Lopez-Pineiro, Sergio S.LShen, Liwei2022-05-1920222022-05-182022-05Shen, Liwei. 2022. The Echoes of Sky River: Two Pre-modern and Modern Atmospheric Assemblages. Master's thesis, Harvard Graduate School of Design.29211348https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37371647This 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.application/pdfenclimate changeNorthwestern ChinaRain prayingSky riverWeather modificationYugur ethnic groupLandscape architectureAsian studiesDesignThesis or Dissertation2022-05-19https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5576-1937