Essays about: ": a local festival"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words : a local festival.

  1. 1. Vår festival 2022

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

    Author : Prachi Patil; [2022-05-27]
    Keywords : Community building; social innovation; participatory design;

    Abstract : Vår festival focuses on community building from a participatory design perspective within a multi-ethnic small town in Sweden where 7 to 9 year old children are deprived of participating in their local community and influencing its culture. During this project, I used my position as a child culture designer to investigate the realities of child participation and aimed to expand children's agency and belonging in their neighbourhood. READ MORE

  3. 2. Heritagization of Food. : The Case of Qeshm Island, Iran.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Yeganeh Tajik; [2022]
    Keywords : Heritagization; Food Heritagization; Food Tourism; Food Festival;

    Abstract : The heritagisation of food reveals the underlying processes by which various actors articulate a particular foodstuff as a heritage in an attempt at pursuing differing aims. Food heritage evokes images, memories, and pride, or motivates habitual consumption, and it can become a lifestyle or even a source of income. READ MORE

  4. 3. Beer Festival and Place Identity : An Analysis of Munich Oktoberfest And Qingdao International Beer Festival

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Rucheng Wang; [2022]
    Keywords : beer festivals; place identity; uniqueness; authenticity; liminality; Heimat ; nostalgia; globalisation; modernisation;

    Abstract : As microcosms of German and Chinese societies, Munich Oktoberfest and Qingdao International Beer Festival are important manifestations of local culture. This study intends to answer the following question: to which extent are beer festivals in Germany and China related to local history and the local sense of place? A historical overview of the beer festivals in Munich and Qingdao is provided, as well as an analysis of how people seeking a sense of belonging creatively combine cognitive schemata of modernity with local cultural systems on a symbolic level. READ MORE

  5. 4. Playing with the Possible : Co-Producing the Right to the City from the Bottom-Up

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Tatiana Bodnar; [2021]
    Keywords : co-production; possible city; right to the city; participation; play; commons; Lappis;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore possible alternatives to the current neoliberal development by developing, implementing, and analyzing one possible alternative way of framing participation. Working under the name of Fluke, I have co-developed a research project using participatory action research from the bottom-up that creates a more engaging and inclusive urban co-production process using play and games. READ MORE

  6. 5. Impacts of a local community event on development of peripheral destination : Entrepreneurial perspective on Aldrei fór ég suður festival in Iceland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Alina Bavykina; [2021]
    Keywords : periphery; remoteness; peripheral destinations; tourism; events; festivals; event tourism; sustainable destination development; entrepreneurship; tourism management; rural development; collaboration; network; social capital; social embeddedness; sustainability; Iceland; Westfjords; Aldrei fór ég suður; Ísafjörður;

    Abstract : Remote communities stay vulnerable in the face of major socioeconomic challenges. Tourism is often seen as a way to stimulate local economies and increase attractiveness of peripheral destinations, while events are considered to be one of the tools to promote tourism. READ MORE