Essays about: "Culture production"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 462 essays containing the words Culture production.

1. 16. Crafting Textile Knowledges : A decolonial study of the Iku/Arhuaco material culture in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg (Världskulturmuseet)

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

   Author : Stefanía Castelblanco-Pérez; [2023]
   Keywords : material culture; indigenous heritage; object-based research; ethical stewardship; decoloniality; arhuaco; Iku; cultura material; patrimonio Indígena; investigación objetual; administración ética; decolonialidad; arhuaco; Iku;

   Abstract : The return of objects that belong to ethnographic collections to their places of origin is one of the topics of discussion that, despite not being new, has been gaining more and more relevance today. Taking the Iku indigenous craft collection in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg as a case study, I pursue to develop an object-based methodology that increases and deepens the understanding of the notion of ethical stewardship, while joining current debates on indigenous heritage and decoloniality. READ MORE

3. 17. Faience production and use in the Late Period Lower Egypt from an international perspective

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Egyptologi

   Author : Felicia Gullman-Strand; [2023]
   Keywords : Ancient Egypt; Delta; Naukratis; Late Period; Faience; Faience production; Forntida Egypten; Delta; Naukratis; Senperioden; Fajans; Fajansproduktion;

   Abstract : Faience objects were first produced in Egypt in the pre-Dynastic era and were since then deeply connected with ancient Egyptian material culture and everyday life. Faience has been used for vessels, jewellery and for religious objects and the techniques and trends have evolved over time. READ MORE

4. 18. Unsettling Norms : Negotiating Dominant Culture in 'The Addams Family'

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Madelina Barve; [2023]
   Keywords : Popular Culture; Counter-Hegemony; The Addams Family; Genre; Aesthetics;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the three most popular and acclaimed live-action versions of The AddamsFamily, those being the 1964-1966 sitcom The Addams Family, the 1993 film Addams FamilyValues, and Netflix’s 2022 series Wednesday, to understand how these popular culture textsnegotiate dominant norms and culture in American society. These iterations cover sixty years of cultural negotiation on non-conformity and each attend to a specific politics of conformity in their time. READ MORE

5. 19. Convivial Construction

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Hannah Sheerin; [2023]
   Keywords : circular economy; material culture; the rural; collective living; contemporary vernacular;

   Abstract : This thesis sits at the relationship between an architecture, and the landscape that produces and is produced by that architecture, recognising that the way we build is often profoundly damaging to the land and its inhabitants, not only at the site of construction but across a vast network of extraction, transportation and processing. We need a new material culture that rethinks of the built environment as an extension of the wider ecosystem and social context, able to be maintained in good health through a symbiotic, seasonal and regenerative cycle of matter and energy. READ MORE

6. 20. Dreaming in Colour : Desirable future scenarios for Mombera Kingdom

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Liam Carpenter-Urquhart; [2023]
   Keywords : Scenario planning; decolonial; participatory; system mapping; Nature Futures Framework;

   Abstract : Stories about the future are a powerful tool for navigating uncertainty, building agency, and detecting opportunities for transformation. For communities that have weathered colonialism, future visions grounded in local values and knowledge are especially powerful. READ MORE