Essays about: "The National Archives"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words The National Archives.

  1. 1. Crafting Textile Knowledges : A decolonial study of the Iku/Arhuaco material culture in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg (Världskulturmuseet)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Stefanía Castelblanco-Pérez; [2023]
    Keywords : material culture; indigenous heritage; object-based research; ethical stewardship; decoloniality; arhuaco; Iku; cultura material; patrimonio Indígena; investigación objetual; administración ética; decolonialidad; arhuaco; Iku;

    Abstract : The return of objects that belong to ethnographic collections to their places of origin is one of the topics of discussion that, despite not being new, has been gaining more and more relevance today. Taking the Iku indigenous craft collection in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg as a case study, I pursue to develop an object-based methodology that increases and deepens the understanding of the notion of ethical stewardship, while joining current debates on indigenous heritage and decoloniality. READ MORE

  3. 2. Nuclear Heritage and Memory : A Case-Study of the Potential Repository in Östhammar

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Disa Kalin; [2023]
    Keywords : Radioactive waste repositories; Knowledge management; Memory Philosophy ; Cultural heritage; Slutförvaring av radioaktivt avfall; kunskapshantering; minnen; kulturarv;

    Abstract : Den här uppsatsen hanterar ämnet om ett nukleärt arv och minne genom en fallstudie bunden till fyra identifierade aktörer. Alla fyra arbetar med etablerandet av ett slutförvar för högaktivt och långlivat radioaktivt avfall vilket förväntas vara fortsatt farligt under 100,000-tals år. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Dutch state’s apology for its role in the slavery past : Dominant discourses and power relations in the seven apology speeches

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Lotte Rinzema; [2023]
    Keywords : Slavery; Political Apology; Historical Injustices; Dutch State; Postcolonialism; Postcolonial Theory; Discourse Theory; Critical Discourse Analysis; Historical-Discourse Approach;

    Abstract : This study takes a deeper look into the apologies the Dutch state made in 2021 for the role of The Netherlands in the history of slavery. This was done by the presentation of seven speeches by seven members of the Dutch government in the national archives in the European and the Caribbean part of the Dutch Kingdom. READ MORE

  5. 4. “It was a free and healthy job” : timber floating on the river Ångermanälven in the 20th century

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Olivia Forssén; [2023]
    Keywords : timber floating; forest history; women in timber floating; interviews; historical records;

    Abstract : The exploitation of northern Sweden's forests began in about the 1830s and continued expanding northwards over the following decades. A key factor that enabling the exploitation of these forests was the natural infrastructure, such as the network of rivers, creeks and flooding during the summer, which made it possible to float timber from the forests to the sawmills on the coast. READ MORE

  6. 5. Holocaust Child Survivors in Sweden : Organisation and Policies for Rehabilitation of Jewish Child Survivors in Sweden, 1945-1949

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Katharina Dahlmann; [2022]
    Keywords : Holocaust; Genocide; Sweden; Child survivors; rehabilitation; Aftermath; Jews; Rabbi Council; Statens Utlänningskommission; Jewish community; ;

    Abstract : This Master thesis is a historical case study of the rehabilitation process of Jewish children who came to Sweden at the end of the Second World War and shortly afterwards. Using a contextual approach, this thesis addresses a lacuna in Holocaust research about rehabilitation of child survivors in the context of refugee aid provided by Sweden after the Second World War. READ MORE