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1. 1. Life after social death : A study of creolisation among enslaved communities in the former Danish West Indies

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

   Author : Kajsa Rosén-Wiksten; [2023]
   Keywords : Slavery; transatlantic slave trade; creolisation; social death; material culture; theoretical framework; cultural expression; identity; agency; colonialism; inclusion; Slaveri; transatlantisk slavhandel; kreolisering; social död; materiell kultur; teoretiskt ramverk; kulturella uttryck; identitet; agens; kolonialism; inkludering;

   Abstract : This thesis examines and discusses how creolisation theory has influenced the material culture of enslaved people from former Danish West Indies plantations. The essay contends that creolisation is the theory required to advance slavery studies because it demonstrates how enslaved people created their own identity, belonging, and kept African cultures and customs alive despite being socially dead. READ MORE

3. 2. Study, Work and the Effects of Culture

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för Socialantropologi

   Author : Dan Hartman; [2015]
   Keywords : Keyword: Culture; Globalization; Study; Work and Identity; Transnationalism; Integration; Creolization.; Nyckelord: Kultur; Globalisering; Studier; Arbete och Identitet; Transnationalism Integrering; Creolisation.;

   Abstract : This paper is about culture, cultural meeting in a new place or organization, and also about identity and how identity takes form with the help of culture. The information is gathered from three informants, and their information is connected to research in those areas; culture, globalization, identity, study and work. READ MORE