Essays about: "cultural and imported goods"

Found 4 essays containing the words cultural and imported goods.

  1. 1. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Markus Ahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Charon’s fee; Obolus; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Elite Burial; Mercenary; Meme; Engbjerg; Himlingøje; Högom; Kälder; Hol; Gile; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Dead white man’s clothes” : The influence of second hand import on young Ghanaians’ consuming patterns

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Hanna Skoglund; Johanna Samuelsson; Linda Finell; [2022]
    Keywords : Second hand; Second hand import; Consumption; Postcolonialism; Attachment to clothes;

    Abstract : Generally, not many in the Global North are aware of the complexity behind the second hand clothing trade and donations. Today, Ghana has become one of the biggest markets for imported second hand clothing. With this, the Akan saying “Obroni Wawu” has come, and translates into “Dead White Man’s Clothes”. READ MORE

  4. 3. Islands of Globesity : A Study on Human Health, Unequal Exchange, and Human-Environmental Relations in Samoa. Report from a Minor Field Study in Samoa, May-June 2007

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Ragnheiður Bogadóttir; [2008]
    Keywords : imported food; health; non-communicable disease; human-environmental relations ecologically unequal exchange environmental sustainability; Pacific Islands; Oceania; Polynesia; Samoa; human ecology; Ecology; Ekologi; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this field study, based on fieldwork during a period of two months, the impact of imported food and goods on human health and the environment in the Pacific island state of Samoa is investigated. The focus is on the direct impact of imported food on human health, as well as the role of imported food and goods in changing human-environmental relations. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Corporate Cultural Differences between Swedish and South African Airfreight Companies

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi

    Author : Nicholas Parthesius; [2007]
    Keywords : Corporate culture; Business Culture; Culture management; Logistics; Airfreight;

    Abstract : A study presenting the differences in corporate culture between South African and Swedish airfreight industries with focus on the excess baggage sectors of the industry. This industry is very competitive and very international as goods are being exported and imported in vast amounts around the world. READ MORE