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Russian Émigré Ethnographers in Beijing
Authors: Хисамутдинов Амир Александрович , Незамутдинов Виктор Нуриевич 
Published: December 2021

Статья посвящена работе русских исследователей по изучению традиционной культуры Китая, которое началось в Пекинской духовной миссии и российском посольстве в Пекине и было продолжено русскими эмигрантами, оказавшимися в Китае в ходе Гражданской войны в России и после нее. Большой вклад в изучение этнографии Китая внес Иван Серебренников. Особенно важной является его работа, основанная на полевых исследованиях и интервью, об албазинцах, потомках русских первопроходцев. Очень многое в изучении Китая сделали русские дипломаты, служившие в российском посольстве в Пекине: Иван Коростовец, Яков Бранд, Николай Колесов и др. Этнографическими исследованиями в Китае, связанными часто с педагогической деятельностью, занимались и эмигранты из России: Сергей Широкогоров, Иван Гапанович, Сергей Полевой и др. Их многолетнее погружение в китайский язык и культуру создало благоприятные условия для исследований и принесло результаты в виде научных трудов, которые востребованы и сегодня. Они оказали влияние и на китайских деятелей науки и культуры, знакомя их с русскими методами исследований. К сожалению, до сего дня сохранилось не так много публикаций о традиционной культуре Китая, изданных на русском языке. Большое количество работ осталось в рукописях, которые хранятся в зарубежных собраниях, что делает их труднодоступными для российских исследователей. Основанная на материалах, выявленных в иностранных архивах и библиотеках, данная статья сообщает ранее неизвестные факты об изучении этнографии Китая русскими.
This article is devoted to the work of Russian researchers on the traditional culture of China which began at the Beijing Theological Mission and the Russian Embassy in Beijing and was continued by Russian émigrés who ended up in China during and after the Civil War in Russia. Ivan Serebrennikov was one who made a great contribution to the study of the ethnography of China. Especially important is his work about the Albazinians, descendants of Russian pioneers, which was based on field research and interviews. Russian diplomats who served at the Russian Embassy in Beijing - Ivan Korostovets, Yakov Brand, Nikolai Kolesov and others - did a lot of research on China. Émigrés from Russia, often associated with pedagogical activity, also engaged in ethnographic rearch in China. These included: Sergei Shirokogorov, Ivan Gapanovich, Sergei Polevoy and others. They influenced Chinese cultural scientists, introducing them to Russian research methods. Their many years of immersion in Chinese language and culture produced valuable research that is still in demand today. Unfortunately, to this day there are not many works about the traditional culture of China published in Russian. A large number of works have remained in manuscript and are kept in foreign collections, which makes them difficult for Russian researchers to access. Based on material collected from foreign archives and libraries, this article reports on previously unknown material concerning the study of Chinese ethnography by Russians.
Partir pour se trouver ou la quête identitaire de deux étudiantes chinoises en France dans les années 1920
Authors: Estran Jacqueline 
Published: December 2021

Pionnières en Chine par le choix qu’elles font de suivre des études supérieures, Su Xuelin et Chen Xuezhao le sont aussi par leur décision de partir à l’étranger pour cela, à une époque où peu de femmes se lancent dans l’aventure. Elles se singularisent également par leur destination, la France, alors peu fréquentée par les étudiants chinois (et par un nombre encore plus limité d’écrivains). Intellectuelles de premier plan, elles se consacreront essentiellement, pour l’une, à l’histoire et à la critique de la littérature chinoise (Su Xuelin) et, pour l’autre, au journalisme (Chen Xuezhao).
Venues en France pour des raisons radicalement différentes, elles transcrivent toutes deux cette expérience sous forme de roman, Jixin [Des épines dans le cœur] pour Su Xuelin et Nanfeng de meng [Le rêve du vent du sud] pour Chen Xuezhao, publiés l’un et l’autre en 1929. Et c’est précisément par ce choix que Su Xuelin et Chen Xuezhao, atypiques par leur parcours, se montrent représentatives du questionnement identitaire des femmes en Chine au cours des années 1920, questionnement qui les amène à une prise de conscience d’elles-mêmes, une construction identitaire qu’elles partagent avec leurs compatriotes, malgré - ou grâce à - leur parcours si éloigné de celles restées sur place, un parcours marqué par l’exil.
Bringing the German Pavilion Back Home
Authors:   , Wright Jessica 
Published: December 2021

