Essays on Deconstruction

The theory of deconstructivist architecture postulated by Jacques Derrida supports the idea of the architectural discipline, allowing the architects to go beyond the traditionally installed restriction. The main idea is for architects to emphasize less on functionality and focus on the appearance of their architectural work. Apart from deconstructism coming out to challenge traditional practice in design, it is an ideology that seeks to introduce aspects of humanity, especially rhetoric into architectural practice. The central point in defining deconstruction is finding a balance between essence and value. As Derrida puts it, architects, in understanding his point of view should ...

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Among the outstanding architectural masterpieces of the XX century the Guggenheim Museum at Bilbao definitely stands out. This is not only because of its blatant deconstruction, but also the value it is to the city, as a museum and an architectural piece. Frank Gehry made his masterpiece as contemporary as possible. To such extent that even critics lament about his novel style and vision of architecture. In Spain, hardly anyone can be surprised by whimsical architectural forms, bearing in mind the works of Antonio Gaudi in Barcelona. However, Frank Gehry seems to have outwitted the latter. What he created, ...

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La Géode (at the Bernard Tschumi’s Parc de la Villete,) Carlos ZGZ| Flickr, n.d. Bernard Tschumi’s Parc de la Villete is a good example of deconstruction in architecture because it correctly illustrates how an architect, similar to a writer, can use rhetorical devices, such as “repetition, distortion, or juxtaposition” (Tschumi 146). In the above photograph, the fountain, named La Géode, does not look like a traditional fountain. The shape of the fountain is distorted and allows the water to spray downwards instead of upwards. Additionally, instead of the water curving and ...

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According to Jacques Derrida, “language is a way and so always had a certain connection with habitability and with architecture” (Derrida 320). Therefore, it can be assumed, based on the quote above, that architecture can be seen as a form of language. In fact, some scholars argue that architecture can be considered as a type of written language. Furthermore, some academics note that Derrida’s philosophy questions the “one-to-one relationship between signifiers and signified” (Eisenman 111). Hence, it is the duty of the observer to recognize the meanings of symbols that are present within a ...

It is important for architecture students to understand the meaning of representation especially if their attempts to try out a new design they invented. Graves’ article explains that the concept of representation adds the gist to what the structure is all about. It gives the visual meaning to the audiences as to what the architect intends to explain through the use of his design. And yet, this important aspect of architecture has been frequently overlooked that sometimes people tend confuse its meaning and end up lost in thought. In simpler terms, representing meant that doing a design similar to ...

Architecture is viewed as the art of science that involves coming up with design in the form of a drawing, managing, and constructing structures such as building complexes, swimming pools, parks, and other various structures in a particular proportion and shape. It is in this regard that since time immemorial architecture has grown from simple ideas to the amazing and intriguing structures that exist in our lives today. One of the magnificent works of architecture has been the Burj Khalifa building in Dubai, UAE; that is the highest sky scraper to date. The enormous growth of the architectural world ...

Deconstruction is considered to represent a method to uncover the truth. Please explain. The interpretation of the word Deconstruction has been done from different perspectives. In fact the term deconstruction is the opposite method of constructing something. Though the term is very close to nihilism or destruction, it is taking very constructively (Positively) by the philosophers and literature specialists. Deconstruction, for them does not mean ending something or destroying something, but it is something related to analytical process. Deconstruction means revealing or exploring the facts from the text by decoding it. Many times, the message is hidden or unveiled. ...

ABSTRACT

The process of instructing/teaching debating the affirmative proves a technical and philosophically based endevor as presented in this scholastic document. The instruction of debating the affirmative incorporates specific concepts related to vocabulary terms connected to this field. As a function of a representative democratic society debate on policies, affecting the quality of life of humans as equal entities makes the affirmative position for policy change an important technique for change in society. Therefore, the instructional intent of teaching debating the affirmative provides in the following document aspects about what an affirmative position needs apply in structuring an argument creating a policy change case. ...

Introduction

Understanding self- identity in ‘selphie’ portrait photography looks at the influence of social media on the way people take mobile phone pictures connected to editing a new identity as portrayed in the photographs shared on Internet social networks. The amazing popularity of phone camera (see Figure 1) technology, photography, and the number of self-portraits finally appearing on Internet social networks continues creating a phenomenon. The effect looks at how social networks influence how people take selphie (Oxforddictionaries.com, 2014) photographs and edit them. Comparisons of film and digital photography linking to self-identity show a connection ...

