Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:30 pm
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2:30 pm
EDT (GMT -04:00)
Of
the
thesis
entitled:Pulsing
Territories,
PerpetualFrontiers
Abstract:
The
construction
of
the
Ngurah
Rai
International
Airport
in
Baliin
1969
facilitated
the
birth
of
mass
tourism
on
the
island,
as
well
as
anincreasing
concentration
of
tourist-centered
developments.
As
the
tourismindustry
nowconstitutes
70%
of
the
island’s
GDP,
tourist-dominant
developmentsare
highly
economically
profitable,
but
often
culturally
and
environmentallyunsustainable.
Developments
are
continuously
pushing
boundaries
into
anincreasingnumber
of
neighboring
towns
as
tourists
persistently
search
for“untouched”
territories
offering
“authentic”
cultural
experiences.
In
thecontext
of
an
island,
with
a
finite
amount
of
land,
these
sprawlingdevelopments
are
confronted
withboth
physical
and
environmental
constraints.
The thesis seeks to propose an alternate formof tourism development that works cyclically, leveraging seasonal activitiesover time, rather than one that sprawls outward. Departing from traditionalnotions of static developments,the thesis questions the possibilities ofdesigning infrastructures that work in synchrony with contextual cycles. Thedesign of a networked infrastructure investigates how tourist developments andlocal economies can cycle betweenperiods of high activity, periods ofdormancy, and periods of regeneration. The proposal also seeks to question howan infrastructure could facilitate a symbiotic relationship between tourism andagriculture, effectively managingresources between the two industries throughthese cyclical periods. In addition how can these strategies generate newspatial experiences for tourists? How can spaces facilitate the possibilitiesof enhanced translatability in terms of thedifferent stakeholders involved andtheir unique aspirations and often competing desires?
The thesis seeks to propose an alternate formof tourism development that works cyclically, leveraging seasonal activitiesover time, rather than one that sprawls outward. Departing from traditionalnotions of static developments,the thesis questions the possibilities ofdesigning infrastructures that work in synchrony with contextual cycles. Thedesign of a networked infrastructure investigates how tourist developments andlocal economies can cycle betweenperiods of high activity, periods ofdormancy, and periods of regeneration. The proposal also seeks to question howan infrastructure could facilitate a symbiotic relationship between tourism andagriculture, effectively managingresources between the two industries throughthese cyclical periods. In addition how can these strategies generate newspatial experiences for tourists? How can spaces facilitate the possibilitiesof enhanced translatability in terms of thedifferent stakeholders involved andtheir unique aspirations and often competing desires?
The examining committee is as follows:
Supervisor:
Committee Members:
Lola Sheppard,University of ݮƵ
Maya
Przybylski,University
of
ݮƵ
Fionn
Byrne
External Reader:
Dr. Luna Khirfan, University ofݮƵ
The
committee
has
been
approved
as
authorized
by
the
Graduate
Studies
Committee.
The
Defence
Examination
will
take
place:
Thursday
July
30,
2015
2:30PM
ARC
2003
A
copy
of
the
thesis
is
available
for
perusal
in
ARC
2106A.