Essays about: "catalan"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 34 essays containing the word catalan.

  1. 21. 'I'm from Barcelona': Boundaries and Transformations Between Catalan and Spanish Identities

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Liesl Drew; [2017]
    Keywords : identity; Catalonia; Spain; ethnic boundaries; minority language; nationalism; identitat; Catalunya; Espanya; fronteres ètniques; llengua minoritària; nacionalisme; identité; Catalogne; Espagne; frontières ethniques; langue minoritaire; nationalisme; identitet; Katalonien; Spanien; etniska gränser; minoritetsspråk; nationalism; identidad; Cataluña; España; fronteras étnicas; lengua minoritaria; nacionalismo;

    Abstract : In the last decade or so, the multiple political factions in Catalonia have adopted pro-independence initiatives in their platforms following the 2008 financial crisis. Catalonia’s position as representing a minority culture in the face of the centralized administration of Madrid presents a contentious history of fighting for the right ‘to be’, culminating in what today is viewed by many as an identity crisis. READ MORE

  3. 22. Evaluating Globally Normalized Transition Based Neural Networks for Multilingual Natural Language Understanding

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Andrea Azzarone; [2017]
    Keywords : nlp; machine learning; dependency parsing;

    Abstract : We analyze globally normalized transition-based neural network models for dependency parsing on English, German, Spanish, and Catalan. We compare the results with FreeLing, an open source language analysis tool developed at the UPC natural language processing research group. READ MORE

  4. 23. The flow impact on a radiator system : A case study in district heating system

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik

    Author : Juan Antonio Catalan Solsona; [2016]
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  5. 24. “…my insides were like a house…” : A Study of Body and Space in Mercè Rodoreda’s La Plaça del Diamant 

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Sofia Iaffa; [2016]
    Keywords : Mercè Rodoreda; body; space; subject;

    Abstract : The present thesis is a study of how body and space interrelate in the novel La Plaça del Diamant (1962) by the Catalan writer Mercè Rodoreda (1908-1983). I will in the following argue that these relations are important effects of the literary form of the novel and study how they produce a certain form of subjectivity. READ MORE

  6. 25. Online System for Sharing Tools and Devices : BorrowIT

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Victoria Catalán Rivas; Albin Ohlsson; Viktor Ståhl; [2016]
    Keywords : caring; online; application; tools; environment; waste; community; resource; sharing; collaborative; consumption; delning; omtanke; online; applikation; verktyg; miljö; slöseri; grannskap; resurser; dela; konsumtion;

    Abstract : In today’s society, a lot of our tools and devices go unused for the majority of the time they are in our possession. There is a needlessly large economical and environmental impact of each of us purchasing these items only to have them lay on our shelves. READ MORE