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Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal
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Class Status And Identity: A Semantic Reading Of The Typical Trinidadian House, Leniqueca Welcome
Class Status And Identity: A Semantic Reading Of The Typical Trinidadian House, Leniqueca Welcome
Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal
This manuscript analyzes the use of ornamentation on the exterior of residential architecture, in early 20thcentury Trinidad, as a hybridized product of a class system developed during Colonialism. The manuscript begins with the examination of the socio-political context of late 18th, 19th and early 20th century Trinidadian society, looking specifically at how a boom in the cocoa industry in the 1870’s allowed social mobility for free coloreds and blacks. As a result, this nouveau bourgeois class of cocoa planters sought to affirm their status by displaying their identity in the strongly European influenced houses they designed. The architectural details and …
William Faulkner's Memphis: Architectural Identity, Urban Edge Condition, And Prostitution In 1905 Memphis, Justin Faircloth
William Faulkner's Memphis: Architectural Identity, Urban Edge Condition, And Prostitution In 1905 Memphis, Justin Faircloth
Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal
It has been said by wags that Memphis (Tennessee) is the largest city in Mississippi. Unquestionably, Memphis is the commercial and cultural capital of the Mississippi River delta country north of Vicksburg. As such it figures prominently in the works of southern writers, especially William Faulkner. Faulkner's characters seek out Memphis as a place of excitement and escape. This paper deals with Faulkner's description of Memphis as it existed in the early decades of the twentieth century; the focus is on passages of The Rievers, but passages from other works are included as well. Because so many of the events …
The Vietnam Memorial: A Postmodern Reflection, Jonathan Boelkins
The Vietnam Memorial: A Postmodern Reflection, Jonathan Boelkins
Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal
Complex in its cultural significance and entanglements, the Vietnam War is an event that continues to reverberate with social dissonance. The Vietnam Memorial (Maya Lin) sustains multiple, often oppositional, debates surrounding the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Memorial: A Postmodern Reflection examines the significance of the memorial with regard to American cultural history. The physical experience of the memorial-the decisive yet subtle geometry, the polished black marble, the chronological listing of names, and the scarring of the ground plane-is described with particular focus on the bond between material and social "reflection." This paper utilizes the Vietnam Memorial to discuss architecture's ability …
Dar Islam Mosque, Albuquerque, New Mexico Studio Design Project, Melissa Harlan
Dar Islam Mosque, Albuquerque, New Mexico Studio Design Project, Melissa Harlan
Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal
In historically Muslim countries, mosques take the prescribed form of a large hall with adjacent courtyard, minaret(s), and ornately decorated entrance portal. With Islam's spread to the United States, the mosque no longer takes this form, due to construction and technological conventions, as well as the diminished economic will of the religious community. The design for the Dar Islam Mosque in Albuquerque, New Mexico takes a position of difference in response to the current debate in the Muslim community over historicism versus contextualism of mosques, where the individual's response to the space is primary, with emphasis placed on disconnecting from …
A Design For A Chapel For Subiaco Abbey, Josh Siebert
A Design For A Chapel For Subiaco Abbey, Josh Siebert
Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal
The Benedictine Abbey is a product of medieval thought and society; for centuries its architecture signified the cosmology and spirituality not only of the order but also of a widely accepted Christian worldview. Through the design of a Meditation Chapel for the Benedictine Abbey of Subiaco at Paris, Arkansas, this project explored the cultural meaning and technical execution of contemporary sacred architecture. Nearly a millennium ago, the skin and bones of Gothic structure and stained glass represented a sacred ideal. In the contemporary context, however, this research probed the possibilities of using systems (interior and exterior), particularly the design of …