Tableware for everyday food and feast: the ceramics of Fay Morris.

Master of Arts in Fine Art. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2018.This practice-based MAFA-R consists of integrated theoretical and practical components. The theoretical component is divided into two volumes, with Volume I looking at the potential of commensality (eating together) to create a sense of community, whether tableware can enhance communal eating and a discussion of original tableware created by Fay Morris. Volume II, the Ceramics studio manual, documents technical knowledge gained through the research and studio practice of Fay Morris. This includes information such as ceramic raw materials, studio safety and other practical guidelines that would assist practitioners setting up a ceramics studio. An exhibition of selected tableware created by the researcher-practitioner forms the practical component. Several theories and philosophies underpin this research. Academic findings on commensality and its potential to create a sense of community are explored. The value of handmade utilitarian wares in our culture of mass production and convenience is discussed as well as the Japanese philosophy that ceramic wares have spiritual content. Furthermore, the Japanese method of kintsukuroi is found to be a personal metaphor for healing. The practical component involves the creation of original tableware for everyday use and festive occasions. Unique ceramic wares, some with glass components, are created using the methods of throwing, slip-casting and glass slumping. Details referencing rockpool life are incorporated into many festive wares, inviting close inspection. Both functional and aesthetic considerations for tableware are taken into account. Adopting a practice-based approach, studio practice is built on tacit knowledge and existing skills. New knowledge and additional skills are acquired through practice and discoveries direct further research. Thumbnail images in text illustrate these discoveries

Basic graphics : an introduction to rudimentary graphic design

These notes were compiled from several authorities to be used for teaching and learning purposes here at QUT, with the focus on first and second year landscape architecture design studio units

Heritage Building Information Model (BIM) for scientific data

This research aims at enabling usage of Building Information Modelling (BIM) within heritage science, and, specifically, it intends to provide a tool that depicts continuous surface quantities, such as weathering. BIM is a new technology that has been specifically developed for new buildings. BIM consists of several platforms, which enable the digital control and buildings’ design in all their life-cycle phases. It is possible to enrich BIM model’s elements with any data type. Data embedding is crucial in heritage; indeed, heritage buildings are often characterised by large amounts of data, either historical, or performance, i.e., environmental monitoring. Using BIM in heritage buildings could lead to a new way of working, given the critical data management issues in building conservation projects. However, using BIM technology in heritage presents challenges, and research is active on solving heritage-specific issues, such as modelling automation, surveying, data embedding, etc. A literature review enabled research gaps identification in some fields, including weathering depiction, as well as challenges and future steps that the BIM industry could take for the heritage sector. After identifying the need for heritage-specific technical solutions, a dedicated algorithm, which is able to read and depict data that will be useful for heritage, was created. This algorithm was tested in two case studies using Autodesk Revit and related technologies. The BIM models are enriched with data through Revit spreadsheets. A combination of Autodesk Dynamo and Python is used to produce an algorithm that can read, interpolate, and depict moisture in the Jewel Tower case study. In the second case study, Hellens Manor, we use a streamlined version of the Dynamo algorithm to depict the chemical components variation of historic glass panes. These 2 experiments demonstrate that our algorithm is flexible and can be successfully used to depict any surface quantity of interest to heritage

Exploring young children\u27s knowledge of their social network, their social competence, and links to their social behaviour

The primary focus of this study is to explore young children\u27s knowledge of their social network and their social competence and the links with their social behaviour. The secondary focus is to investigate ways in which young children may be helped to articulate such knowledge. The six participants were pairs of five-year old children selected from three pre-primary classes located in a common school. Each pair comprised a socially able and a less socially able child as selected by their class teacher. Self-reports, dialogue-interviews, video-taped vignettes and dolls were used to help the participants talk about their knowledge of their social networks and their social competence. Classroom observations were made to determine the extent to which children\u27s reports aligned with their social behaviour. Results showed that young children are able to articulate knowledge about the abstract concepts regarding their social world. The study found that the children who knew more about their social network also knew more about behaving in socially competent ways and exhibited a greater degree of those behaviours. The children who knew less about their social network also knew less about behaving in socially competent ways and exhibited a lesser degree of social competence. Resulting implications include increasing teacher awareness of the kinds of social stresses facing many pre-primary children today, and implementing strategies in the classroom for maximising children\u27s knowledge about their social networks and social competence

The New Zealand census : some technical and historical aspects : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Statistics at Massey University