<p>This research investigates a correspondence between the architectural representational tool of drawing, and the translations of these into something recognised as ‘built’. It is fundamentally concerned around representation in architecture driven by the principles that our entire engagement with architecture is via representation. Architects do not produce buildings but produce images of buildings, and the role of two-dimensional representation plays a principal part in architecture. Architecture is always representational, and the more we engage with representation the more we might push the envelope with what we understand architecture to be. This thesis aims to establish within the contemporary discipline, what we understand about the responsibility of linear perspective as a representational tool. By understanding what lies behind the canon of perspective in architecture, this thesis questions whether the representation of conventional architecture could benefit from a new way of drawing linear perspective? The discovery of perspective during the Renaissance has influenced not only our way of representing architecture but also how we view, and therefore design it. It has become integrated with our understanding of architecture at an unconscious level. Architects no longer need control of projective geometry, and due to this cannot be critical of the system of representation or control its limits. This leads to mediate a shift in perspective, with the intention to generate a representation of new form. The motivation for this thesis was that from linear perspective, as it has done so for centuries, we can produce evocative and meaningful vocabularies that attempt to enrich architecture.</p>
An Inclusive Community: Architecture for Age Integration
Authors:   , James Pearl 
Published: December 2021

<p>Our elderly population is increasing and people are living longer. Healthcare advancements mean that illnesses are more controlled and people do not die as young. Due to our age-segregated society, the issue of elderly social isolation is at an all time high. Retirement villages are, for the most part, gated communities, isolated away from the rest of the younger population and wider community. The generation gap between young and older continues to broaden and issues such as elderly neglect, loneliness, financial abuse and other mental-health related problems are becoming more common. This research finds that many suburban community facilities often neglect the needs of this growing senior demographic. The site at 245 Karori Road, Karori, is used to test and challenge the norms of current suburban community architecture typologies for social inclusiveness. The site is tested in three iterative stages led by an interdisciplinary literature review to address this overarching problem of age-segregation in suburban communities. A major focus in this research is to target the suburb’s youngest and oldest members to shift negative ageist attitudes through providing spaces for intergenerational interaction. This research portfolio is a critique of current community architecture typologies such as the community centre and public space, to investigate ways these typologies could be redefined and altered to play a key role in countering the negative effects of age-segregation.</p>
Re-imagining Suburban Living in Residual Urban Space
Authors:   , Cunningham Emma 
Published: December 2021

<p>The attraction of the suburban lifestyle for many, is the comforting uniformity and lack of density, the desire to own your own little patch of land to use however you please. However, the lack of diversity this lifestyle offers is also a key reason as to why certain demographics are choosing to relocate back to urban centres. A significant number of young adults are rethinking where they want to live, work and play, and they are choosing the city. They are revitalising entire neighbourhoods, making urban living fun and safe for all ages. In choosing the city, they have begun to dream something different to the lifestyle defined as the traditional “Suburban Dream” (Breen & Rigby, 2004). As the population continues to increase, available land for development decreases, resulting in suburban sprawl. The consequences of this pattern of suburban sprawl include social issues such as a lack of human contact and a declining sense of community. As people are having to spend longer travelling to and from work in the city, they therefore tend to stay in their homes once they return at the end of a long day. Other key consequences include increased traffic congestion and the resultant environmental problems such as increased petrol consumption, reduced air quality and farmland destruction (Breen & Rigby, 2004). In contrast, the urban neighbourhood has a sense of community about it, many features are within walking distance and the footpaths and walkways promote a friendly, social environment, which may be lacking or hard to access in the sprawling suburbs. This research portfolio aims to develop and present an alternative approach to living in inner city New Zealand. A new strategy that will bridge the gap between the typology of the spacious suburban home and over developed, inner city apartment blocks by adapting unused or underutilised sites already existing within the urban fabric. Often people are reluctant to downsize from the commodious suburban homes that they have grown accustomed to. Therefore, this proposed housing must take the fundamentals of suburban housing and condense it into a compact model suitable for the urban environment while also meeting the needs and expectations of the intended occupants. The objective is to create compact homes that will beautify and give new purpose to unused spaces in the urban environment. As a way of reducing urban sprawl by adapting vacant spaces which already exist within the urban fabric. Learning from, and developing upon successful infill strategies already employed throughout the world dealing with the issue of underutilised urban space. These homes should not detract, but rather add to the appearance of the present streetscape for current residents. Repurposing vacant sites and spaces into condensed, compact, comfortable housing solutions to encourage those looking to relocate from suburban to urban therefore reducing the suburban sprawl.</p>
From Coltrane to Magma and beyond: Interpreting musical meaning through composition
Authors:   , Bradley Reuben 
Published: December 2021

