Essays about: "funerals"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the word funerals.

  1. 1. A Greener Way to Go: Climate Adaptation Imperatives for Western Deathcare

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Amandine Clairo; [2022]
    Keywords : Death; Funerals; Deathcare; Burial; Cremation; COVID-19; Climate Change; Climate Change Adaptation; Natural Burial; Alkaline Hydrolysis; Natural Organic Reduction; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Death is a universal human experience, yet the ecological impact of the care and disposition of dead bodies is rarely considered, due in part to cultural taboos surrounding the physical reality of death and decomposition. If negative environmental consequences are to be limited, deathcare will need to adapt. READ MORE

  3. 2. People's House and Center for life

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Hanna Torell Witt; [2022]
    Keywords : Eskilstuna; people s house; church; ceremonial; communtiy;

    Abstract : Råby-Rekarne invites the rural communities of Eskilstuna to celebrate the important stages of life with the proposal of a new People's House. Råby-Rekarne is just one example of how the rural communities in the countryside of Eskilstuna seem to have formed around their local church as a gathering point throughout history. READ MORE

  4. 3. From Undertaker to Funeral Director: A Social Change in Cyprus

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Anastasia Roumpeka; [2022]
    Keywords : Death; Social Change; Technology; Funeral Director; Cyprus; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : How often do we think of our own death? And how often do we stop and think of the changes surrounding death that affect our lives? Thanatology, the study of death and dying, examines death from different perspectives. Following a thanatological path, this research aimed to explore the relationship between death and technology in terms of social change, specifically in the Republic of Cyprus. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sacral neutral : An exploration of the funeral spaces of tomorrow

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Robert Wallin; [2020]
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    Abstract : The thesis addresses the current need for new ceremony spaces for funerals. Non-confessional or civil funerals are increasing in Sweden, where projections indicate that one of four funerals in 2030 will be civil. READ MORE

  6. 5. The role of social networks in supporting micro and small entrepreneurship in Malawi

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

    Author : James Kumdana; [2020]
    Keywords : social networks; entreprenuership; bank Nkhonde; social capital; youth; Kinship networks;

    Abstract : In rural Malawi, the youth do not have access to credit and adequate entrepreneurship training. Despite alienation from Microfinance institutions, there are many Micro and Small Enterprises operating in the rural informal sector. READ MORE