of sites. Indigenous cultural heritage in particular is difficult to manage on a local government level due to complex human / time / environment relationships and the importance of intangible cultural heritage.
Currently no centralized Australian or global database system exists to curate, present and promote rock-art. This project aims to fill this gap by exploring the potential of collaborative approaches, information structure and visualization of semantic and rich- media formats using Australian rock-art heritage as examples for a centralized global platform.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)School of Humanities, Languages and Social ScienceArts, Education and LawFull Tex
[Town plan] of Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, general plan, July 1914, [3] [cartographic material] /
No full textTitle from caption on item.; Part of the collection: Eric Milton Nicholls collection.; "Walter Burley Griffin, landscape architect"--Signature upper right .; Condition: Good.; Also available in electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3603884-s205; Also available as a slide: [Town plan] of Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, general plan, July 1914, [4], PIC/9929/2633 LOC Cold store PIC NICH.; Purchased from Marie and Glynn Nicholls, 2006.; Vernon inventory, Pt.1/8 No.1a
Town of Griffith, Mirrool Area, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme [cartographic material] /
No full textManuscript map on brown-line base map of Griffith showing blocks, sections, streets, areas reserve for public buildings and railway reserve. This copy of the plan includes manuscript annotations by Griffin to the residential blocks.; "Modifications indicated in red, Walter B. Griffin 23/8/1915 per R.A.L."--Bottom right.; "To accompany report of 22.7.15 . Papers M I.S. ... on the subject of Griffith township surveys, Frank N. Brewster, Designing Engineer"--Top left. Signed by Brewster.; "H.H. Dare [?], Chief Engineer, Water Conservation and Irrigation"--Top right corner. Signed by Dare.; "Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission"--Top left.; Also available in electronic version via the Internet: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nic18; National Library's copy has several tears along fold lines
[Town plan] of Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, general plan, July 1914, [2] [cartographic material] /
No full textTitle from caption on item.; July 1914.; Part of the collection: Eric Milton Nicholls collection.; "Walter Burley Griffin, landscape architect"--Signature upper right corner.; "Copy of Leeton plan no. 43 E1."--Lower right.; Condition: Good.; Also available in electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3918904; Also available as photographs: Town plan of Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, general plan, July 1914, [1], PIC9929/755-6 LOC Album 1092/4.; Purchased from Marie and Glynn Nicholls, 2006.; Vernon inventory, Pt.IV/2 Group D b
[Town plan] of Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, general plan, July 1914, [1] [cartographic material] /
No full textTitle from caption on item.; July 1914.; Part of the collection: Eric Milton Nicholls collection.; "Walter Burley Griffin, landscape architect"--Signature upper right corner.; "Copy of Leeton plan no. 43 E1."--Lower right.; Condition: Yellowing.; Also available in electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3603884-s204; Also available as a negative: Town plan of Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, general plan, July 1914, [3], PIC/9929/2788 LOC Cold store PIC NICH.; Purchased from Marie and Glynn Nicholls, 2006.; Vernon inventory, Pt.1/8 No.1a
Interview of author Walter Satterthwait
No full textWalter Satterthwait, author of a series of contemporary crime novels, talks about his protagonists Joshua Croft and Rita Mondragon, and his novels set in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Satterthwait describes how he came to writing crime stories and why he chose to use a Latina as a main character. He describes his exposure to different cultures, his childhood of frequent moves, how he came to writing, and how he developed his characters. Satterthwait is interviewed by Diana Rivera at the 2005 Left Coast Crime Conference held in El Paso, Texas
Futuring Design: Transforming Interior Design using Design Futures Theory
No full textDesign studies traditionally examine the process of design in the context of how that process contributes to the creation of the designed object, system or structure. That is, a successful design process is measured by the capacity and efficiency with which it results in an object, space or system. In many cases, there is no measure of how well-designed these outputs are, at most; such measures will generally be limited to cost, efficacy and user satisfaction. Further, the notion of what constitutes well-designed is arbitrary and inconsistent across disciplines. The theory of Design Futures highlights the crucial implications of design on society and the environment in which the designed object operates over its lifetime. This thesis deals with the challenge of finding ways to incorporate the principles of Design Futures to improve design practice so that it incorporates both the lessons learned from historical enquiry and the experience of design practitioners who have attempted to incorporate these historical lessons. Inevitably, any attempt to improve design practice must engage with education practice to ensure that designers acquire the principles and methods of design which they apply in their professional practice.
Human-centred design focuses on the impact of the design on the user as they make use of the space, dwelling or object that has been designed and Design Thinking facilitates this by framing the problem as broadly and contextually as possible and iteratively reviewing the design approach with the user. Design Futures is one of a number of theories, or movements, that extends the context to the long term social, environmental and cultural implications of the design. This research builds on that work to discover a framework that connects theory to practice and how that framework might be used in educating designers to embed that theory into their practice thereby assisting them to take responsibility for the long term cultural, social and environmental implications of their design.
This research sets out to link the theory and the practice by creating a Design Futures framework and integrating it into the curriculum of an Interior Design course. This challenges the superficial view of Interior Design with a view to teaching a socially responsible design practice that takes a long-term view. Such a curriculum is built on the theoretical underpinnings of Design Futures and is informed by the key principle that a designer is responsible for the social, cultural and environmental impact of their design. The term sustainability is used in this research to include these impacts over the long-term.
