Essays about: "town life"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 117 essays containing the words town life.

  1. 21. Spegla : ett gestaltningsförslag över det vattennära stråket längs Skeppsbrokajen, över Strömbron och längs Strömkajen

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

    Author : Ellen Bramler; Malin Ciftci; [2020]
    Keywords : kaj; gång- och cykelbro; vatten; Strömbron; Skeppsbrokajen; Strömkajen;

    Abstract : En promenad från Skeppsbrokajen mot Strömkajen erbjuder idag utblickar över långa vattenrum och siluetten men dess potential som stadens offentliga vattennära huvudstråk är delvis outnyttjad. Biltrafik och parkering upptar stor yta och antalet platser att stanna upp vid som främjar möten är begränsat. READ MORE

  3. 22. Where is happiness? A cultural analysis of the emotional practices

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Kazumi Ichiba; [2020]
    Keywords : happiness; feel good; affect; emotional practice; cultural analysis; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Happiness is an affect. Affects are thought to be part of our subjective experiences. In the past, human beings have constructed complex relationships with happiness outside of ourselves. READ MORE

  4. 23. DER BLÅSER HAN! (There he blows!) : On sailors, whales, and relationships based on not-knowing

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Guadalupe Canale; [2020]
    Keywords : Ontology; Opacity; Anthropomorphism; Technology; Kinship; Maritime anthropology; Multispecies ethnography; Environmental Humanities;

    Abstract : In a town in northern Norway, the sailors on whale-watching boats meet whales in their daily work. Many have up to 30 years’ experience in locating the whales, through sight or submerged microphones, and in positioning the boats in non-intrusive ways that respect the whales’ life in the open water. READ MORE

  5. 24. Streets | Facades | Rooftops : Motifs of Duality in Lahore and Stockholm

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Shayan Firoz Khilji; Zehra Ahsan Chughtai; [2020]
    Keywords : solidarity; resilience; appropriation; visibility; international; diversity;

    Abstract : Old Lahore holds an ephemeral magic in its experiences, lying in the center of not only the city, but also a key component to all religious, spiritual and everyday activities, which expand beyond the horizontal planes. The vibrance of the old city threads itself into the dense urban fabric through its traditional jharokas (balconies) and intricately woven rooftops, these tendrils extend out to the modernized environment from which its identity is unique and unparalleled. READ MORE

  6. 25. Holocene lake-level changes in the Siljan Lake District – Towards validation of von Post’s drainage scenario

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Savvas Paradeisis-Stathis; [2020]
    Keywords : Lake Siljan; Dalarna; basin isolation; catastrophic drainage; early Holocene; lake sediments; XRF scanning; C N ratio; magnetic susceptibility; pollen; Ancylus Lake; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Dalarna province in south-central Sweden shows a great variety of geological evidence from the Late Quaternary. A peculiar deglaciation pattern, along with unique hydrological conditions, has left a lot of space for speculations over the palaeoenvironmental conditions during the early Holocene. READ MORE