Essays about: "Gift Culture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Gift Culture.

1. 1. Gränslös : An architectural portrayal of Torne River Valley

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Julia Olström; [2023]
   Keywords : Torne River Valley; displacement; identity; heritage; narrative; agency of landscape;

   Abstract : This project takes place in a place far north, in a valley that has three rivers. The place is called Torne River Valley or Meänmaa, meaning “Our land” in Meänkieli. The thesis will address the identity displacement in Torne River Valley and the destructiveness of the colonisation of Sápmi. READ MORE

3. 2. Comparison of Japanese and Finnish Gift GivingBehavior

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Nora Ulkuniemi; [2022]
   Keywords : Cultural anthropology; Japan; Finland; gift giving; motives; functions; cultural values;

   Abstract : Gift exchange is at the heart of many social relationships and interactions. Various studies haveimplied that gift-giving is often based on the obligation to reciprocate, thus creating an economicexchange. The common components of gift-giving are the gift, the giver and the receiver, and theoccasion. READ MORE

4. 3. From Hospitium to Hybridisation: The acquisition, adoption, and transformation of Roman zoomorphic forms in Barbaricum

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : David Stuart Parker; [2022]
   Keywords : Zoomorphism; Romans; Roman imports; Romanisation; hybridisation; Barbaricum; hospitium; dona militaria; spoils of war; gift-giving; Roman provinces; Roman Iron Age; Iron Age societies.; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This text is an attempt to re-evaluate the significance of Roman imports in Scandinavian contexts as well as to answer overarching questions concerning frontier zones, and the building of core-periphery relationships. This is achieved by applying the Roman concepts of hospitium and dona militaria as well as theoretical frameworks such as provincial ritual practices and cultural hybridisation to a predefined group of material culture. READ MORE

5. 4. The Value of Books: : The York Minster Library as a social arena for commodity exchange

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Luke Kelly; [2018]
   Keywords : Early Modern History; Gift Theory; Gift Culture; Gift Exchange; Commodity; York; Library; Book Culture; Book History; Religious History; Social History;

   Abstract : To the present-day reader texts are widely available. However, to the early modern reader this access was limited. While book ownership increased in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it was not universal – even libraries were both limited in their collections and exclusive to the communities they served. READ MORE

6. 5. Wine and dine, or a fine? : A multiple case study on how Swedish companies build and manage B2B guanxi in China

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

   Author : Beatrice Poljakovic; Malin Pripp; [2017]
   Keywords : Guanxi; business-to-business guanxi; building stages; management strategies; risks and benefits; China; Swedish companies;

   Abstract : Since Sweden’s home market is relatively small, companies are forced to engage in international business. Researchers have stressed that companies with a small home market should find new markets to gain benefits which companies with large home markets possess. READ MORE