Essays about: "Wilderness Experience"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 essays containing the words Wilderness Experience.

  1. 6. Volvo Abisko

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Antti Vahtola; [2020]
    Keywords : Symbiotic; mobility; architecture; sustainable tourism; vtol; interior design; exterior design;

    Abstract : Volvo Abisko is proposing the possibility to experience the Arctic wilderness and the surrounding nature in a responsible way. The author has been hiking in the north, every time asking - what if everybody could experience this? Would it be possible to get into the wild with minimal impact on the environment? What if you wouldn’t need the expertise, the knowledge, or even the equipment to get into the pristine nature and to interact with the untouched Arctic? Volvo Abisko is representing the dream of offering this experience for a broader audience. READ MORE

  3. 7. Bodies out/in Place? Unmapping Trans People’s Experience in Outdoor Activities

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Bart Bloem Herraiz; [2019-08-26]
    Keywords : Trans; Outdoor; Body Experience; Counter-geographies; Queering Methodology;

    Abstract : Scrutiny over trans people's bodies in urban contexts is continuous. This thesis develops the idea that the outdoors offers a less-gendered space for trans people, enabling and empowering them to escape self-surveillance processes and to feel freer in their gender expression/identity. READ MORE

  4. 8. The compromises of rewilding : reconciling nature and humans in the wilderness

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Julia Rouet-Leduc; [2017]
    Keywords : rewilding; environmental aesthetics; wilderness; animals; value of nature; Sámi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore how rewilding has emerged as a new alternative to classic nature conservation to reconcile humans with wild nature. The study will explore what are the compromises required for rewilding in a Swedish context. READ MORE

  5. 9. Obehöriga äga tillträde : om att framhäva en urban vildmark i en växande stad

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Maja Jörgensen; Ellen Sundin; [2017]
    Keywords : landskapsarkitektur; tunnelbanestation; urban ruin; urban vildmark; sublim; övergiven;

    Abstract : Detta arbete visar hur en gestaltning av den urbana ruinen Kymlinge tunnelbanestation, med omgivande urbana vildmark, kan gestaltas med målet att lyfta platsidentiteten och den sublima karaktären och samtidigt öka nåbarheten till natur i en växande storstad. Med utgångspunkt i att stationen tas i bruk vill vi med vårt förslag poängtera vikten av att erbjuda varierade upplevelser i staden. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Quest for a Transcendental Experience: A Deconstruction of Binary Oppositions in Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Matz Andersson; [2016]
    Keywords : English; Deconstruction; Into the Wild; Krakauer; Derrida; American Wilderness;

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