<p>This thesis is an exploration of the work A Love Supreme composed by John Coltrane, his influence on the band Magma, and their composition, Zëss. By applying Clifford Geertz’s interpretive framework to the work of Coltrane and Magma, I suggest that the spiritual concerns of these composers was the primary motivating factor in the creation of their music. I argue for a definition of Coltrane’s musical work, particularly A Love Supreme, as ‘arranged spontaneous spiritual music’, acknowledging that Coltrane’s spirituality was a vehicle for the music and, simultaneously, the music was a vehicle for his spirituality. I also discuss the composer of Zëss, Christian Vander, who has a deeply cemented love of John Coltrane’s music and spiritual concepts, both of which coexist in the music of his band, Magma. My composition synthesises and expands on the work of both Coltrane and Magma. Descend, based on Dante’s Inferno, contains my own interpreted meanings of A Love Supreme and Zëss. The story of Inferno is similar to that of Coltrane’s and Vander’s commitment in their spiritual lives, and in this project I make my own interpretations to access my own spirituality through the act of composition.</p>
Where is the Queer? A case study of LGBTQ representation in Aotearoa New Zealand exhibitions
Authors:   , Derksen Peter 
Published: December 2021

<p>Modern museums and galleries are cultural spaces that often participate in human rights advocacy and social activism. Exhibitions within these spaces are the physical manifestations of these ideologies, the way that institutions connect with their audiences and with the communities they purport to represent. ‘Where is the Queer?’ explores the ways that museums and galleries in Aotearoa represent queerness within their exhibitions, in various stages of the development process. This dissertation addresses a key gap in the literature by critically re-engaging with queerness, exploring the intersections between queer theory and museum theory in an area under-examined in New Zealand practice. This research was exploratory in nature, utilizing a credible multi-method case study approach to retrieve data from an ephemeral process, exhibition production. Archival documentary research provided the necessary background to the exhibitions’ development, as well as supporting evidence for various curatorial choices. Interviews with curators then established key areas of interest, including curatorial strategies, conceptual goals, tailored public programming, and their perspectives on issues with LGBTQ representation. The findings of this research show that exhibiting queerness is difficult terrain to negotiate, although museums and galleries generally aim to present and include a diversity of perspectives in a balanced way. However, the ways that queerness is represented also tend to rely on now outdated ideologies, such as an emphasis on gay men’s perspectives, reductive ‘coming-out’ narratives, and a neutral stance on the messages the exhibitions put forward. The comparative analysis of the cases points to the need for museums and galleries to engage more critically with queer history, theory and the community more broadly. In practice, this means greater levels of collaboration with the communities they hope to serve, taking a more activist approach that gives authority to queer voices throughout development. This is significant as queer communities become increasingly visible and celebrated in New Zealand society; representing these communities in public spaces needs to be a process in line with current ideas and not rely on defunct, overly simple, or potentially damaging modes of representation. This research therefore has applicability for both museum curatorial practice and a broader human rights movement, by challenging the sector within New Zealand and internationally to engage effectively with queer content.</p>
Flight of the Factory
Authors:   , Lovelock Mark 
Published: December 2021

<p>New Zealand’s industrial heritage is largely forgotten and at risk of being lost. Without intervention, these buildings will continue to decay until demolition becomes the only feasible option. This design research investigates how laminated timber can be used to adaptively re-use industrial heritage buildings. Adaptive re-use allows a new programme to occur within an existing heritage site, while simultaneously acknowledging its significance. This research produces a set of design guidelines and strategies that can be used to inform future projects. Laminated timber is typically used in the construction of new buildings and is becoming an increasingly popular choice of material due to recent technological developments and its sustainable profile. This design research explores the use of laminated timber within the adaptive re-use of industrial heritage buildings as an alternative to typical strengthening materials, such as steel and concrete. The ruins of the Tokomaru Bay Freezing Works is used as a design case study to explore the research question. Located 90km north of Gisborne, Tokomaru Bay is a typical example of the boom and bust experienced in the primary industries of provincial New Zealand during the 20th century. Constructed from Unreinforced Masonry (U.R.M), the freezing works opened in 1910 and initially brought prosperity and development to the region. After the factory’s closure in 1952, the freezing works was abandoned and quickly fell into disrepair and the Tokomaru Bay community sharply declined. This design case study aims to explore the contribution of laminated timber within the adaptive re-use of U.R.M in the context of a mānuka honey factory and garden nursery, within the ruins of the Tokomaru Bay Freezing Works. Using strategies identified throughout the design research, this case study shows the beneficial relationship that can be achieved between the use of new (laminated timber) and existing heritage fabric (U.R.M) that is compatible with economic revitalisation of small town New Zealand. While acknowledging the limitations of laminated timber, this research identifies five design criteria; architectural character, structure, heritage significance, envelope and program, to assess the success of the design strategies identified.</p>
Made to Measure: Revealing and Measuring a Dynamic Coastal Environment
Authors:   , Leslie Callum James 
Published: December 2021

