Essays about: "Collective memory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 74 essays containing the words Collective memory.

1. 1. New Holocaust Literature: Third-Generation Identity, Memory, and the Reader in Hanna Rajs' Under Månen (2020)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

   Author : Anna Hofman; [2022]
   Keywords : poetry; Holocaust literature; third generation; Jewish writing; collective memory; Hanna Rajs; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the functions of memory, collective identity, and communication of those same categories to the reader by means of the poetic form in Hanna Rajs’ poetry collection Under månen (2020). Situated or framed within a discussion on Holocaust Literature, Rajs’ poetry is considered in the light of a general historical purview of Holocaust writing, and her specific place within an authorial Jewish third-generation tradition in diaspora, specifically in Sweden and in Europe. READ MORE

3. 2. Protecting the Self : Reproduction of Chinese Collective Memory through Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Linus Jarhede; [2022]
   Keywords : Collective memory; national identity; master narratives; narrative analysis; People’s Republic of China; peacekeeping; robust peacekeeping;

   Abstract : Until the 1980s, the People’s Republic of China was principally opposed to United Nations peacekeeping, understanding the institution to be a thinly veiled excuse for powerful states to intervene in the sovereign affairs of others. However, the meaning the country attributes to peacekeeping has changed drastically since then. READ MORE

4. 3. Ådalen - Craft in Continuation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Josefin Eleonor Antus; [2022]
   Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : The site of the project is located in Ådalen, a stretch along Ångermanälven in northern Sweden. A region that during the 19th century grew and flourished through the wood industry only to stagnate and be phased out in the middle of the 20th century. After that the region has been fraught with closures and population decline. READ MORE

5. 4. In Search of a Method - How to Prospectively Recognise Drift into Failure

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Pieter Schaap; [2022]
   Keywords : Drift into failure; Organisational drift; Practical drift; Societal drift; Risk perception; Dynamic Risk Model; Prospectively; Retrospect; Hindsight; Foresight; Local rationale; Collective memory; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The concept of this research is that by applying the proposed method, the trajectory of drift into failure can be made visible. The method itself consists of two sequential steps. For research purposes a third step is added. READ MORE

6. 5. Collecting the Environment : A Cultural and Aesthetic Historical Analysis of Mushroom Collecting in Sweden from the 19th century to the Present

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

   Author : Nicole Miller; [2022]
   Keywords : Collecting; Mushrooms; Aesthetics; Environment; History; Sweden; Exhibitions; Natural History; Visual Culture; Fungi; Phenomenology; Ethnomycology; Mycorrhizal Metaphor; Mushroom Time; Collecting the Environment; Nature; Mushroom picking; foraging; aesthetic experience; Svampar; Natur; Sverige; Svamputställningar; visuell kultur;

   Abstract : The aim of this project is to investigate a cultural history of mushroom collecting in Sweden from the 19th century to the present with a focus on connections between aesthetics and the environment.  Collecting is defined broadly as gathering, storing, and accumulating. READ MORE