Essays about: "Ritual"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 120 essays containing the word Ritual.

1. 16. Cooperation and Friction: The Sustainable Development Goals as a system of belief within a United Nations specialized agency

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Emily Nuckolls; [2023]
   Keywords : SDGs; Ritual; Cooperation; United Nations; capacity building; institutional culture; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : Across the world are small local agencies connected to the United Nations. Unlike the larger bureaucratic organs that make up the UN, these smaller specialized agencies do not work to frame the founding ideals of the UN which are decided on at the highest levels within the institution, but to interpret, carry out, and monitor different mandates or programs at the local level. READ MORE

3. 17. From Dawn to Dusk: studying the origin of the Islamic fivefold daily liturgy in the Qur’ān

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Davide de Francesco; [2023]
   Keywords : Islam; prayer; Qur anic studies; Qur anic exegeses; Christianity; Judaism; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : Despite prayer being one of the most central tenets of Islam, this subject has drawn the attention of surprisingly little scholarship, especially when it comes to studying its origin against pre-Islamic analogues. Thus, this thesis proposes a reconstruction of the very early history of the fivefold daily Islamic liturgy, attempting also to weigh the extent of the influence that pre-Islamic religions, primarily Middle Eastern Christianity and Judaism, might have had in its development. READ MORE

4. 18. Nairobi on Board: Skateboarders' Sensory Experiences of Community, Body, and Space

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Emmi Zittel; [2023]
   Keywords : social anthropology; skateboarding; Kenya; collective effervescence; ritual performance; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In this paper, I argue skateboarding to be a ritualizing performance that acts as a catalyst for transformative energies and heightened emotional states. Aided by the sensory experience of riding a board, powerful feelings of connectedness and unity arise amongst those who practice skateboarding, so intense that they transgress day-to-day social boundaries and temporarily overcome the socioeconomic segregation of ordinary urban life. READ MORE

5. 19. A study of online interaction ritual chains of subcultural groups : An empirical study of a Chinese Sang Culture online group

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Xin Chen; [2023]
   Keywords : Internet; subculture; Sang culture; ritual chain; interaction ritual chain; digital media; medium; mediation;

   Abstract : The development of digital technology has changed people's relationship patterns and interactions, and the Internet has enabled people to interact beyond the limits of time and space. In this context, more and more people are meeting on the Internet according to their personal subcultures, exchanging symbols and emotions, which means the medium is subtly influencing people's interactive behaviors. READ MORE

6. 20. Judging a loaf by its appearance : A protocol to study bread and bread-like fragments based on the study cases of Gamla Uppsala, Valsgärde, and Gnista

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Sara Scaglia; [2023]
   Keywords : Bread; Organic charred remains; Uppland; Experimental archaeology; Archaeobotany; Lipid analyses.; Bröd; organiska förkolnade lämningar; Uppland; experimentell arkeologi; arkeobotanik; lipidanalyser;

   Abstract : Bread is an important cultural and social marker, and it occurs in many contexts, often preserved as carbonised. However, as bread fragments are typically small and anonymous, their total value of them is not appreciated. Often bread material is grouped simply as organic and not considered. READ MORE