Essays about: "Veils"

Found 4 essays containing the word Veils.

  1. 1. Within and Beyond : A collaboration by the Glass Craft duo BarroLevén

    University essay from Konstfack/Keramik & Glas

    Author : Kristina Levén; [2018]
    Keywords : craft; glass; Foamglas; leaded techniques; film; space in between; Ma; pause; awe; atmosphere; public space; affect; contemplative; existentialism; spirituality; rehabilitation; emotional;

    Abstract : In this collaborative Craft Master project by Ulrika Barr and Kristina Levén, we have investigated how glass can affect an environment to create a space in between. A “Ma-space” that could offer a pause in the everyday life in relation to the public sphere. We have worked parallel with two expressions of glass in relation to a room. READ MORE

  3. 2. Digital Technologies in Museums : An ethnographic study

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

    Author : Kyriaki Papadopoulou; [2016]
    Keywords : Digital technologies; museums; visitors; audience development; ethnography; observation; interviews; workshop; participatory design; economic crisis;

    Abstract : This thesis follows a research at the Mineralogy and Petrology Museum of the University of Athens (Greece). The purpose of the research is to examine how digital technologies can support museums in attracting new visitors during the economic crisis, and provide design suggestions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Nobody asks us! Muslim women's experiences and perspectives of multiculturalism, the legal system and the debate on veil in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Syarta Bonnevier; [2016]
    Keywords : Discrimination; Distorted communication; Habermas: Theory of Communicative Action; Veil-ban; Multiculturalism; Legal system; Recognition; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Within the first decade of this millennium several Western European countries have prohibited Muslim veils in public spaces. Excluding the culture of Muslims or more specifically Islamic beliefs in a multicultural society, in which the hardest hit are Muslim veiled women, has resulted in the discourse of the ‘rise and fall of multiculturalism’. READ MORE

  5. 4. Lifting the Veils in William Somerset Maugham's The Painted Veil

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Viktoria Sjöberg; [2008]
    Keywords : The Painted Veil; William Somerset Maugham;

    Abstract : Novels with love as a theme often deal with a passionate or forbidden love. In 1925 William Somerset Maugham wrote a different version of the typical love story we have read so many times. It tells a story about a married couple who never really shares the same love for each other. READ MORE