Essays about: "constructs of nature and culture"

Found 4 essays containing the words constructs of nature and culture.

  1. 1. Consuming nature : Toward Transformational Sustainability in Swedish outdoor brands

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Klara Wellén; [2022]
    Keywords : Consumer culture; friluftsliv; outdoor sector; communications; Transformational Sustainability;

    Abstract : The accelerated cycle of production and consumption has had tremendous environmental consequences since the 20th century. Corporate interest needed a society of over-consumption, creating the take-make-waste linear systems as we know it. READ MORE

  3. 2. MOVING BETWEEN LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH INTERACTIVE DIGITAL EXHIBITS

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Alena Seredko; [2020-03-24]
    Keywords : Engagement; Museum; Digital technology; Interactive exhibit; Contextual Model of Learning; Visitor Engagement Framework;

    Abstract : Purpose: The overall purpose of the study is to explore how engagement with digital interactive exhibits can be evaluated in a museum rather than in a science centre setting and scrutinize factors that encourage or hinder visitors’ engagement. This is examined using a case study of the Human Nature exhibition displayed at the Museum of World Culture (Gothenburg, Sweden). READ MORE

  4. 3. The Social Constructs of Natural World Heritage: An Ethnographic Investigation into the Conflicts of a Danish UNESCO Destination

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alicia Schneider; Signe Baeksted Jörgensen; [2017]
    Keywords : appropriation; spatial consumption; commodification; politics of representation; power; spatial conflicts; destination development; Stevns Klint; UNESCO; Nature World Heritage; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper will investigate the conflicts that can arise during destination development following a World Heritage inscription. Previous literature mentions that conflicts arise, but focuses on a more managerial perspective, and fails to account for the characteristics of those conflicts. READ MORE

  5. 4. Frozen in Time : Conservation, conflicts and constructs of 'nature' and 'culture' in the eMakhosini-Ophathe Heritage Park.

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Jenny Josefsson; [2008]
    Keywords : conservation; eMakhosini Valley; constructs of nature and culture; stakeholder perceptions;

    Abstract : Game reserves and other forms of protected areas are growing in South Africa and particularly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. There is an experienced increase in the demand of wildlife production and nature tourism and game reserves are thought to be profitable and ideal for combining biodiversity conservation and tourism. READ MORE