Essays about: "Culture essay example"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the words Culture essay example.

  1. 6. Texting Sherlock - An intermedial analysis of visual intra-diegetic text in the TV-Series Sherlock

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Intermediala studier

    Author : Silja Wendt; [2015]
    Keywords : Intra-diegetic Text; Sherlock Holmes; Sherlock; Intermediality; Immersion; Genre; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay aims for a qualitative examination and discussion on the use of intra-diegetic text in the BBC-series Sherlock. With the purpose of identifying its impact on the viewer position and the presentation of genre, different theories from the area of intermediality and film studies, such as Lars Elleström and Agnes Pethö, are presented and applied to the examination of three selected scenes from the series. READ MORE

  3. 7. Gräsrotsinitiativens roll i en hållbar omställning av lokalsamhället : en studie om Incredible Edible Todmorden

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

    Author : Sara Rydeman; Ellinor Scharin; [2014]
    Keywords : gräsrotsinitiativ; förändringskapacitet; hållbar omställning; lokalsamhälle; Incredible Edible Todmorden;

    Abstract : Gräsrotsinitiativ är initiativ drivna av medborgare i civilsamhället för att åstadkomma lokala lösningar för en hållbar utveckling. De kan bidra till samhällsvinster i form av ökad medvetenhet och engagemang i hållbarhetsfrågor, stärka individer och samhällsaktörer samt generera färdigheter och kapacitet för att initiera hållbara lösningar i framtiden. READ MORE

  4. 8. Constructing music culture

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Mikko Jokela; [2013-06-19]
    Keywords : composition; worldbuilding; culture; anthropology; ethnomusicology;

    Abstract : This essay explores the creative possibilities of worldbuilding applied to music. It presents anthropological approaches to analysing music culture, and settles upon four main factors (meaning – situation – performance – content) as a basis for a creation of a fictional culture. READ MORE

  5. 9. Things Fall Apart: An Analysis of Pre and Post-Colonial Igbo Society

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Lame Maatla Kenalemang; [2013]
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    Abstract : Chinua Achebe (1930- 2013) published his first novel Things Fall Apart (TFA) in 1958. Achebe wrote TFA in response to European novels that depicted Africans as savages who needed to be enlightened by the Europeans. READ MORE

  6. 10. Illegal Migration in China: Social Perspectives on Modern “Snakeheads”

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kinesiska

    Author : Emmy Yen; [2013]
    Keywords : Keywords: “snakehead”; shetou; 蛇头; irregular migration; illegal migration; social position; social perspective; emigration-intese regions; Fujian 关键词：蛇头，人蛇，偷渡，非法移民，偷渡案例，社会地位，社会观点，地域文化，福建省; Languages and Literatures; Cultural Sciences; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : 论文摘要 本论文分析对现代“蛇头”在中国移民较多的省份及地区存在的多种社会观点。论文指出，即使 “蛇头”法律上是犯罪分子，社会中不同的人群将从痛恨到钦佩以许多不同的观点看待他们。随 后本文试图找出此现象的原因。以当前的非法移民研究与案例为基础，为了评价“蛇头”的不同 的社会地位本论文将分析（1）“蛇头”的职业 （2）“蛇头”组织偷渡的手段 （3）以福建省为例， 中国移民较多的省份及地区的社会、历史、地域文化等特点。 之所以对“蛇头”的观点不一显然与该地域的历史、想要出国的强烈欲望与社会压力以及对法制 观念的糢糊与淡漠等三个方面密切相关。只有理解该地区的社会、历史及地域文化才能全面地 了解“蛇头”的社会地位。为了长期有效地减少非法移民需要针对性的社会教育和一些地域文化 习俗的改造，仅仅加强防范机制和法律的力量不能解决问题。 关键词：蛇头，人蛇，偷渡，非法移民，偷渡案例，社会地位，社会观点，地域文化，福建省.. READ MORE