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Introduction People often associate art with beauty such that art forms appeal to the audience because of their aesthetic qualities. Nonetheless, as we explore various theories, concepts, and approaches in art design, we discover that beauty is diverse. As the famous saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which means that the standard and quality of beauty differs based on varying constructs and views of beauty. The conflict and exchange between perfection and imperfection, for instance, illustrates the variability of beauty as a construct in art design (Bailey & Peoples, 2010). Beauty is not merely a creation or ...

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When the concept of green building emerges, environmentalists and researchers automatically assume the solutions lie on materials and their constituencies in buildings they are part of and the lifetime of the building. Exterior material directly in contact with the environment and natural elements may enhance the sustainability of the building, but may greatly impact the functions of nearby ecosystems. Hence building sustainability and environmental maintenance are not exactly interchangeable, and yet these terms are often utilized mistakenly. The pioneers of environmental constructs are not confirmed, although architectural historians suggest they date back prior to Ancient Roman times. Architects took ...

Reflection of Critical social, Feminist and Postmodern Theory and Examples

Reflection of Critical social, Feminist and Postmodern Theory and Examples A

Article 1: Feminist Theory:

Feminism, according to Chinn & Wheler (1985), can be defined as a view that puts weight on the value of women and tackles the inequality injustices based on gender. The feminist theory is, therefore, based on the fact that there exists gender biasness in the diagnosis, treatment and care of women with heart diseases. Historically, the article also observes that women were excluded from researches because they were considered unpredictable research subjects due to their changing physiology (McCormick & Bunting, 2002). According to this article, the discrepancies between how women ...

Most of us seldom realize that we carry the dead with us, most of the time. In his most interesting work of all time, Derrida has tried to address some of these obsessions most of us have with these issues. This essay will however focus on some very pointed issues by explaining how Derrida’s idea of deconstruction is related to hauntology. In doing so, this essay will also endeavor to explain the connection between deconstruction and ghosts through themes such as death, absence, the structure of the sign and melancholia.

Relation between Deconstruction and Hauntology

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Jacques Derrida was obsessed with the dead, especially in regards to how their symbolic value was affected by the living. Throughout his exploration of ‘hauntology,’ which was basically a fascination with the idea of the ghost as something being both existent and nonexistent. This is mostly related to history, where the past is what we use to define the present, which is conditional upon the existence of the past. Connecting this idea of hauntology to deconstruction, hauntology then becomes a tool of deconstruction – a specific lens you can use to break down the ideas of Western thinking. Culturally, the idea of ghosts ...

- When did the BCG experience-curve begin to have a significant impact on business thinking? The experience curve is one of the best known and one of the signature concepts of BCG . The experience curve theory was generated during a cost analysis performed by BCG for a major semiconductor manufacturer in 1966 and held that the unit production cost of a company would decrease by a particular amount (which is estimated to be nearly 20% to 30%) for each doubling of the experience or accumulated production volume . The experience curve theory has been a valuable descriptor and a predictor of competitive dynamics in business through ...

The following is a green ordinance for Cloak City. The city shall be one of the Greenest cities in the world and shall be a global leader in the development of green cities across the world. The city has a population of about 80,000 people and is in its inception stage with plenty of ground to set up new infrastructure for the Central Business District. Other amenities such as office blocks, entertainment areas, administrative offices and all other city infrastructure including the residential buildings to be set up in the outskirts of the city, shall all adhere to several green performance ...

Why "Tangled" (Film) is Post-modern

Studies of Modern Media are required to be comprehensive in their analysis of the varying main approaches used within the field. Through inclusion, these studies require individualized active engagement, with regard to research and analysis. They are crucial in enabling students improve their understanding on the prevailing contexts under which modern media exists and functions. Consequently, as provided in the text – Media Studies: Texts, Production, and Contexts (2nd Ed.) – by Long & Wall (2012), current contexts require individuals to actively analyze with the prevailing forms of existing media. This should be at both the intellectual and practical levels, with extra ...

Cultural Ideology and Art - Framing a Cultural Ideology Based on Societal Practices

Introduction Cultural ideology and art based on societal practices looks at social production, cultural autonomy, theories, as well as late capitalism. The underpinnings of the academic exploration of this subject take into consideration art and culture as part of a dominant ideology as well as aesthetic autonomy. In this academic exercise answering these and other structured inquiry presented in this discourse, engage further considerations of the course texts of Halley, Halley, Halley, Valdez, and Nava as well as others in this field of cultural studies. In addition, this academic exploration and discourse offers examples from the texts of specific ...