This thesis provides an overview of the New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings. Certain critical aspects are examined in detail, including the collection phase involving questionnaire content and the enumeration process, the testing before and after, the preparation of the data for entry into a computer and the subsequent dissemination of the information. The information for this research was obtained from published material from overseas, from published and unpublished material from the New Zealand Department of Statistics and from interviews with some officers of the Department. In each aspect, New Zealand is compared and contrasted with other major countries; specifically America, Australia and India. Because of its geographical proximity, any developments in Australia have an immediate impact on New Zealand. The US Bureau of the Census is often a forerunner in the development of census procedures and techniques. The procedures developed in India to cope with their own specific and peculiar problems in census-taking provide an interesting comparison with those of New Zealand. Where pertinent, aspects of censuses in other countries are also compared with those of New Zealand censuses. New Zealand has adopted many of the procedures used in other countries, but limited resources have hindered or prevented census staff from developing and maintaining some of the procedures used in American and Canadian censuses. In particular, pilot testing of questionnaires has only recently been incorporated into the census procedures, and major post­ censal evaluations are not conducted. On the other hand, the small size of the New Zealand population has facilitated innovations in such areas as data entry, editing and imputation. The history of census-taking is covered to gain a perspective on the place of the census in modern society. Alternatives to censuses were examined; specifically, regular major surveys, administrative records and data banks. It is found that surveys suffer a lower response rate than censuses and that the problems of differential undercoverage of various population groups experienced in censuses are exacerbated in surveys. Administrative records frequently do not contain sufficient detail, varying definitions are employed to categorise the data and the quality of the data cannot always be assured. Data banks provide a rapidly growing source of information, but currently also suffer from a lack of universal definitions, and many data banks do not incorporate strict quality control procedures as a matter of course. Moreover, strict confidentiality laws currently prevent access by census staff to administrative files and data banks. It could be argued that censuses should continue to be taken because of the need to obtain current, detailed information on all members of any population for planning for present and future needs of that society. A census is the only vehicie for collecting information supplied by all members of the population at a single point in time. If censuses are to remain credible and acceptable to the individual members of a population, challenges must continue to be addressed such as: the accuracy of estimates must be protected by obtained the highest possible response rate from all sections of the population; confidentiality of data must be guaranteed; the costs of the census operation must be kept within budget, while still maintaining high data quality and publication of data in a time frame that is acceptable to users of census data; universal definitions must be employed to minimise the redundancy between censuses, surveys and administrative lists; results of the census must be attractively presented to the public using a variety of media and accompanying analysis reports must be aimed at increasing the public awareness and of the importance and need for regular, successful censuses

Psycho and The Orchestration of Anxiety

Since its release in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho has entered the consciousness of our culture as have few other films. Its striking imagery, combined with its universally recognised score, has prompted a wealth of scholarly output. New understanding in the areas of emotion and cognition now affords us the opportunity to re-examine this film from a less familiar vantage point. This article places Psycho within the context of American TV drama of the 1950s and explores the effect of Bernard Herrmann’s music on the emotional responses of the viewer, as well as the possible consequences of this effect upon the literal reading of the film

A new industrialised housing policy adapted to the needs of the 21st century, both in terms of the concept of a living space and management processes

Presentation / Lucia Martin Gonzalez, Barcelona City Councillor’s Office for Housing and RenovationIMHAB’s industrialised housing policy / Juan Carlos Melero Sánchez, Director of IMHAB Technical Services“Chapuzas a domicilio” / Josep Bohigas, Architect and Director of Barcelona RegionalNew challenges for tackling the housing emergencyNew industrialised housing policyWe are not starting from scratchProposal frameworkProposed new process for managing industrialised housingEpilogueAppendi

4D modelling using virtual collaborative planning and scheduling

During the last decades, the introduction of Building Information Models (BIM) has opened new possibilities to ensure better communication and a shared understanding between stakeholders in construction projects. Similar benefits have been found in 4D simulations of the schedule. While BIM and 4D use has seen a steady increase, the potential benefits have not fully been realised, primarily due to tools not supporting and enabling the full potential of collaborative stakeholder involvement in scheduling. The benefits of 4D simulations come from improving communication between stakeholders. While traditional 4D modelling connects an existing BIM model with an existing schedule, a move from this type of passive 4D visualisation toward social co-creation enables all stakeholders to be involved in the scheduling process. This connection is further enhanced with the use of Virtual Reality (VR). Recent research has shown VR to enhance understanding and perception of the space and details and, thus, a better understanding of the project. This paper maps collaborative planning and scheduling method and traditional 4D scheduling using process modelling. This mapping is followed by implementing the 4D collaborative planning and scheduling method in the virtual project planning system with support for a multi-user interactive VR environment. The system enables social co-creation both during the planning and scheduling and during 4D modelling; it improves understanding of the project and the planning and scheduling