Essays about: "backpacker"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word backpacker.
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1. “Eden to Hell in the Space of a Few Seconds” : an ecocritical and postcolonial analysis of Alex Garland’s The Beach
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This essay analyzes the cultural concepts of wilderness, utopia, and the pastoral in relation to The Beach from ecocritical and postcolonial perspectives. Evidently, the pastoral is critical in shaping the Western idea of wilderness, and the utopistic mindset plays an equally crucial role in wilderness gazing. READ MORE
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2. Land Rover BackPacker : A minimal travel vehicle
University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : How can reductionism lead to a greater experience and add to the appeal of a product? The Land Rover BackPacker is a minimalistic travel vehicle that questions the space and the complexity needed in a vehicle while exploring the world 4x4 inspired by the necessity of reduction in today's consumerist world to fight climate change and the freedom of travelling light. Its open design creates an interactive space with it's surroundings for 2 people which is created in a multifunctional approach to be more then a car but a space to hang out and a place to sleep in the wild. READ MORE
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3. Backpacker Tourism and Local Community Development: An Analysis of Hostels as Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : This thesis is an attempt to understand if hostels, being an essential component of the infrastructural support for backpacker tourism have been instrumental in lifting up local communities in light of socio-economic development. The analysis strives to explore not only the contours of change in the community level but also the changes in the institutions and structures within which the tourism industry operates to understand how the hostel communities create their own structures through exercising power, which is a manifestation of how capitals are accumulated and transformed. READ MORE
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4. Mobile sociality : backpacker interaction in a digital world
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : The rise of the internet, social networking sites, and mobile devices have transformed the way backpackers experience travel. Social sphere of traveling is not merely a physical space but is now extended through digital social media in which backpackers can interact, post, share, and present their corporeal travel activities online. READ MORE
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5. Supporting Backpackers Needs and Travel Experiences : Design implications for communication technology
University essay from Institutionen för informatikAbstract : Our society is becoming more restless and mobile, a symbol for this mobility are the backpackers. Backpackers are found everywhere in the world and represent a form of low-cost independent travellers. To experience as much as possible, seems to be a very important issue for backpackers and they have that as a motivation during their travels. READ MORE
