Essays about: "KOS"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word KOS.
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1. How Worldly is the World Digital Library? : Postcolonial Critical Discourse Analysis of the Library of Congress Subject Headings
University essay fromAbstract : Based on previous researchers’ criticism of Euro-American bias inherent to universal analogue and digital knowledge organisation systems, this combined qualitative and quantitative postcolonial critical discourse analysis investigates the constructed meanings behind the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) controlled vocabulary hosted by the Word Digital Library’s (WDL) metadata scheme. This is done with a sample of metadata pertaining to their African cultural heritage collection. READ MORE
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2. How Worldly is the World Digital Library? : Postcolonial Critical Discourse Analysis of the Library of Congress Subject Headings
University essay fromAbstract : Based on previous researchers’ criticism of Euro-American bias inherent to universal analogue and digital knowledge organisation systems, this combined qualitative and quantitative postcolonial critical discourse analysis investigates the constructed meanings behind the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) controlled vocabulary hosted by the Word Digital Library’s (WDL) metadata scheme. This is done with a sample of metadata pertaining to their African cultural heritage collection. READ MORE
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3. BUILDING AND SIMULATING DYNAMIC MODELS OF DISTRICT HEATING NETWORKS WITH MODELICA : Using Matlab to process data and automate modelling and simulation
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknikAbstract : District heating systems are common in Nordic countries today and accounts for a great portion of the heat demand. In Sweden, total district heating end use in the last years has been around 50 TWh and district heating accounts for roughly 50 % of the total heat demand. READ MORE
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4. Tourists' perceptions of destinations in crisis : A case study of the European migrant crisis on the Greek islands of Kos and Lesbos
University essay from Umeå universitet/KulturgeografiAbstract : When tourists want to travel, they gather information about interesting destinations. In the information gathering, information about destinations are obtained through different channels, such as media, friends and relatives, travel intermediaries and advertisement. READ MORE
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5. Host Communities and the Refugee Crisis A Case Study of Kos Island, Greece
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : During an extraordinary political current event, how does a host community’s reputation change, and how does the media attempt to influence public opinion towards, or away from, such a destination? What is the host community’s perception of and response to these representations? This topical study explores the effects of the media on a refugee host community, through the conceptualization of the host and the discourse of hospitality. Significant to this study is the framing of tourism as a cultural exchange and expression, how hosts and guests view the realm of “place” and boundaries, and the volatility of the tourism industry with regards to communication mediums, socioeconomic and current events. READ MORE
