Essays about: "cultural intermediaries"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words cultural intermediaries.

  1. 1. You are what you eat online : the phenomenon of mediated eating practices and their underlying moral regimes in Swedish “What I eat in a day” vlogs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Christine Sandal; [2018]
    Keywords : foodies; food vlog; aestheticisation; micro celebrity; everyday expertise; eating practices; practice theory; field theory; cultural intermediaries; cultural change; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In Western societies, with increasingly salient mediation processes, eating, too, has become an entanglement of offline and online practices. Food as carrier of values has never merely satisfied bodily needs, which makes it essential to investigate mediated eating practices and emerging digital foodscapes in order to understand how they change everyday life, but also culture at large. READ MORE

  2. 2. Transformative gender narratives in South Caucasus: Conversations with NGO women in the Armenian-Azeri conflict

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Mindaugas Jocbalis; [2016]
    Keywords : gender; conflict; Caucasus; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Kvinna; Georgia; displacement; activism; Nagorno-Karabakh;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the role of women as intermediaries, mediators and arbitrators in conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the de facto region of Nagorno-Karabakh. It is highly relevant to comdev due to several reasons. First, it is an active issue. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Liability of Internet Service Providers for Copyright Infringements: exception to copyright protection derived from freedom of expression

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Polina Malaja; [2014]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The question of secondary liability of internet intermediaries for illegal content online is closely linked to the enjoyment of freedom of expression that has to be guaranteed both online and offline. The provisions concerning internet service providers’ liability in Europe include ‘notice and take down’ procedure, blocking measures and injunctions against intermediaries, which are all well-designed to protect right holders, however these rules do not properly take into consideration the concerns of securing freedom of speech on the internet. READ MORE

  4. 4. Opening the “Black Box” of Innovation The Use of Cultural Analysis in Measuring Innovation Capability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Cezara Andreea Padurariu; Dovile Gedvilaite; [2014]
    Keywords : MACA; reward system; habitus; ANT; ethnography; applied cultural analysis; innovation wheel; innovation model; innovation capability; innovation; innovation culture audit; innovation cultures; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Innovation is a dynamic process that has been extensively studied by researchers across different fields: a variety of frameworks and mental models have been produced as a result of efforts to measure and manage innovations. However, despite its obvious importance to the success of an innovation process, the “culture” of innovation remains an uninvestigated “black box”. READ MORE

  5. 5. Analysis of Destination Image Formation among Foreign Travel Intermediaries : The Case of Terrorism Events in Kenya

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för turismvetenskap och geografi

    Author : Milka Mbiyu; [2014]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Tourism is a social phenomenon that relies on the positive destination images. Destination images are mental representations held by individuals of places and defer depending on the information received or actual visits by individuals. Events such as terrorism, war, political instability and natural disasters have negative impacts on destinations. READ MORE