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Reality Behind Beauty : Hayao Miyazaki's Perspective Of Human And Nature, Tianyang Wu
Reality Behind Beauty : Hayao Miyazaki's Perspective Of Human And Nature, Tianyang Wu
Masters Theses
When people look at beautiful artworks, they tend to ignore and forget the ugly truth that inspired the creation. Hayao Miyazaki is an artist who grew aware of an “ugly truth” and has been trying to propose beautiful possibilities. Economic pressures lead to environmental destruction, which breaks the relationship between humankind and nature. He argues that humankind is the product of nature, and must always depend on nature. This is a fact that no power, including modern science and technology, can change. This has long been the main subject of Miyazaki’s unique perspective in his animated films.
This thesis proposes …
[Super] Structure : Expanding The Network / Reclaiming The Path, Anna Albrecht
[Super] Structure : Expanding The Network / Reclaiming The Path, Anna Albrecht
Masters Theses
In 2016, the Human Rights Council at the United Nations declared internet access to be a basic human right. In rural West Virginia, 30% of residents do not have access to reliable broadband internet. This lack of access limits economic development and opportunities and contributes to the divide between rural and urban communities. That divide has resulted in, among many things, a dearth of innovative design in rural America.
Often with technological and economic progress comes homogeneity, erasure, and environmental devastation; the latter has been endemic in the region since the Industrial Age. By reviving a network of fire lookout …