Essays about: "ancestral memories"
Found 3 essays containing the words ancestral memories.
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1. Shifting perspectives through Choreography : a study on bodily rights from an Indigenous perspective
University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för scenkonstAbstract : In the current globalisation of the planet, Indigenous peoples are attempting to reclaim their lands from extraction and natural disruptions due to new sustainable energy projects and dam constructions. This study is exploring how choreography and dance are addressing the issue of exploitation of land and bodies, directly weaving together ideas of ancestry and indigeneity through gathered testimonies from three Indigenous choreographers. READ MORE
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2. Shifting Memories: Burial Practices and Cultural Interaction in Bronze Age China : A study of the Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries in the Tarim Basin
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : This study focuses on the burial practices in the Bronze Age Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries, north-west China, in order to understand how people constructed their social identities and delivered the social cognitions through generations. The Xiaohe-Gumugou cemeteries, as the main sites of the Xiaohe cultural horizon, have central roles for the understanding of the formation of the Bronze Age cultural groups and the cultural interactions between the west and the east in the Tarim Basin. READ MORE
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3. PARTITION MEMORIES IN BANGLADESH: INTERPLAY BETWEEN OFFICIAL HISTORY WRITING AND FAMILY NARRATIVES
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : This essay discusses how Partition (of British India) is remembered today in Bangladesh and how personal memories and narratives may differ considerably from public history writing. It examines the influence of state, community and family on the formation of popular memories about Partition. READ MORE