Essays about: "cultura material"

Found 3 essays containing the words cultura material.

  1. 1. Crafting Textile Knowledges : A decolonial study of the Iku/Arhuaco material culture in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg (Världskulturmuseet)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Stefanía Castelblanco-Pérez; [2023]
    Keywords : material culture; indigenous heritage; object-based research; ethical stewardship; decoloniality; arhuaco; Iku; cultura material; patrimonio Indígena; investigación objetual; administración ética; decolonialidad; arhuaco; Iku;

    Abstract : The return of objects that belong to ethnographic collections to their places of origin is one of the topics of discussion that, despite not being new, has been gaining more and more relevance today. Taking the Iku indigenous craft collection in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg as a case study, I pursue to develop an object-based methodology that increases and deepens the understanding of the notion of ethical stewardship, while joining current debates on indigenous heritage and decoloniality. READ MORE

  3. 2. Here Comes the Sun: Imagination, Development, and Technology in Malawi

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Catarina Santos; [2022]
    Keywords : Applied Cultural Analysis; Development; Energy access; Imagination; Malawi; Solar technology; Technology.; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper explores how electrical appliances, together with the idea of attaining energy access in the near future, create hope in a northern village in Malawi. Even though less than one per cent of the rural population has energy access, some of these locals already own solar systems. READ MORE

  4. 3. AGRI-CULTURA URBANA : Sharing hubs of transition in Cortijo de Cuarto in Seville, Spain.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Sharon Pulvino; [2017]
    Keywords : urban sustainable development; rural landscape; agricultural heritage; sustainability; desarrollo urbano sostenible; paisaje rural; patrimonio agrícola;

    Abstract : The modern dichotomy between the urban and the rural is increasingly affected by the superimposition of urbanisation processes on the rural landscape, usually contributing to the disappearance of the agricultural heritage. Thanks to a high degree of awareness towards the necessity of natural capitals in human life, today the interdependence between man and nature is progressively becoming of fundamental importance. READ MORE