Innovation District Policy Highlights, 2024 Cleveland State University
Innovation District Policy Highlights, Molly Schnoke
All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications
No abstract provided.
Reclaiming Healing Spaces: A Phenomenological Study On The Transformative Power Of Outdoor Therapy From The Lived Experiences Of Black Clinicians Working With Black Clients, 2024 National Louis University
Reclaiming Healing Spaces: A Phenomenological Study On The Transformative Power Of Outdoor Therapy From The Lived Experiences Of Black Clinicians Working With Black Clients, Lynn Murphy
Dissertations
This phenomenological study involved assessing the experiences of Black therapists who engaged Black clients in outdoor therapeutic contexts. The study was founded on the existing literature that shows the quality of the therapeutic relationship is pivotal for client retention and the Western standards that have historically favored treatment within indoor environments. To contextualize this research, a comprehensive literature review was commenced, covering topics such as the decolonization of therapy, the historical and present-day relationship between Blacks and the outdoors in the United States, sedentary lifestyles, the psychological benefits of time spent in nature, various types of outdoor therapy, and the …
Placemaking And Placewashing In Manhattan's Chinatown: Capitalist Vs. Community Interests, 2024 The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Placemaking And Placewashing In Manhattan's Chinatown: Capitalist Vs. Community Interests, Mary Chu
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Since the late 1890s, there have been internal and external placemakers in Manhattan’s Chinatown. They take the form of city government, real estate developers, and community organizations vying for space, and seeking to define what this neighborhood should be, for whom it should serve, and how it should look. Sometimes these would-be placemakers operate with neoliberal goals and overt orientalist and/or racist views. They push those narratives through via media representations and as a tactic to attract tourism, but with little regard for how it affects the community. In this work, I examine connections between historic ideas of placemaking and …
Fluid Futures: The Revitalization Of Yangzhou Through Its Historical Waterways, 2024 Rhode Island School of Design
Fluid Futures: The Revitalization Of Yangzhou Through Its Historical Waterways, Feiyang Wu
Masters Theses
In China, cities such as Yangzhou, which in pre-modern times played central roles in the political, cultural, and economic functioning of the country based on their geographic location, proximity to water-based trade routes, and connections to the imperial court, are today facing uncertain futures due to waterways no longer being critical to trade, and government-driven development being focused on first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou. With this, the working-age population migrates from smaller cities toward these urban giants, leaving behind aging relatives, a less robust and diversified economic base, and few attributes other than cultural tourism that …
Timeless Teachings & Unbridled Possibilities, 2024 Rhode Island School of Design
Timeless Teachings & Unbridled Possibilities, Ruijie Tai
Masters Theses
I am looking at is process of TRANSLATING AND BRIDGING.
Qi, traditionally understood as the vital force that flows through and animates living beings and the environment, lies at the edge of our perceptual capabilities.
The notion that what we cannot "see" holds significant influence over our world suggests that there are aspects of reality and forces at play beyond our direct sensory experience. AI, with its capacity for analyzing vast amounts of data and recognizing patterns beyond human capability, offers a unique tool for exploring these unseen forces.
The potential of AI to perceive and understand Qi could open …
Equivision Habitat: The Collective Dreamworks, 2024 Rhode Island School of Design
Equivision Habitat: The Collective Dreamworks, Shixuan Zhou
Masters Theses
近年来,武汉这座充满活力的城市在经济快速增长的同时,也经历了重大的社会变革。城市的天际线不断扩大,新的商业和住宅区正在迅速涌现,吸引了更多的中产阶级家庭。作为武汉的长期居民和观察者,我看到了这种向中产阶级社会转变的诱惑力,但我也敏锐地意识到随之而来的社会成本。武汉向中产阶级社会的转变不仅体现在消费水平的提高和生活方式的转变上,更重要的是,体现在城市空间和社区角色的重新配置上。曾经为低收入居民提供住房的旧社区正在被改造成高端公寓和商业空间。虽然这种转变改善了城市的整体形象,但也导致了原住民的流离失所。这种深刻的变化凸显了中产阶级化的双刃剑性质。在这种背景下,我开始关注那些被这一进程边缘化的人的声音和需求。老年居民失去了熟悉的社区环境,年轻人尽管渴望加入新兴的中产阶级,但仍在为高昂的生活成本而苦苦挣扎。这种日益加剧的社会分层,让我深刻反思了城市更新的公平性和可持续性。本文提出了一种基于集体所有权和通过社区土地信托进行管理的社区模式。这种模式将土地所有权从个人转移到社区集体,确保开发活动优先考虑社区的长期福利,而不是短期的商业收益。其目的不仅是提供经济适用房,还旨在培养一个具有共同愿景的社区,探索在城市发展的同时维持社会多样性和包容性的方法。
America, Dreaming., 2024 Rhode Island School of Design
America, Dreaming., Sarah Meftah
Masters Theses
There is a version
of America
that exists
only in dreams,
a kind of folklore,
shrouded in images,
technicolor interiors,
wrapped in plastic,
ghosts of recent past
to haunt and guide;
a constant reminder.