The archaeology of knowledge as presented by Michel Foulcault provides and an exploration of language and description of culture. Rather than integrating different concepts of unity in describing historical ideas structurally, he explains why discontinuity is a common feature in discursive statements. Foucault explains that the system of dispersion is the underlying reality in all discursive statements, rather that chains of inferences, which are used in the unification of historical ideas. This paper will explore the discursive formation in exploring the changing conventions in the world of music, which has been commonly referred to as Ethnomusicology. The role of ...

Brand Implementation

Starbucks Brand Implementation3 Starbucks Rebranding.4 Deconstruction of Starbucks logo4 Visual Material and Analysis..5

Understanding the logo and marketing6

Chosen Consultancy Firm6 Cost of Rebranding and Timeline6 Starbucks Brand Strategy7 Value Proposition7 Functional Benefits.8 Visual and Emotional Benefits of Starbucks..9

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Starbucks Brand Implementation Adubato (2011, p.110) stated that the original chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks was Howard Schultz, and in his book, Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time, he stated that the goal of the management then was to build a great company, which stood for ...

Jacques Lacan and Jacques Derrida are key pioneers of revolutionizing language theory by a new understanding of writing. Jacques Lacan psychoanalysis concepts touch on the mirror stage, the Real, the imaginary and symbolic in his psychoanalysis advanced symbolic order which dwells on the imaginary that is deception, imagination and images. Lacan gives a linguistic dimension to the symbolic order since language has imaginary and symbolic connotations (Naas, 23). He argues that if the signifier is the aspect on which the symbolic is founded on then the signification and signified are the constituents of the imaginary order. The psychoanalysis that the French ...

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Introduction Among the oldest forms of heritage that every community, country or society boasts to possess as the oldest form of culture and tradition that it has maintained over centuries include art and architecture. One of the most essential things to note concerning art and architecture is the fact that every community and society has its own unique and authentic designs, which were developed centuries ago, with inspiration drawn from different sources, such as the indigenous people’s ways of life, as well as other close-knit and personal aspects and reasons, such as the artistic skill, talent and ...

August Comte

- Introduction & Thesis Statement In an effort to come up with a theorizing process that was value free, August Comte came up with the theory of positivism. Positivism sought to eliminate bias, in theory and research, which inclined towards the dominant socio-political forces within society. This paper seeks to support the central thesis that Comte came up with positivism to create a value free study of the social sciences whereby the dominant forces of the status quo was challenged through three important strategies. These include the deconstruction of dominant structures and institutions, separation of the status quo from the process ...

Introduction

In this discussion two articles have been selected for reflection. They are ‘Prisons for our Bodies: Closets for our Minds by Patricia Hill Collins (2004) and Keeping Sex in Bounds by Abby Ferber (2004). First a summary of both articles will be presented. Afterwards an interpretive analysis of gender and intersections will be explained. Thirdly, my personal reflections will be offered and finally an evaluation of how both articles articulate contemporary gender issues will be highlighted.

Summary of Articles

Prisons for our Bodies: Closets for our Minds - Patricia Hill Collins In Prisons for our bodies –Closets for our Minds Patricia Collins ( ...

Origin of Punk Subculture

The punk subculture incorporates a diversity of ideologies, forms of expression in the form of art, fashion, literature and visual art. The embodiment of punk subculture is in the form of rock musica called punk rock (Surhone, 2011). The Punk subculture origin springs from New York and the rest of East coast during the late 1960s’ and later in the mid 1970s. The rock bands called “New York Dolls” and “The Ramones” were the brain child behind this new style of rock music. Scholars such as Keegan (2007) in the article Detailed Journey into the Punk Subculture: Punk Outreach in ...

This paper is adopts an analytic view on the various ways in which the media portrays women. The paper seeks to illustrate how media constructs the female gender and the influence it casts on the population. There is also an overview on my personal view on how media constructs the female ideal and the effects on the growing population. In general, the paper is attempts to instil the critical thinking by women on the way the media portrays the female gender. The sole purpose of the paper is to create awareness on women on how the media utilizes technological ...

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This paper will examine how postmodern perspective has enabled policy analysts provide a comprehensive policy analysis. These will address how postmodern perspective analysis has shaped the decision-making in the policy –making process, which deal with the discourse and identity of the welfare policies in trying to address the aspect of poverty. In its scope, postmodern perspective deals with the political insinuations of linguistic practices and applies the use of similes and imagery which has a significant contribution of constructing and studying public policy. Postmodern inquiries into discursive building of the factor of identity have the ability to make a clear and democratization ...