Essays about: "MACA"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 55 essays containing the word MACA.
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6. "Technology Changes, Humans Don't?": A cultural analysis on how young adult women’s ordinary phone call habits led to the refusal of a new smartphone personal security application.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : Since at least 2011, designers and developers around the world have been creating innovative mobile applications for women’s use to increase their sense of security while alone in public space; however, there is little known about women’s everyday use of personal security applications nor how the personal security application phenomenon is making an impact in society. A small Swedish start-up company designed their own personal security application called SecurityApp and as their intern, I conducted an ethnographic research study focusing on young adult women’s interaction with their new application. READ MORE
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7. Kidnapped Cultural Heritage?: A Cultural Analysis on the Conflict about Cultural Heritage Among Cultural and Political Actors
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : The Sweden Democrats have, like many right-wing populist parties all over Europe, had an increased success. Frequently they have been accused for thriving cultural policies as an excuse to raise nationalistic and anti-immigrational issues. READ MORE
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8. A Better Version of Yourself: Sweat, Smiles and Muay Thai Tourism
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : This ethnographic study investigates the functions of BestFighter Muay Thai and Mixed Martial Arts training camp in Koh Samui, Thailand, as a successful actor in a booming self-improvement economy. In this thesis I explore the entanglements with locality and power which enable what satisfied participants refer to as augmented experiences of self-improvement. READ MORE
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9. The Ritualistic Nature of Business Incubation: An example from Northern Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : This thesis opens up the “black box” of business incubation and analyses how this process works in an incubator for cultural and creative ventures in Northern Sweden. The theoretical framework of the rites of passage by Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner was adopted to guide the analysis. READ MORE
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10. Digital Nomads: Travel, Remote Work and Alternative Lifestyles
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : This thesis takes an ethnographic approach in the examination of the phenomenon of digital nomadism. Generally, the term describes people who have rejected the idea of working in a conventional office, but instead, they work and travel without a clear destination. READ MORE