This review unfolds in a narrative that moves from the literature review of Interior Design theory and practice in chapter one to an analysis of Urban Planning and its social impacts in chapter two. This second phase combines the literature review with interviews to explore the mechanics of change through an examination of the theory and practice of Urban Planning. The chapter on Authenticity extracts and examines a framework based on the variables of success developed by Price Waterhouse Coopers and summarised by the Greater Namoi Chamber of Commerce, to determine criteria for urban planners to measure the “Success of the City.”
Interviews were carried out with the founder and residents of Common Ground and with the urban planners commenting on authenticity. The practitioners actively engaged in the research as they commented on the value of authenticity as a framework for measuring the impact of gentrification as well as on the authenticity of their practice.
Given the apparent power of a framework to record and collate quantitative action research, these frameworks are then examined and compared with the Authenticity framework, to create the proposed Design Futures framework. This framework is then tested against Action Research previously undertaken by the author to explore its aptness for measuring Design Thinking and ways in which it might be employed pedagogically.
There are two separate sets of Action Research used to retrospectively review the Design Futures framework. Firstly, the author and colleagues undertook major external projects applying Design Futures theory to refine, develop and promote it. In addition, the students engaged in delivering design projects to real-world clients by applying Design Futures methodology and so were actively engaged in developing and testing the concepts that were later incorporated as the components of the Design Futures framework developed in this thesis.
By working with the students to refine and test the application of Design Futures theory, the research actively engages the students as participants in the research that they are applying. By developing the framework and the Action Research independently but from the same underpinning theory, it is possible that built in assumptions have been reinforced rather than exposed. Methods for overcoming this weakness are addressed in the conclusion.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Queensland College of ArtArts, Education and LawFull Tex
Anuson Walter Vella
No full textCremation volume for Vella, Walter F. (Walter Francis), 1924-1980, American author on Thailand; comprises condolences and papers on Thailand by both crematee and others
Scraping by – Self-Care Writing for Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: An Exploration Through Fiction and Social Media
No full textThis project focuses on the confronting and often misunderstood behavior of self-injury. In various professional communities, multiple terms describe the behaviour – including but not limited to: self-harm, deliberate self-harm (DSH), self-mutilation, self-injury, and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) – while definitions and classifications also vary. Awareness and understanding of the behaviour are growing: nonsuicidal self-injury was included in the DSM-V as a ‘condition for further study’ (American Psychiatric Association 2013) providing guidelines for a possible diagnosis. The International Society for the Study of Self-Injury defines self-injury as ‘the deliberate, self-inflicted destruction of body tissue without suicidal intent and for purposes not socially sanctioned’ (ISSS 2007/2015). However, ISSS and the DSM-V still note that self-injury can be a predictor of suicide risk (ISSS 2007/2015; American Psychiatric Association 2013). Self-injury is a maladaptive coping method employed to manage overwhelming emotions including sadness, anxiety and numbness (ISSS 2013) and has an average onset of mid-adolescence but can last well into adulthood (ISSS 2013). The behaviour remains stigmatised and as a result many individuals who self-injure may remain silent and not seek support.
Therapeutic writing has been examined by researchers in the social sciences, creative arts and humanities. It is said to be a cost effective, readily available and accessible treatment option for a range of emotional, physical and mental health issues. Therapeutic writing is also said to return a sense of agency to the individual as they play a key role in their own treatment. This PhD submission asks: can a therapeutic writing process be devised that can assist those who self-injure in developing a system of self-care and support?Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)School of Humanities, Languages and Social scienceArts, Education and LawFull Tex
New Governments in Queensland: Industrial Relations, 1957-1961, 1989-1990
No full textThis thesis sets out to examine the capacity of new governments to influence partisan-based policy and legislation. It examines two newly elected Queensland governments - the Nicklin Country-Liberal government in 1957- 1961 and the Goss Labor government in 1989- 1990 and analyses the introduction by those governments of major industrial relations legislative reform. The Nicklin Coalition government was elected to the Queensland parliament in 1957 after the collapse of the Gair Labor government. The Coalition was committed to extensive industrial relations legislative reform but had not prepared for, or anticipated the constitutional, administrative and legal problems associated with such reform. Nor had it taken into account the concessions that would need to be made to the state's trade unions in order to effect its reforms. Consequently it was not until 1961 that it found the time was propitious for the introduction of its major legislative reforms and the restructuring of the state's principal industrial relations legislation. By contrast, in 1989 the Goss government elected as a consequence of the National Party's collapse in the face of the Fitzgerald Inquiry of 1987 had prepared itself for government. As a result it was able to take advantage of its newly elected status and the existence of the Hanger Report (1988) to introduce its legislative intentions quickly, in such a way that it did not alienate the business community. Preparation and circumstances therefore allowed Labor to repeal earlier legislation supported by business and introduce its own changes with little or no opposition. The thesis concludes that their political and economic inheritance and the existing policy environment will in varying degrees limit new governments. But their ability to introduce partisan-based legislative change quickly is also determined by the degree of preparation for the process of government, undertaken prior to their election. This thesis demonstrates that new governments can make a difference and effect changes to the industrial relations environment. However if this potential is to be realised and new governments are to take advantage of their newly elected status it will require a significant degree of administrative preparation or a considerable period of acclimatisation to the rigours of office.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)School of HumanitiesArts, Education and LawFull Tex
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