The Echoes of Sky River: Two Pre-modern and Modern Atmospheric Assemblages
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Title
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The Echoes of Sky River: Two Pre-modern and Modern Atmospheric Assemblages
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Description
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This thesis explores the territory of sky rivers- the atmospheric water resources and weather modification technologies and promotes two hybridized and decentralized indigenous techno-cultural communities. It identifies the formal, cultural, and functional similarity and continuity of the pre-modern landscapes for the sky and the modern weather modification approach, which can be regarded as a method of cultural conservation and territorial connection.
This thesis seeks to bridge the gap between separated landscape discourses: the scientific reaction to climate change globally, and the cultural sense of weather locally. It sees the role of the landscape architect extending to both extremes of scale: one, it explores the dynamics of the atmosphere and extends the territory of hydrology; and two, it consolidates faith-based, productive, and technological alliances of interest in the community and residential scales to enable indigenous and vulnerable communities to develop resilience in response to climate change.
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Creator
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Shen, Liwei
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Subject
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climate change
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Northwestern China
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Rain praying
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Sky river
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Weather modification
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Yugur ethnic group
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Landscape architecture
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Asian studies
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Design
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Contributor
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Lopez-Pineiro, Sergio S.L
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Date
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2022-05-19T03:56:53Z
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2022
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2022-05-18
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2022-05
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2022-05-19T03:56:53Z
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Type
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Thesis or Dissertation
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text
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Format
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application/pdf
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application/pdf
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application/octet-stream
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application/octet-stream
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application/octet-stream
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Identifier
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Shen, Liwei. 2022. The Echoes of Sky River: Two Pre-modern and Modern Atmospheric Assemblages. Master's thesis, Harvard Graduate School of Design.
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29211348
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https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37371647
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5576-1937
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Language
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en