Essays about: "Pilgrim"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word Pilgrim.

  1. 1. The Unexplored Earth : Inspiring the future of mineral exploration

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Alexandre De Bastiani; [2020]
    Keywords : design; concept; epiroc; mineral exploration;

    Abstract : Very much like the great navigations in the 14th century or the space programs, exploring remote parts of our planet is a dangerous, challenging, and unknown endeavor that drives human beings. We not only do it to find resources but also for the sake of science, looking for shreds of evidence of a past that we only speculate. READ MORE

  3. 2. ”There is no why” : A Psychoanalytic Approach to Trauma and Delusion in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Filip Kall; [2020]
    Keywords : Trauma; Delusion; Psychoanalysis; War; Psychological Mechanisms; Time-Travel; Aliens;

    Abstract : Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut provides a profound discussion on how the many traumas of war affect the human psyche. The novel’s protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, is a direct witness of many horrific events in World War II, which causes certain life-changing symptoms later in his life. READ MORE

  4. 3. Adaptation Narrative Analysis. A Learning-centered Appraisal Method for Ecosystem-based Adaptation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Karen Pilgrim; [2019]
    Keywords : Ecosystem-based Adaptation; climate resilience; adaptive capacity; narrative; appraisal; learning; adaptation narrative analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) seeks to combine climate change adaptation, socio-economic development and climate change mitigation benefits through the use of ecosystem services and biodiversity. Embedded in socio-ecological-systems, EbA efforts need to overcome challenges posed by complexity, uncertainty, long time horizons and interdisciplinarity. READ MORE

  5. 4. Seeing and Sinners : Spatial Stratification and the Medieval Hagioscopes of Gotland

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Karl Pettersson; [2018]
    Keywords : Hagioscope; Peter of Limoges; Visuality; Perspectiva; Anchorite; Recluse; Gotland; Purgatory; Leprosy; Penance; Sword Brethren; Teutonic Order; Pilgrims; Hagioskop; Peter Limoges; Visualitet; Perspectiva; Anakoret; Reclus; Gotland; Skärselden; Spetälska; Botgöring; Svärdsbrödraorden. Tyska Orden; Pilgrim;

    Abstract : The hagioscope—a small tunnel or opening usually set at eye-level in a church wall—is a complex and multifaceted device that appears in Europe during the late medieval period. Despite an increased interest in the  history of the senses, the hagioscope has been overlooked until now. READ MORE

  6. 5. Slaughterhouse-Five: An Analysis of Billy Pilgrim's Mental Trauma

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Niclas Kimblad; [2017]
    Keywords : Slaughterhouse-Five Billy Pilgrim Mental Trauma PTSD;

    Abstract : Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five focuses on Billy Pilgrim’s travels through time and his experiences during World War II. More than that, it is a story about the journey of a clearly troubled protagonist whose mental state, best described as broken, is never fully explored in the novel. READ MORE