Essays about: "contemporary memorial"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words contemporary memorial.

  1. 1. Cemetery in Sweden as cultural landscape - A phenomenological study on cemetery design and planning in Stockholm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Ziyu Zhao; [2023]
    Keywords : cultural landscape; cemetery; Swedish cemeteries; cemetery design; cemetery planning; burial; cremation; phenomenology; landscape design; parks; Stockholm; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The focus of this thesis is centered around the cemeteries in Stockholm city. As a form of arrangement and design of objects located on the land, the cemetery can be conceptualized as a landscape. Its distinct function, serving as a memorial space for the living and a final resting place for the deceased, adds layers of complexity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Torget som demokratisk arena : en nödvändighet eller en anakronism?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Hanna Alfredsson; [2021]
    Keywords : demokrati; demonstration; möten; torg; gestaltning; democracy; demonstrations; public space;

    Abstract : Torgen har haft en roll i demokratiseringsprocesser under hundratals år och tycks fortfarande spela en viktig roll, trots att en stor del av det politiska samtalet idag sker på internet. Inte minst har vi kunnat se detta under 2020 då stora grupper människor har gett sig ut och demonstrerat – en global pandemi till trots. READ MORE

  4. 3. Loop : ett gestaltningsförslag för en del av Östra kyrkogården i Malmö

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Lisa Mayr; Sunniva Wejlemark; [2021]
    Keywords : begravningsplats; Sigurd Lewerentz; Östra kyrkogården Malmö; gestaltning; kulturhistoria;

    Abstract : Arbetet syftar till att visa hur en del av Östra kyrkogården kan omgestaltas med hänsyn både till befintliga kulturhistoriska och arkitektoniska värden, men också som en modern och framtida plats för sorg och kontemplation. Arbetets ram har satts av en årlig idétävling för landskapsarkitektstudenter som år 2021 har namnet Framtidens minnesplats - Östra kyrkogården i Malmö och arrangeras av Tankesmedjan Movium vid SLU tillsammans med Sveriges Kyrkogårds- och Krematorieförbund (SKKF), Sveriges Stenindustriförbund samt SLU. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mobilising the Lebanese Diaspora in Times of Political Turmoil at “Home” : Investigating online engagement practices and the roles of the alternative online medium Thawra Chronicles in the context of the Lebanese Revolution 2019

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Victoria Becker; [2021]
    Keywords : digital diaspora; Lebanese diaspora; digital activism; awareness activism; alternative media; Lebanese Revolution 2019; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research focuses on the contemporary case study of the Thawra Chronicles, founded by three London-based members of the Lebanese diaspora in the wake of the Lebanese Revolution in early October 2019 to support the social movement from afar, targeting non-Lebanese individuals as well as Lebanese within and beyond its borders. Thawra Chronicles is a multifaceted, independent alternative online outlet aiming at commemorating the revolution, by providing information, curating art as well as serving as a space of participation through the upload of user-generated content and pledges. READ MORE

  6. 5. Memorializing Babyn Yar : Politics of Memory and Commemoration of the Holocaust in Ukraine

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudier

    Author : Galyna Kutsovska; [2019]
    Keywords : Holocaust in Ukraine; Babyn Yar; politics of memory and memorialization; collective memory; sites of memory; Europeanization of memory; politicization of memory; transnational memory; nation-building; Holodomor; OUN.;

    Abstract : Recently in the West, interest in the memory of the Holocaust considered as a commonly shared dark past has increased. In Ukraine the commemoration of the Holocaust is affected by the ongoing nation-building process, with a focus on the collective memories of the Holodomor (the Famine of 1932-1933) and the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). READ MORE