Essays about: "cultural field hypothesis"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words cultural field hypothesis.
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1. Is the cultural field hypothesis true for Finland?
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : This study presents an in-depth analysis of spatial voting behavior in Finland at the municipality level, using electoral data from 1983 to 2019. The primary objective is to investigate if the cultural field hypothesis holds true for Finland. If this hypothesis holds, distinct cultural domains should emerge within Finland. READ MORE
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2. Novel Technology in a Retail Space: A study of how IKEA retail space influences adoption of smart technology for the home
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : The objective of this thesis is to understand how a retail space could facilitate a broader adoption of a novel technology. I aim to respond to the following questions, (i) ‘What characterises the practice of operating a smart technology for the home?’, (ii) ‘Which are the main barriers to reaching out to a broader range of customers, as opposed to only the technology interested customers?’, and (iii) ‘What in the retail space would need to change to facilitate broader adoption of a novel technology?’. READ MORE
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3. Breaking Myths! : Unveiling the storytelling processes in the reception of Hilma af Klint from the 1980s and 2010s
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : This dissertation studies the critical reception of Hilma af Klint trough three exhibitions: Spiritual in Art – Abstract Painting 1890-1985 (Los Angeles, 1986), Secret Pictures by Hilma af Klint, (Helsinki, 1988) and Hilma af Klint – A Pioneer of Abstraction (Stockholm, 2013), addressing the crucial prominent figures and voices in the discursive field around af Klint. The aim is carried out through the Critical Discourse Analysis by Norman Fairclough, coupled with Pierre Bourdieu's concept of the cultural field and habitus. READ MORE
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4. Challenging Old Truths : Viewing Cultural Hybridity from the Perspective of the Tarand-Graves
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : A phenomenon during the late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age which in its simplest form could be called ‘a culture of the Baltic Sea’ is an idea which many archaeologists have favoured. However, the term ‘a culture of the Baltic Sea’ is not the most ideal to use when discussing the Baltic Sea during this time in prehistory, as the term is rather simplifying from what would be the more diverse truth. READ MORE
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5. Does symbolic recognition matter? - Secession-inducing features of symbolic recognition in two autonomous sub-state entities within Spain
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This essay is a hypothesis-generating study that theorizes on secession-inducing features of symbolic recognition in places divided by national, ethnic, linguistic or cultural diversity, something that has generally been overlooked in the research field of constitutional design, secessionism and power sharing systems. The hypothesis is partially tested using a most-similar research design for two autonomous sub-state entities in Spain (Galicia and Catalonia) to show indications of the hypothesized relationship. READ MORE
