Essays about: "craft knowledge"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 essays containing the words craft knowledge.

1. 1. Erratic Patterns : Unravelling the Cultural Transfers of Library Classifiers

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

   Author : Keeley Lindkvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Library classifier; library classification; classification; cultural transfer; classification and culture; Library of Congress Classifi-cation Scheme LCC ; knowledge organisation; knowledge organization; The Swedish Institute in Rome ISVRoma ; Biblioteksklassificerare; biblioteksklassificering; kulturell överföring; klassificering och kultur; Library of Congress klassificeringsschema LCC ; kunskapsorganisation; Svenska institutet i Rom ISVRoma ;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the oft-overlooked influence of the classifier's input during the assignment of library classifications and draws upon cultural transfer theory to shed light on the underlying principles that guide the process. Classifiers' personal knowledge, experience, and beliefs, have a critical role in determining the 'aboutness' of a work and its subsequent classification. READ MORE

3. 2. Crafting Textile Knowledges : A decolonial study of the Iku/Arhuaco material culture in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg (Världskulturmuseet)

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

   Author : Stefanía Castelblanco-Pérez; [2023]
   Keywords : material culture; indigenous heritage; object-based research; ethical stewardship; decoloniality; arhuaco; Iku; cultura material; patrimonio Indígena; investigación objetual; administración ética; decolonialidad; arhuaco; Iku;

   Abstract : The return of objects that belong to ethnographic collections to their places of origin is one of the topics of discussion that, despite not being new, has been gaining more and more relevance today. Taking the Iku indigenous craft collection in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg as a case study, I pursue to develop an object-based methodology that increases and deepens the understanding of the notion of ethical stewardship, while joining current debates on indigenous heritage and decoloniality. READ MORE

4. 3. "Our future is our history" : A qualitative interview study with Sami crafts people, analysing the tradition of craft making in a contemporary society

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för historia och samtidsstudier

   Author : Sofia Isaksson; [2023]
   Keywords : Sami; traditional knowledge; craft making; Duodji; tradition; religion; spirituality; articulation; digital adaptations;

   Abstract : This essay is a qualitative interview study with Sami craftspeople. The purpose of the study is to outline and analyse how my informants, being active Sami crafts people, relate to tradition, and tradition in a contemporary society. READ MORE

5. 4. Reconstructing Eighteenth-Century Tailoring: A Qualitative Study of Craft Knowledge

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

   Author : Therese Holmgren; [2022-07-05]
   Keywords : reconstruction; eighteenth century; dress history; craft knowledge; hand sewing;

   Abstract : This thesis researches the craft knowledge in eighteenth-century sewing through case studies and reconstructions. With the theoretical framework of experimental archaeology, craft science and object-based research, it was found that reconstructions can be a suitable method to research and document craft knowledge and skills of hand sewing. READ MORE

6. 5. Attention based Knowledge Tracing in a language learning setting

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Sebastiaan Vergunst; [2022]
   Keywords : Knowledge Tracing; Exercise Recommendation; Personalised Learning; Recurrent Neural Network; Attention; Self-Attention; Exercise Embedding; Kunskapsspårning; Övningsrekommendation; Personligt Anpassad Inlärning; Rekurrenta Neurala Nätverk; Uppmärksamhet; Självuppmärksamhet; Övningsembedding;

   Abstract : Knowledge Tracing aims to predict future performance of users of learning platforms based on historical data, by modeling their knowledge state. In this task, the target is a binary variable representing the correctness of the exercise, where an exercise is a word uttered by the user. READ MORE