6 research outputs found
Ghosts : Alice Jarry
No full text" My installation work questions the impact of materiality: in contrast to an inert and instrumentalized object, matter has agency and influences the course of an action. " -- p [1]
The social poetics of place making : challenging the control/dichotomous perspective
No full textGrappling with the success of their business ventures and coping with the rise in number of new products FifeX was working on, operating out of their shared office in the St Andrews Technology Centre, the co-founders were feeling more ‘cramped’ than ever before. The decision was made to relocate. Although it was felt to be long overdue, much to their relief they finally moved to larger premises in Tayport in July, 2006. The activity of moving was a starting point for a number of place making activities.
Using the case of FifeX, this thesis explores the process of place making. It seeks to understand place making from ‘inside’ the activity of place making itself. The guiding research question in this thesis is, what happens -during place making- when people move into ‘new’ business premises? More specifically, this thesis asks the following questions: (i) what are the comparative advantages / disadvantages of the alternative ways of explaining place making? and (ii) which theory or combination of theories, has greater explanatory value in analysing place making / moving? The study, which uses FifeX as an empirical setting is best described as an in-depth qualitative narrative exploration, and thus narrates the unfolding processes of deciding to relocate, relocating, moving and place making.
Three different theoretical perspectives (control, engagement, polyphony) were applied, each in turn, to three separate (yet interrelated) instances of place making (a story about a wall, one about chairs, and one about a worktop) in order to cast fresh light on the constitutive talk-entwined-activities of place making. The study demonstrates that although efforts to control space may dominate the discourse and activities of place making, control only explains some of what happens during place making. The findings of the case suggest that place is the outcome of inhabitants’ ongoing experiences and understanding. This thesis argues that alternative theoretical perspectives (engagement and polyphony) are better at explaining what goes on. But because they do not operate ‘naturally’ within the dominant paradigm, it is noted that an alternative practice-based perspective is needed which combines the effectiveness of engagement and polyphony, with the attractiveness of control.
A model is presented to help reflect on place making which provides an alternative route for thinking about relocating, moving, and place making that is expected to create engagement and polyphony in a decent way. The proposed model is centred on thinking directed toward: (i) individual place, (ii) inside space, and (iii) what story(s) the space tell outsiders. The focus is on balancing the tensions that emerge from dialoging on these three aspects of space and place
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iiii ttreet. except where cement elde-
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Thu lust banquet of the Raging Tads laid.
Cofflne In Covington Lewis IL HetfleM.
1 the lost survivor of the famous organ-
| Ixation. carved the turkey and drank
Moat Important Hitter Before Um-j *-rin» lu the memory of bis deed chnma
< ..in. niton in tht- Adoption of a I on Thanksgiving night Just past, thus
New Constitution for AttitK-lwtfi-it
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parts of the state. Twelve hi-ndrol
visitors are cun-ctcd during the session and elaborate preparations have
been made to enter'aln them.
City Supcrlntondont of Schools C
L Mcloino and Secretary William
Robertson of the chamber o! com-
nierce have been active In '.lie or
r:tiii'f*ii! 'it '. for lhe 111. .-litli*
Tha [.regram. which is. to continue
mull Saturday noon, cont-ists of section.*.] meetings in tbe morning (or
the discussion of pedagogical toplc-t
of special IntuiroiiL: general meeting-
In the afternoons to listen to lec-
Ilures by distinguished educators;
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AH kinds of Bakery Goods.
Cakes and Pastries for entertainments, parties and weddings a specialty Only the
best materials used.
JI5 University A?e. Palo Alto
reception* will te held, several un
der thc auspice* of lhe Alumni As
Boclntlou of the slate uormi.1 nrhooK
Distinguished visitors on thc program of Ihe convention will Include
President J. W. Cook or iho Illinois
State Normal School. C. E. Miller,
j cliy superintendent of Keokuk.
Iowa; Professor Rldcmay, author of
OIL geographical text books: Mltw Knt-.
An.es, of Napa, State Superintend
lent Kirk and Superintendent-elect
iHlatl. the presidents of all ihe state
normal schools ,tnd representative-!
from the faculties of lhe universities. Alfred Honcovieri, of San
Frnnelsco, is among the county superintendents who will -*■•.■•.:.
The official* of tho assoclarlon
are: President, C. C. Vaa l.lew, of
Chlco; first vice-president. D. H.
While, of Fairfield; second vice-
president. A. II. McDonald, of San
..Francisco: secroiary, Mrs. M. M
y,, Kit/i-t-i;iid, of flan Francisco: treas*
0 urer. Philip Prior, of Snn Francisco.
?! A dlsjintf-h frtm Fresno says: The
gjmoi-t prominent figure this year and
one who waa first to arrive Is c. C.
Van Uew, of Chlco. president of the
itttOCiatlOa for litis year.
In an Interview. President Van
Llow Mated that lhe most important
business of this venr's session In hi*
estimation Is the adoption of the new
constitution. This wns submitted to
the association during Its session at
Berkeley la*.t yew, nnd It would
como up (or adoption or rejection at
the e-jsslon Friday. First In Importance In the new constitution in the
paragraph ci-Htnj* for an incorporation of tbe association nm! r tbe
laws of California, making thc association much mare effective in carrying out ihe educational branches
coming under lln Jurisdiction.
Mr. Van Uew also said that thc
adoption of thit. Incorporation clause
would aseure iho growth and
complying with nu agr-vtneat made
Jnst lifty-iitm- -fears ago.
