Méthodologie pour lídentification des fonctions potentielles dans la réutilisation des bâtiments vacants du patrimoine industriel. Etude des cas: les industries de long de la Rivière Almendares, La Havane

The problematic of the reuse of vacant industrial building is a topic relevant for the current society. It lays its regard over the vacant industrial heritage building looking for a possibility of recuperation or repurpose of their spaces. Though the number of examples overtakes the capacity of the decision markers. This together with a lack of tools for the definition of new function leave the spaces to interventions that no always correspond with the context and the object. Nevertheless, there is a large path already done in term of reuse of vacant industrial buildings. Some authors characterize this as a culture of the exploitation. This scenario is also present in Havana, Cuba. There is a vast representation of vacant industrial heritage buildings not correct exploited according their capacities. In this frame, the thesis is supported on the determination of a methodology for the identification of potential uses for the vacant industrial heritage building, taking as a relevant resource, the experience gained in the world in term of reuse that could be applied to the case of the industrial building along the Almendares River. The research is divided in three chapters, the first concerning to the identification of the variables that model the problematic, the second focus in the learning by the experience and the design of the methodology and the third in the application of this methodology to the study case of the vacant industrial heritage buildings along the Almendares River of Havana. The application to the study case serves from the test of pertinence of the methodology. The thesis has as result the Methodology for identification of potential use for vacant industrial heritage building, a database of experience of reuse and a proposal of potential use to be applied in the case of the Almendares River; Résumé: La problématique de la réutilisation des bâtiments industriels vacants est un sujet pertinent pour la société actuelle, qui fixe son regard sur le bâtiment du patrimoine industriel vacant à la recherche d'une possibilité de récupération ou reproposé de leurs espaces. Cependant, le nombre d'exemples dépasse la capacité des décideurs. Ceci, combiné avec un manque d'outils pour la définition d'une nouvelle fonction, laisse les espaces pour les interventions qui ne correspondent toujours avec le contexte et l'objet. Néanmoins, il y a un grand chemin déjà fait en question de réutilisation des bâtiments industriels vacants. Certains auteurs qualifient cela comme une culture de l'exploitation. Ce scénario est également présent à La Havane, Cuba. Il y a une vaste représentation des bâtiments vacants du patrimoine industriel qui ne sont pas exploitées de manière adéquate selon leurs capacités. Dans ce cadre, la thèse est soutenue sur la détermination d'une méthodologie pour l'identification des utilisations potentielles pour le bâtiment industriel vacant du patrimoine, en prenant comme une ressource pertinente, des expériences acquises dans le monde en questions de réutilisation qui pourrait être appliquée au cas du bâtiment industriel le long de la rivière Almendares. La recherche est divisée en trois chapitres, le premier concernant à l'identification des variables qui modélisent la problématique, le deuxième dans l'apprentissage par l'expérience et la conception de la méthodologie et la troisième a l'application de cette méthodologie à l'étude de cas de les bâtiments industriel vacants de patrimoine le long de la rivière Almendares de la Havane. L'application à l'étude de cas permet pour le test de pertinence de la méthodologie. La thèse a pour résultat la méthodologie pour l'identification des utilisations potentielles pour vacants bâtiment industriel du patrimoine, une base de données de l'expérience de la réutilisation et une proposition des utilisations potentielles à appliquer dans le cas de la rivière Almendares

Hacking Art Education. Arte Útil as an educational methodology to foster change for curriculum planning

This thesis examines the principles of Arte Útil and their application in art education to formulate a new methodology for the composition of the curriculum as a tool for change in both museums and universities. I contend that, previous attempts to apply a change in curriculum planning that emerged in the context of socially engaged art avoided outlining a methodology to be employed in educational institutions. Therefore, this thesis’ overarching aim is to demonstrate how Arte Útil, in applying both art-based methods in tandem with educational methodologies - proposed by socially engaged art, feminist-engaged pedagogy and the undercommons – for the conception of the curriculum furthers institutional change on many levels. What emerged from applying a qualitative method during action research and from the case studies analysed for this thesis, is that artists often infiltrate the institution of education through their artworks. The institution typically welcomes their intervention as if it was ‘just’ art when, in fact, the implementation of curriculum changes. Hence, I argue how unconventional education models, framed as Arte Útil, could be successfully implemented within schools, universities and museums. The result is the development of long-term pedagogic sustainability through processes of participatory institutional hacking. Undertaken with multiple cohorts of students and communities of practice, this thesis situates across museum studies and education. It concludes in the production of a curriculum-as-a-toolkit – such as Hacking (Art) Education, available as a website - that includes a series of resources in the form of syllabi, scores for workshops, and exercises, a glossary and a timeline that can be used to infiltrate schools, universities, and museums through the application of the principles of Arte Útil that constitute a new educational methodology

Foreign interventions and domestic initiatives in the development of education for librarianship and information management, with Iraq as a case study.

This study aimed to identify the influences on the development and sustainability of education for librarianship and information management. It analysed the factors that contribute to the development of education for librarianship and information management, drawing on theories of change management and the transfer of innovation, and the contextual factors suggested by theories of comparative librarianship. The investigation of these factors focused on a case study of developments in Iraq up to 2003. It examined education for librarianship and information management against the background of the creation of the countrys library and information services, and the broader context of its national, economic, and social development. It also considered trends in international perspectives on library development, and the advice and assistance offered to Iraq. To provide a benchmark for developments in Iraq, it contrasted developments there with brief summaries of parallel developments in other Arab countries and in the cognate field of education for archives and records management in Iraq. It drew evidence from the published literature, previously unexplored archival material, and discussions with some of the participants. From an evaluation of the evidence, the study developed models of the value chain in developing education in the field, illustrating the complex interactions that need to be considered. These represent the generic factors that appear critical to the sustainable development of education for librarianship and information management not only in developing countries but also in countries that are seeking to strengthen the foundations of education in this field. The conclusions also pointed to a number of specific issues that fostered or hindered development in Iraq, including trends in international assistance. The study calls for further work including investigating the impact of traditional and cultural attitudes on the development of education in the field, and understanding of how future generations of LIS professionals in Iraq could develop as change agents