Essays about: "Cultural Meanings"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 129 essays containing the words Cultural Meanings.

1. 1. Cemetery in Sweden as cultural landscape - A phenomenological study on cemetery design and planning in Stockholm

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Ziyu Zhao; [2023]
   Keywords : cultural landscape; cemetery; Swedish cemeteries; cemetery design; cemetery planning; burial; cremation; phenomenology; landscape design; parks; Stockholm; Sweden; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis is centered around the cemeteries in Stockholm city. As a form of arrangement and design of objects located on the land, the cemetery can be conceptualized as a landscape. Its distinct function, serving as a memorial space for the living and a final resting place for the deceased, adds layers of complexity. READ MORE

3. 2. A narration of landscape identity with focus on people’s activities in Uppsala : case study: Luthagen, Uppsala

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

   Author : Hadis D. Heirati; [2023]
   Keywords : landscape identity; Uppsala; urban environments; machine learning; conceptual framework; landscape architecture; landscape elements; landscape attachment; Identity Weight Matrix;

   Abstract : Understanding landscape identity. Through understanding the landscape identities and how residents identify their landscape, future plans can be considerably sustainable by preserving and promoting the characteristics of identity of the landscape and conducting the planned changes towards sustaining those values, meanings, and identities that are important for an integrated society. READ MORE

4. 3. Powering homemaking : everyday domestic life in times of rising energy prices

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Herman Sjörén; [2023]
   Keywords : Home; Energy; Atmosphere; Senses; Body-subject;

   Abstract : Recent research in both geography and in neighbouring disciplines argues that we need to pay more attention to the cultural and symbolic significance of home in order to understand domestic energy consumption. In this thesis I consider how ideals of home are renegotiated in times of increase energy prices. READ MORE

5. 4. Bridges of Trust : The symbolism of the Destruction and Reestablishment of Libraries

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

   Author : Surrah Al-Himidy; [2023]
   Keywords : Library- and Information Science; Destruction of Libraries; Reestablishment of Libraries; Libraries in time of War; National Libraries; National Identity; Cultural Identity; Cultural Memory.; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : National libraries play a leading role in the creation of national identities. For that reason, the destruction and reestablishment of libraries may hold strategic meanings beyond the physical. This master thesis examines the symbols and cultural implications of such devastating events and resilient initiatives. READ MORE

6. 5. Dispositions - Space and order

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

   Author : Johan Gullers; [2023]
   Keywords : Art museum; Structuralism; Malmö; Typologies; Architecture; Norra Sofielund; Rosengård; Konstmuseum; Triad; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : The thesis focuses on both developing an architectural design as proposal for new premises for Malmö Konstmuseum as well as investigating specific topics in architecture. The project is a typological study of form, space and order with a focus on structuralism and deals with man’s relationship to its spatial environment. READ MORE