Essays about: "Cultural memory"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 106 essays containing the words Cultural memory.

1. 11. China's elderly trapped in the digital age : A qualitative study on the elderly in a fourth-tier city

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Siyu Xu; [2023]
   Keywords : Chinese elderly; ICTs; digital divide;

   Abstract : China is moving into an aging society, and the quality of life of the elderly has become a topic of public concern. With the development of ICT technology, China’s digital level is increasing, and there is a digital literacy gap between the young and the elderly, and the intergenerational digital divide is widening. READ MORE

3. 12. Stop. Record From Taxi Park to Film Park

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Gabriele Lipskyte; [2023]
   Keywords : Adaptive reuse; totalitarian regime; cultural heritage;

   Abstract : This project explores strategies to effectively address the challenges surrounding the ‘dissonant’ heritage of totalitarian regimes. The difficulties associated with this heritage rises from multiple factors, such as the characteristics of materials and objects involved, historical and cultural contexts, political influences, ethical considerations, religious aspects, and personal beliefs of individuals involved. READ MORE

4. 13. 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

5. 14. How to cope and how to resist : Religion, Culture and Courage Among Thai Women in Belgium Faced with Intimate Partner Violence.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Philip Lane; [2023]
   Keywords : Intimate Partner Violence ; Lived Religion ; Migration; Coping; Buddhism; Thai;

   Abstract : This thesis studies, through a series of interviews, the use of Lived Religion and cultural practices by migrant Thai women in Belgium as they seek to cope with the intimate partner violence they have suffered. The research looks at which strategies help the women to cope and which empower them to resist and leave their abusive context. READ MORE

6. 15. Mediating the Past and Historicizing the Present: The HBO Series Chernobyl (2019) and Its Transnational Audience Responses on IMDb

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Wei Xu; [2023]
   Keywords : Chernobyl; nuclear disaster; audience research; media and memories; cultural memory; television drama and history; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put the vulnerability of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant under the spotlight. Meanwhile, the remembrance and reflection of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 has been ongoing in different media among which the HBO mini-series Chernobyl (2019) stands out and resonates transnationally. READ MORE