College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD)College of Architecture, Art and Designhttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/86782024-03-28T15:03:56Z2024-03-28T15:03:56ZCultural Tourism through the Lens of the Stereoscope: Underwood & Underwood’s Egypt, a 1905 Stereoview Boxed Set, ConsideredThompson, Sethhttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/215902023-09-27T09:16:33Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZCultural Tourism through the Lens of the Stereoscope: Underwood & Underwood’s Egypt, a 1905 Stereoview Boxed Set, Considered
Thompson, Seth
Using the framework of the tourist gaze to investigate Underwood & Underwood’s Egypt, a 1905 stereoview boxed set with an accompanying book by James Henry Breasted, which is part of a larger collection of stereoview boxed sets by the same company, this paper will define the tourist gaze, provide a brief overview of Underwood & Underwood’s stereoview boxed sets, and examine how Egypt and its cultural heritage are perceived through an outsider’s orientation and set of values as well as the ramifications of this perception. This will be accomplished by focusing on Breasted’s textual depictions of the contemporary Egyptian at the beginning of the twentieth century in the set’s accompanying book, Egypt through the Stereoscope, and included on some of the back sides of the stereoviews in the Egypt set.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZWhere Islamic Visual Theory and Western Pictorial Tradition Meet: 360° Panoramic Photography’s Two-Dimensional Image Projections and Sacred SpacesThompson, Sethhttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/213202023-09-27T09:16:33Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZWhere Islamic Visual Theory and Western Pictorial Tradition Meet: 360° Panoramic Photography’s Two-Dimensional Image Projections and Sacred Spaces
Thompson, Seth
Using this author's ongoing project Sacred Spaces of New England and Hans Belting's book Florence and Baghdad: Renaissance Art and Arab Science as starting points, this paper compares and contrasts Islamic visual theory with Western pictorial tradition and examines Islamic pattern design to root this author's 360° panoramic photography's two-dimensional geometric image projections of sacred spaces into an artistic tradition.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZChallenges of retrofitting affordable housing to net-zero carbon in the United Arab EmiratesMokhtar, Ahmedhttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/166072023-09-27T09:16:33Z2019-01-01T00:00:00ZChallenges of retrofitting affordable housing to net-zero carbon in the United Arab Emirates
Mokhtar, Ahmed
Following the Paris Agreement, several governmental bodies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) started working on further initiatives to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. Some of these hope to target net-zero carbon for new and existing buildings. As in most countries, the stock of existing buildings represents the bigger challenge for this target. In particular, existing affordable housing is the most challenging segment of the building stock. The limited access to expertise and financial resources makes it more difficult for owners of these buildings to retrofit them. Therefore, there need to be appropriate guidelines on how to achieve net-zero carbon in such building typology. This paper identifies both the technical and the financial challenges when trying to develop such guidelines within the context of the UAE. It also discusses the possible solutions that can be used to overcome some of these challenges. The technical challenges include the variation in construction systems, and the quality of construction for these buildings. It also includes energy modelling challenges such as selecting relevant weather data, and defining the patterns of using electricity for the different functions. The financial challenges include the subsidized price for electricity, the cost estimation for various energy conservation methods, and the payback for installing local renewable energy sources. Finally, the paper suggests a path for research activities to address these challenges and to develop the guidelines.
2019-01-01T00:00:00ZSacred Spaces of New England: Artistic Research, Cultural Heritage, and Virtual Reality Panoramic PhotographyThompson, Sethhttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/165952023-09-27T09:16:33Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZSacred Spaces of New England: Artistic Research, Cultural Heritage, and Virtual Reality Panoramic Photography
Thompson, Seth
Artistic research is a methodology that integrates artistic activities within either the research process or its outcomes. By using New England's sacred spaces as a case study for the documentation and interpretation of cultural heritage, this paper provides an overview of the author's ongoing Sacred Spaces of New England project, examines how New England's sacred spaces are increasingly becoming "at-risk" heritage sites, and considers the value of documenting and mapping them using virtual reality panoramic photography and associated technologies.
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