Essays about: "appropriation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 144 essays containing the word appropriation.

  1. 16. The Blue Spine

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Vlad Capitanu; [2022]
    Keywords : city river urbanism design sustainable;

    Abstract : Rivers were always an important factor in the evolution ofcities. From ancient times, rivers were used in cities forirrigation, transportation, leisure and other activities. In the lastcouple of decades, urbanism paid special attention to therelationship between the river and the city.Bucharest makes no difference. READ MORE

  3. 17. A portrait of a Witch : Research on the resurgence of Neo-Pagan & Modern Witchcraft movements in the Western societies and what it means to be a Pagan in 21st century.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Liliya Todorova-Janssens; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Records suggest that throughout human history, our cultures have always been tied to some form of religious beliefs. Religions evolve, transform, rise and fall. READ MORE

  4. 18. Attachment-Oriented Motherhood and the German New Right on Instagram

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Isabel Köhler; [2022]
    Keywords : Attachment Parenting; Intensive Motherhood; Respectability; White Femininity; The German New Right; Critical Discourse Analysis; Social Media Studies;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate the German-speaking attachment-oriented parenting community on Instagram. Focusing on a debate about new-right activities in the community, I analyze how motherhood (self-)conceptions were discursively entangled with questions of resistance to and tolerance of the new right. READ MORE

  5. 19. Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity Through the Use of Epic Fantasy : Using The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson to analyze hegemonic masculinity and its potential for classroom appropriation.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Viktor Jakobsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Hegemonic masculinity; masculinity; gender studies; fantasy; Way of Kings; epic fantasy; upper secondary school; classroom; teacher; gender pedagogy; the boy crisis; gender roles; mental health;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to argue that using the novel The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson to explore the concepts of gender roles, with masculinity and its hegemonic aspect at the forefront, through the fields of gender studies and gender pedagogy, will provide grounds for meaningful classroom discussions and activities in the Swedish upper secondary school by drawing parallels between the fictional society presented in the novel and our own.  Three main traits of hegemonic masculinity are analyzed and applied to the characters Kaladin, Dalinar and Jasnah, namely physical assertiveness, egocentric individualism, and domination. READ MORE

  6. 20. Parallel City

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Joar Nordvall; [2022]
    Keywords : Valhallavägen; Democracy; Collaborative construction; Associations union; Small house; Truss; Public Space; City; Territorial Practice;

    Abstract : This thesis project is about an associations union and territorial practice through the lens of collaborative construction. The project started with reading a newspaper article about an associations union being evicted from Fältöversten Centrum. The union contains 53 clubs, associations, and interest groups. READ MORE