<p>MacLean Park located on the Kapiti Coast has one of the most dynamic natural environments in the country. As tides rise, dunes shrink and grow and rivermouths shift over time, it can be difficult to perceive these environmental changes due to promptly forgotten benchmarks. Within this thesis, I argue that architecture could provide both a benchmark and datum by which we can begin to understand and register these environmental changes, highlighting a need for architecture’s role to act as a mediator between our natural and urban environment. The project explores a series of methods and strategies to make this dynamic and shifting environmental condition visible. A rigid and reductive geometry forms a potential answer. This informs a series of experiments which look to uncover how we can visually measure and observe our built and natural environment. A design-led research methodology leads to initial investigations on form and reduction within a chaotic landscape, followed by approaches to register site specific data and historic landmarks. The final design investigations centre on a holistic coexistence of built form amongst the dunescape, lifting the modular structure on piloti above the delicate ecosystem below to allow the landscape, dunes and flora to flow freely in a temporal manner and interact with the building. The resulting design method shifts from a reductive approach to taking measure through ordering systems and composition to a more integrated approach between landscape and architecture. Here, measurement and observation become both an instrumental and poetic narrative as the building becomes a reflection of its surrounds. The resulting tension between a rational and poetic approach to designing sees the Kapiti Island Biosecurity Visitor’s Centre become a measurement device on a coastal threshold. Through this architectural response, we can begin to observe, measure, read and understand the ecological qualities of the immediate site and its association with the township beyond.</p>
Hydrogen from Ammonia by Catalytic Spillover Membrane
Authors:   , Tailby Jonathan Mark 
Published: December 2021

<p>One of the major challenges to be overcome before hydrogen fuelled vehicles can become commonplace is to store hydrogen with sufficient storage density to be practical. One approach to overcoming this challenge involves converting the hydrogen into a secondary fuel that can be stored more easily, such as ammonia. This introduces the challenge of efficiently retrieving the hydrogen from the secondary fuel with sufficient purity to be used in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. Putting the hydrogen producing reaction inside a membrane which is capable of filtering out hydrogen creates a membrane reactor which can increase hydrogen purity and can accelerate the reaction both kinetically and thermodynamically. The most effective materials currently known for hydrogen membranes are high palladium alloys of copper and silver. These are able to absorb hydrogen on the side with high hydrogen partial pressure and desorb that hydrogen on the side with low hydrogen pressure. Palladium metal is also able to interact with some catalysts by hydrogen spillover. Hydrogen is transported from the surface of the catalyst to the palladium surface more quickly than the hydrogen can desorb from the catalyst, this potentially accelerates both the catalysis and the hydrogen filtration. This research aimed to create a catalytic spillover membrane to extend the possibility of ammonia as a secondary fuel for hydrogen transport. In this research, several methods to produce a nickel catalyst on the surface of the palladium were explored: electrodeposition with and without a lithographic template; spray coating with nanoparticles; and preshaped nickel mesh and nickel foam. These potential catalysts were tested for ammonia decomposition. Templated electrodeposition created the most effective catalyst, but the nickel foam was most easily applied to the next stage of the research. The nickel foam catalyst was subsequently retested for ammonia decomposition in three scenarios: in contact with palladium foil; in a reactor with a palladium membrane; and in contact with a palladium membrane. The presence of a palladium membrane improved decomposition more than spillover contact between nickel foam catalyst and palladium, however, the combination of spillover contact with a palladium membrane increased the ammonia decomposition further. The rate of hydrogen flux through the palladium membranes was calculated for the experimental results. These were compared to flux values predicted by a model equation. The results showed that spillover contact between nickel catalyst and palladium membrane increased the hydrogen flux through the membrane.. The research outcomes have generated new knowledge and improved understanding of the morphology and role of nickel catalysts in accelerating ammonia decomposition. The research highlights the complex relationship between reactor design, gas flow paths, catalyst presentation and catalysis chemistry, suggesting promising areas for future research.</p>