Este Projecto propõe uma reabilitação do Monte do Rio Seco [Vila Nova da Baronia, Alvito, Alentejo], onde são abordados os temas Ruralidade, Herdade e Latifúndio relacionados com o caso particular do Monte Alentejano. As premissas deste projecto assentam no estudo do Lugar, de m…
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A Faixa Piritosa Ibérica é uma das províncias metalogenéticas mundiais mais estudadas e a sua prospecção e exploração extensivamente documentadas. Mesmo após mais de 5000 anos de contínua exploração mineira, as reservas demonstradas continuam excepcionalmente altas, embora confi…
My research addresses our physical and psychical being in space and the space of representation, through the contrasting mediums of sculptural form, image, and text. Central to this is the photograph - understood by Vilém Flusser as a ‘technical image’, the product of an apparat…
Jerusalem is, by many standards, a small dusty town in a land torn by conflict. Because of its historical connection to the beginnings of three great religions, however, it has come to assume a very prominent position. Most recently, it has occupied the center stage of the Israe…
As communities in Bosnia have experienced genocide, the global community is in need of understanding a way toward justice by recognizing crimes against humanity to further gain insight into reconciliation and healing lives across the lifespan. Understanding intergenerational tra…
Bu çalışma, insan onuru, kırılganlık ve ötekileştirme kavramları bağlamında uzun süreli belgesel fotoğraf çalışmalarını konu almaktadır. Çalışmanın temel sorusu, her dakikada 2.3 milyon fotoğrafın çekildiği bir çağda, kırılgan grupların ve ötekileştirilen kişilerin uzun süreli g…
Bu çalışma, toplumsal belgesel fotoğraf ve yabancılaşma ilişkisi üzerine odaklanmış, çok yönlü bir kavram olan yabancılaşma olgusunun, bir özne olarak toplumsal belgesel fotoğrafçının kendisi, üretimleri ve üretim süreci üzerindeki etkilerini mercek altına almayı hedeflemiştir. …
Snow water equivalent (SWE) measurements are critical for creating flood and drought outlooks in the spring. These data are abundantly collected throughout the winter and spring months and reported to organizations like the National Weather Service to use in their products. Orga…
With strong financial support from the Israeli government and North American Jewish philanthropies, the Birthright Israel gift offers students free trips to visit Israel in order to foster their Jewish identity and connection to Israel. In June 2000, nineteen Georgetown Universi…
My artistic practice and family genealogy create the opportunity for a change in the perception of family history. I seek to illuminate and reframe family history and definitions of self while exploring an alternative to, or an addendum to, the patrilineal model of genealogy. Us…
Delicately Durable, an Analysis of the Composition and Durability of Historic Commercial Painted Signs
Traditional architectural and preservation practices largely focus on methods and values attributed to high style architecture of prominence, overlooking elements important to vernacular neighborhoods and the communities that live within them. This fixation on the object rather …
Santiago de Compostela has been, since the Middle Ages, home of one of the most famous pilgrimage destinations in Europe. Throughout its history, these successes have most often been signaled by large-scale building projects. This dissertation restates the role of architecture i…
Vilcabamba was the site of the final stronghold of the Inca resistance for nearly forty years from 1537 until 1572. Though it has often been thought of as an isolated region during this period, interactions between the Inca and Spanish play an important part in its history. This…
This thesis seeks to examine and illuminate the way in which western photographer Andrew J. Russell’s photographic record of the construction of the transcontinental railroad was used by promoters of American westward expansion, including Russell himself, to reshape the public’s…
As an artist, I explore my family's complicated history of lost Jewish identity and the contrary involvement. I engage in this history by reflecting on the current political climate using an archive developed by my ancestors. I use components of these varying objects, photograph…
Development has been occurring within New Jersey along the Raritan River floodplain for centuries resulting in numerous fatalities and expensive property damage. In the last century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been the leading task force to combat flooding with…
This analysis examines photographs created by three female photographers in Mexico: Alice Le Plongeon, Sara Castrejón, María Santibáñez, and how their images are reflective of the political and social-cultural environment in which they were created. These images span 1870-1930 a…
Sirenids are enigmatic in their biology, behavior, and phylogenetic relationships. These eel-like salamanders are morphologically unique, with slender bodies and absent lower extremities. Species in the genus Siren all maintain this body plan, with some slight variation in pheno…