Essays about: "Home Library"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words Home Library.
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1. The Magical Library and the Symbolic Representation : Library representation in The Librarian and The Librarians
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABMAbstract : This thesis aims to answer the question of how the library is represented in the Librarian franchise, not only focusing on the films/tv-series but also how it is represented in print. The analysis of the library representation uses a background of the theory and method found in semiotics and iconography, as well as qualitative content analysis, to examine not only the literal/denoted representation, but also the symbolic/connoted, and then compar-ing these findings to the representation of libraries and librarians (with a focus on the stereotypes) found in former research on the subject. READ MORE
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2. “Without my phone, I cannot move one step forward” : A Qualitative Study of the Information Practices of Immigrants to Sweden through their Smartphones
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och ITAbstract : Given increased immigration rates in recent years and the rapid rate technology has become part of daily life, understanding the role of technology in the immigration process is important. Smartphones, in particular, are now commonplace, yet little is known about their role in immigration, still less from an information perspective. READ MORE
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3. Gillberga Activity House
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : A countryside with strong cohesion and good communications. A population with a strong commitment and willingness to develop together. A school in the absence of premises for practical subjects, a society in the absence of space for association life. READ MORE
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4. Living Transnational Financial Lives: Exploring the Everyday Financial Practices, Networks and Subjectivities of Singaporeans in Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : This thesis examines the everyday financial lives of transnational migrants through the case of Singaporean migrants in Sweden. Drawing upon the scholarship on the financialisation of everyday life and transnational migration across economic and sociocultural geography, this thesis develops a conceptual framework that explores the everyday financial practices, networks and subjectivities that shape the lived financial realities of transnational migrants and how the complex and overlapping relationships between these different aspects of the financial everyday shapes the formation of the transnational financial subject. READ MORE
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5. A house for a person is not at home - A critical analysis and design proposal for Hökarängen and Gubbängen
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : Since most of the inner city of Stockholm and its nearest surroundings is built, the city is now aiming its strategy of development towards the suburbs of the outer city. Two of these are Hökarängen and Gubbängen of which both have seen several housing densification projects lately. READ MORE