It was far from a Jovial affair, tbla
last banquet of the once merriest dob
In Covington.
On Thanksgiving day, 1M7. twenty
young men of Covington organised a
club that became known as the lUglng
Tads becaus-- or tbe lnclluation of Ita
members tu innke merry nt Its feasts,
wblch wer*) held eacb Thanksgiving
day*
At tbe first supper It was agreed that
the clnb should have n supper eacb
Tbanksglvtng day until only one man
of tbe twenty Burvlved. Then be waa
.!■> open a bottle of port wine that waa
on Ibe table at tbe first supper and
wblch baa graced tbe banquet table
each year since.
At 6*30 o'clock on Thankaglvlnc
evening Lewis It. Hetflctd, eighty-four
years old. tbo Inst survivor of the clab.
entered the dinlug room of tbe bome
of Mr. nnd Mrs. Colling. The table was
arranged for a feast, tho ume aa It
bad been on fifty-nine previous Thanks-
glrlng dny-. Mr. iletflehl carved tbe
turkey, then opened tbe bo'tle end
drank to tlie memory of the nineteen
merT-ymakei. who had pMNd beyond.
After he hnd p-tld this silent tribute to
bis dead churns be waa Joined at the
table by Mm. Ileitleld and a number
of other relatives and friends, among
them the widow of Colonel James Mc-
Mannomy. a member of the club, wbo
died Inst July. Otber relatives of dead
members of tho club sat at tbe table.
Mr. Iletfleld told stories of tb? old
boys and tried to make tlie affair one
of good cheer, but It bore a touch or
sadness that was not easily thrown oft
CITIES FOR WORKINGMEN.
Rev. Dr. int.. to Leal ■ M...rlu-i.| la
Atitfr-lfii H.-i-.ii. Id ITm u; tiaitil.
Tbe Iter. Dr. William Dwigbt Porter Bliss, for four years rector of St
Mary''" Protentant BpbOO|Ml church at
Amltyvllle. N. Y„ has tendered hla
resignation, to take effect on Jan. L
says an Aiiiltyvllle special to the New
York Times. Be will become «ecretary
of tbe Garden Cities of America, an
association funned recently to found
and develop cities for laboring men.
Tbe movemeit Is patterned after the
Garden City ussoclatlon of Great Britain, which is now building Its flrat city
at Letch wort li. in Heartahlre.
Tbe Rev. Dr. Bliss Is an Amherst
graduate. He is a Socialist and In
18S7 was the nominee of tbe labor
party for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts.
The object of the association Is the
fotmdlng of cities where men of small
means may have attractive homes with
tbelr own gardens and to combine as
far as postdble the attractions of both
city and country-
ni-Sr-t..-]t..:- John Lewis Cbllds Is In
the association, and President Ralph
Peters of the Long Island railroad li
rice president. On the board of mnn-
agers are Bishop But-gees and Bishop
Potter and other men of prominence.
Gacb of said street to be improved
separately, under a separate contract, and this resolution to be
deemed a separate resolution
each of the streeta.
Bidders must file with each proposal or bid a check payable to the
order of the President of the Board
of Trustees of said Town, certified
by a responsible bank, for au amount
which shall not be less than ten per
cent of the aggro-gate of the proposal, or a bond for the Bald amount
and so payable, Blgoed by tbe bidder and two sureties, who shall Justify, before any officer competent to
administer an oath. In doable the
said amount, and over and above all
ntatiitory exemptions. In uldd'tig
us- blanks which will be turnl*ne**
by tho Town Clerk on application
JOHN D. BOYD.
Clerk of tho Town of Palo Alto.
Dated Palo Alto, December 20.
1906.
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Because Vinol is a real Cod Liver Preparation end does not
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Because Vinol contains all the medicinal elements—the
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Because everything in Vinol,—except the tonic Iron and a
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Because Vinol tones up the system, strengthens every orgnn,
nerve, muscle and fibre of the whole body and thus overcomes
weakness by thoroughly eradicating thc cause of disease*
That's Why Vinol is altogether different and better th-in any
other remedy for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, and all Throat,
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It wlii-ii yoti said my plea were Just
like those your mother ui*ed to mak-.-
Nowed—Yes, dear. And you know
* j 1 ran away from home when I wns
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The Dally Times —10c a weo\T.
strength ot the association lor nn in
j definite period.
{ On*, of tlie Interesting sessions ai
ibavInK direct bearln,- on the educa-i Xotlcc IllvUln
tlon of lie child will be taKou u*j by I»roi*o**al«
Judge Prank J. Muraiky. of San Pursuit to statute, and to Re*,m*
j Francisco, ana Cartls D. Wilbur, of Uon No.
Los-. Angelas. This wlli bo an explanation of juvenile court
17, New Series or iho Doard
of Trustees or the Town of I'alo
*ol"kiAlto. adopted on thc 17th dayof Dc_
r.long ibe lines made famous byjCMIlfJer. A. D. 1906. dieting this
I Judge Ben Ii. Lindsay, of Denver.
Owing to the death of a brother,
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my store will be filled with shoppers. In order to encourage morning trallng, I
will give each lady customer wbo buys goodt to the amount of one dollar or moro
before noon a copy of my fifty .cent Stanford View Book. Tbls offer Is strictly
limited to these terms. Ask for the book.