Wishful thinking
a constructed imaginary,
one I can hold in my hand.
Popular culture and spectacle, America and the domestic ideal, capitalism and the collective unconscious of a national identity. As an artist, I am interested in the myriad images that manifest for a viewer when they think of the spectacle of American pop culture, its domestic archetypes, and the material worship it revolves around. My …
I Can’T Breathe, 2024 Tennessee State University
I Can’T Breathe, Zynaya Lewis
Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements
No abstract provided.
Black Lives Matter, 2024 Tennessee State University
Black Lives Matter, Jasmine Saunders
Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements
No abstract provided.
Disability Rights Are Human Rights, 2024 Tennessee State University
Disability Rights Are Human Rights, Sarah Broussard
Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements
No abstract provided.
Justin Jones And The Civil Rights Movement, 2024 Tennessee State University
Justin Jones And The Civil Rights Movement, Kirston Reltherford
Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements
No abstract provided.
The Natural Hair Movement, 2024 Tennessee State University
The Natural Hair Movement, Ke’Lexus Sullivan
Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements
No abstract provided.
Feminist Movement, 2024 Tennessee State University
Feminist Movement, Courtney Emery
Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements
No abstract provided.
Black Lives Matter, 2024 Tennessee State University
Black Lives Matter, Brianna Saltsman
Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements
No abstract provided.
Black Lives Matter: The Development Of A Movement & Its Impact On Social Work, 2024 Tennessee State University
Black Lives Matter: The Development Of A Movement & Its Impact On Social Work, Brianna Saltsman
Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements
No abstract provided.
Dignity Of Risk And Self-Determination In The Disability Rights Movement, 2024 Tennessee State University
Dignity Of Risk And Self-Determination In The Disability Rights Movement, Sarah Broussard
Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements
No abstract provided.
From The Editor: Cynthia George, 2024 Tennessee State University
From The Editor: Cynthia George
Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements
No abstract provided.
Obedient Bellies And The Coming Of Urbanization In Fourth Millennium Mesopotamia, 2024 University of Pavia
Obedient Bellies And The Coming Of Urbanization In Fourth Millennium Mesopotamia, Saikat Mukherjee
Dublin Gastronomy Symposium
Hunger has always been a persistent trauma of mankind in every age. As a matter of fact, “hunger” which according to Seth Richardson can be defined as the "routine and everyday sub-nutrition, less than a famine and more than a temporary inconvenience" is “one of the most powerful, pervasive and (arguably) emotive words in our historical vocabulary” (Richardson, 2016; Murton, 1988). Food has been the only way to satiate the mass cry and is overlooked by social and economic historians and/or archaeologists as a potent medium to understand an interdependent mass psychology. We seldom try to study food at the …
Economic Vitality Index 2022: Disparate Recovery Across Ohio, 2024 Cleveland State University
Economic Vitality Index 2022: Disparate Recovery Across Ohio, Molly Schnoke, Georgina Guadalupe Figueroa, Jack Yochum
All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications
The Center for Economic Development tracks the economic health of Ohio's 88 counties using the Economic Vitality Index (EVI). After establishing a baseline with 2019 data and analyzing pandemic impacts through 2021, the 2022 EVI shows resilience amid inflation and high interest rates. Urban counties like Cuyahoga, Franklin, and Montgomery display positive recovery trends, whereas Appalachian counties in Southern Ohio continue to face economic challenges.
Rebirth: Investigating Industrial Gentrification And Land Use Policy In Chicago's West Loop, 2024 Yale University
Rebirth: Investigating Industrial Gentrification And Land Use Policy In Chicago's West Loop, Nick Mcgowan
Library Map Prize
The West Loop has undergone a dramatic transformation in the last forty years, having re-developed from an impoverished and declining industrial area to Chicago’s fastest-growing real estate market, the city’s technology center, and a model mixed-use neighborhood. Focusing on the displacement of the area’s industrial base from the late 1980s to the current day, this thesis investigates the changing relationship between the City of Chicago, real estate developers, and local businesses and stakeholders to contend that this ongoing re-development process is a form of gentrification often overlooked in urbanist literature and within the narrative of its own transformation. The West …