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The Experience Of Public Art In Urban Settings, Roberta Degnore
The Experience Of Public Art In Urban Settings, Roberta Degnore
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
The sine qua non for an artwork in the urban realm is neither its judged "goodness" nor the ability of audiences to perceive it "correctly," but is the total experience the work contributes to as part of the fabric of interlocking meanings that places have in people's lives.
In urban settings, the physical attributes and private intentionality of a work do not stand alone. As carefully as an artist installs his/her pieces in a gallery, the same concern for their working together and with their total environment must be applied to artworks in complex public settings, where choice to be …
Israeli, Palestinian And Egyptian Explanations Of Political Actions In The Middle East, Bethamie Horowitz
Israeli, Palestinian And Egyptian Explanations Of Political Actions In The Middle East, Bethamie Horowitz
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This study investigated how people affiliated with different parties in an international conflict understand their own actions and the actions of their adversaries. Using data gathered in the Middle East in 1982, the study examined the explanations offered by 1336 Israeli Jews, Palestinians (living in Israel) and Egyptians to three political events in the Middle East: 'Israeli Air Force conducts a raid on Beirut,' 'Palestinians attack a bus on the Haifa-Tel Aviv highway,' and 'A peace treaty is announced between Israel and Egypt.'
The study, an exploratory analysis, was carried out in a sequence of stages. First, the analysis involved …