Essays about: "commune"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the word commune.

  1. 1. "Thor Drives a Tesla" : Ritual and Sacred Space in Swedish Heathenism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Mathilda Lönn; [2023]
    Keywords : paganism; heathenism; ritual; space; nature; disenchantment;

    Abstract : Heathenism is a branch of Paganism based on Germanic mythology, whose diverse spiritual beliefs are united by a common sacrificial ritual called blot. The Swedish Heathen organization The Swedish Forn Sed Assembly [Samfundet Forn Sed Sverige] is a self-described nature religion, who see nature as sacred and whose public blot ceremonies are held outside in order to commune with the gods. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sustaining Svanholm: The Possibilities and Challenges in a Danish Ecovillage

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Anders Gøhler Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Svanholm; Ecovillage; Sustainability; Anthropological fieldwork; Denmark; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper focuses on the Danish ecovillage by the name of Svanholm, with a special attention to how different areas of sustainability is being understood and carried out in practice in the ecovillage. Through a long-term fieldwork and anthropological methods herein, the paper seeks to understand Svanholm with all its possibilities as well as challenges, whether it be in a technical, environmental, economic, political or social area of sustainability. READ MORE

  4. 3. Imagining the Commune - Democratic confederalist approaches to law and conflict resolution

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Miran Kakaee; [2020-04-14]
    Keywords : Legal plurism; regulations of social relations; restorative justice; democratic confederalism; self-administration;

    Abstract : In the midst of an ongoing civil war, the people of North and East Syria have been building society based on the ideas of direct-democratic and decentralized self-administration. Differently put, they have embraced the principles and ideas of democratic confederalism, which is the political ideology developed by PKK founder Abdullah Öcalan. READ MORE

  5. 4. Kartläggning av påverkande faktorer och förslag på åtgärder för att öka antalet kvinnor på Slottegymnasiets skogliga NB-program

    University essay from SLU/School for Forest Management

    Author : Sebastian Mångs; Erik Söderlund; [2019]
    Keywords : könsfördelning; gymnasieval; skogsbruk;

    Abstract : Forestry have in history been a strongly male dominated area and have continue to be so on till present times. Even though the forestry sector has faced progress and the number of women in forestry have increased over time, women still only make out about one sixth of the total workforce. READ MORE

  6. 5. Det moderna skogsbruket : ett hot mot biologisk mångfald?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Sara Brandén; Tove Grönblad; [2018]
    Keywords : biodiversitet; fragmentering; mossor; renlavar; habitatstruktur;

    Abstract : Skogen har länge varit en viktig del i människans utveckling. Skogen har bland annat bidragit till föda och skydd, den har fungerat som basresurs för människan under mycket lång tid och utnyttjandet och användandet av skogen har förändrats. READ MORE