Essays about: "rites of passage"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words rites of passage.

  1. 1. Thresholds to the ancestors : An examination of south-west portals with regards to cult and symbolism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Oskar Bransell; [2023]
    Keywords : South-west portals; grave cult; ancestor worship; necromancy; doors of the dead ; Viking Age; Sydvästportar; gravkult; förfädersdyrkan; nekromanti; de dödas dörrar ; Vikingatiden;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the relevancy of south-west portals with regards to their potential usage in post-burial ritual activity with particular focus on the deposition of sacrificial offerings. South-west portals are a type of stone constructions found on the edges of mounds and stone settings in eastern central Sweden usually dating to the Viking Age (c. READ MORE

  3. 2. First blood: Menarche as the foundation for women's self-realisation

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Elena Iacovou; [2023]
    Keywords : Parthenogenesis; goddess-worshipping; religion; religious studies; rites of passage; liminality; existential health.;

    Abstract : Goddess-based civilisations worshipped the divine as a parthenogentic primordial creative force. Parthenogensis a Greek word that derives from parthenos “virgin” and genesis “from the beginning” was the path of liberation or rebirth into one’s divine nature. READ MORE

  4. 3. Liminal Space Duality- Socialisation into the consultant working context

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Adam Ahlbom; Holmer Medbo Andreas; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : Liminality; Rites of Passage; Socialisation; Organisational entry; Temporal work; Liminal work; Consultancy work; Identity work; Sensemaking; Sensegiving; Liminal space duality;

    Abstract : This study investigates the working condition of the management consultant and how a newcomer is socialised into it by drawing insights from liminality, sensemaking and sensegiving research. 25 interviews were held with employees from three different global consultancy firms with experience ranging from 0-6 years. READ MORE

  5. 4. Abolishing Female Genital Mutilation by Cultural Renewal? : An assessment of Alternative Rites of Passage in Kenya

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Franciska Reinholds; [2021]
    Keywords : Alternative rites of passage; female genital mutilation; female circumcision; Kenya; institutional bricolage;

    Abstract : Many attempts have been made to eradicate female genital mutilation over the past decades, yet the sustained practice continues to be a risk for women’s health and agency. In Kenya, an intervention with increasing proliferation is the alternative rites of passage. READ MORE

  6. 5. Liminal life at railway stations: An ethnographic investigation of commuters' everyday rituals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Meng Cheng; [2020]
    Keywords : railway stations; commuter; rites of passage; liminality; infrastructure; cultural analysis; everyday rituals; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Building functional and effective railway station infrastructures has become a strategy to encourage sustainable mobility. Addressing on commuters, this thesis aims to investigate how station infrastructures frame commuters' commuting experience. READ MORE