Essays about: "Material Culture"
Showing result 31 - 35 of 554 essays containing the words Material Culture.
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31. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory
University essay from Lunds universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE
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32. Comfort through Clothing: North American women’s relationship with clothing through the lens of culture.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : Through ethnographic analysis, this thesis investigates the ways in which North American women seek and experience different modes of comfort through their clothing. The material is drawn from a market research study that employs qualitative methods with a spectrum of women across the United States and Canada. READ MORE
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33. Game on: under-promise and over-deliver - A qualitative case study of cultural significance of performance appraisals at “Company X”
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Title: Game on: under-promise and over-deliver - A qualitative case study of cultural significance of performance appraisals at “Company X” Seminar date: June 2nd, 2023. Course: FEKH49 - Bachelor’s degree thesis in Management and Organization, 15 credits. READ MORE
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34. Culture in the Swedish EFL-classroom : Teachers' perspectives on interpretation and implementation
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The Swedish regulatory documents for the school subject of English demand the presence of cultural representation/phenomena in the communicated material to the students but is vague about what the actual content should be. This leaves a lot of room for personal interpretation and selection of material for the teachers. READ MORE
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35. A visual representation of the Russo-Ukrainian War Through the Perspective of Ukrainian and Russian Milbloggers on Telegram
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : The theory of mediatized war implies that any study of conflict that takes place in modern times must also consider the impact of the media within that conflict, especially including new media and communication technologies. Images as visual representations of war have become a part of the information warfare and used to create narratives rooted in the culture of media witnessing (Mortensen) but sometimes entirely divorced from reality (Baudrillard’s simulacrum). READ MORE
