Essays about: "Material Culture"

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1. 6. Labyrinth routes around the Middle Age Baltic Sea

   University essay from

   Author : Christina Fagerström; [2023-08-17]
   Keywords : The labyrinth-symbol; labyrinth monuments; Trojaborg; Jerusalem; Middle Age Catholic Europe; pilgrimages; the Baltic Sea; the Northern crusades; navigatio; mission; the mendicant friars; the Fourth Lateran Church Council; fish markets;

   Abstract : Stone labyrinths are archaeological monuments found predominantly in the Nordic countries around the Baltic Sea, some 500 specimens are noted in Sweden and Finland. The abundance of smaller stones has provided the building material for lasting monuments around the Baltic Sea, the Swedish west coast and Norway, Iceland, the Scilly islands in England, the Barents Sea and the White Sea’s shores and rivers. READ MORE

3. 7. "I am the opposite of progress” – A discussion about Bauman’s Liquid Modernity through the lens of Yellowstone

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap

   Author : Marianne Gabrielsson; [2023-07-06]
   Keywords : conservatism; liquid modernity; Bauman; Yellowstone; sociology through literature;

   Abstract : Purpose: The purpose is to problematize how to use conservatism as counterforce to Liquid Modernity by answering two research questions. - What critique against liquid modernity can be identified in Yellowstone? - How does Yellowstone articulate conservatism as counterforce against monetary interests and profit. READ MORE

4. 8. Chariots of the Atlantic Warriors - A Comparative Study of Chariot Motifs on Scandinavian and Iberian Rock Art

   University essay from

   Author : Hannes Grahn; [2023-03-17]
   Keywords : Bronze Age; Rock art; Chariots; Scandinavia; Iberia; Long-distance interaction; Frännarp; Kivik; Villfara; Iberian warrior stele;

   Abstract : During the last two decades, ideas of long-distance interaction between cultures has gained an increased amount of attention in the field of Bronze Age research. Previous research has shown that such a long-distance interaction, connected to the trade of metal and amber, may have existed between Scandinavia and Iberia, facilitated by a group of seafaring warrior-traders, with a shared identity, set of values and cosmology. READ MORE

5. 9. Traces of Iron Age activities at Kullen - A New Synthesis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Karolina Jacobsen; [2023]
   Keywords : iron age; Scania; kullaberg; kullen; social structures; GIS; spatial analysis; assemblage theory; affordance theory; entanglement theory; power; resources; older remains; social roles; sites; functions; landscape archaeology; social; culture; activities; cultural landscapes; historical legacies; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : Kullen has had a huge gap in knowledge about the Iron Age period. This thesis offers a new synthesis to close this gap in knowledge of the Iron Age period in the region. The aim of this study was to gain more knowledge about the Iron Age and the activities during this period in the areas. READ MORE

6. 10. Handling Cancel Culture online

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Alice Berntson; Johanna Johnsson Belving; [2023]
   Keywords : Cancel culture; kriskommunikation; sociala medier; crisis communication; social media; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Studien har som syfte att bidra till en större förståelse för mottagarperspektivet inom kriskommunikation för att kunna utveckla krisstrategier. Syftet är att förstå unga vuxnas uppfattning av fenomenet cancel culture och hur detta kan tas i beaktning för att motverka kris på sociala medier. READ MORE