Essays about: "Spiritual"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 180 essays containing the word Spiritual.

  1. 16. "Thor Drives a Tesla" : Ritual and Sacred Space in Swedish Heathenism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Mathilda Lönn; [2023]
    Keywords : paganism; heathenism; ritual; space; nature; disenchantment;

    Abstract : Heathenism is a branch of Paganism based on Germanic mythology, whose diverse spiritual beliefs are united by a common sacrificial ritual called blot. The Swedish Heathen organization The Swedish Forn Sed Assembly [Samfundet Forn Sed Sverige] is a self-described nature religion, who see nature as sacred and whose public blot ceremonies are held outside in order to commune with the gods. READ MORE

  3. 17. Stockholms stadskyrkogårdars kvaliteter : en platsstudie som lyfter rekreativa kvaliteter och gröna värden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Ebba Edlund; Hannah Nordström; [2023]
    Keywords : Stockholm; landskapsarkitektur; S:ta Maria Magdalena kyrkogård; Adolf Fredriks kyrkogård; S:t Johannes kyrkogård; Katarina kyrkogård; kyrkogård; stadskyrkogård; grönyta; stadsplanering; rekreativa stadsmiljöer; parkmiljö; perceived sensory dimensions PSD ; liminal-; spiritual-; multicultural- and multifunctional spaces LSMM ;

    Abstract : Tillgång till grönområden är en grundförutsättning för hållbara städer och människors fysiska och mentala välmående, men växande befolkningar i städerna leder till att befintlig rekreativ grönyta exploateras och byggs bort. Det leder i sin tur till att andra typer av grönstruktur, exempelvis kyrkogårdar och begravningsplatser, används i allt större utsträckning för rekreativa ändamål. READ MORE

  4. 18. Second Home, New Home

    University essay from KTH/Samhällsplanering och miljö

    Author : Minghui Li; [2023]
    Keywords : urban village; urban regeneration; informal employment migrants; public space;

    Abstract : As a unique form of rural-urban transition settlement in China’s rapid urbanization process, the “urban village” plays a very distinctive part in promoting urbanization, being a transit point for many rural people entering urban areas. The term “informal employment migrants” usually refers to those people, who have no formal employment status and work in informal, low-skilled, low-paying jobs in the city. READ MORE

  5. 19. Mni Wiconi/Water is Life: A phenomenological approach for better understanding Native American views on nature; experienced mistreatments and acts of resistance at the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jasmin Ashkani; [2022-09-01]
    Keywords : Dakota Access Pipeline; Native American; postcolonial; nature; tribal sovereignty; resistance; hermeneutic phenomenology;

    Abstract : The build of the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2017 caused collective protests within Native American communities as the pipeline was threatening the Sioux Nation’s access to clean water. In addition to this, the company building the pipeline, Energy Transfer, was violating treaty rights, and ignoring environmental assessment risks and tribal concerns. READ MORE

  6. 20. “The forest is gone bit by bit" - Deforestation and its impacts on indigenous communities in Prey Lang, Cambodia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Marie Theresa Jürgensen; [2022]
    Keywords : Kuy indigenous people; resource frontiers; frontiers of existence; Prey Lang; Cambodia; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Globally, deforestation is occurring at staggering rates and causing tremendous impacts on the planet. Indigenous people, in particular, have long depended on the forest, and their beliefs and ways of life are highly affected by the changes occurring around them. READ MORE