Essays about: "cultural revolution"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 essays containing the words cultural revolution.
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1. Archaeological dental calculus reveals patterns of dietary shifts related to the farming transition in Africa
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildningAbstract : Archaeological dental calculus represents a depositional environment that entraps oral microbes, and debris of dietary, environmental, and cultural material that entered the mouth throughout the host’s life. Hence, they represent valuable archives of information about the host’s lifestyle, health, and environment. READ MORE
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2. The Promise of a Green Revolution : Conceptions of climate change and sustainability in local movements objecting to mining establishment
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : This study explores how vernacular understandings of climate change and sustainability are formed in relation to local disputes concerning mineral exploration. In a search for a solution to climate change, the interest in rare earth elements (REEs), and other metals used in green technology has resulted in granting mining companies processing concessions in Sweden. READ MORE
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3. DIOSES EN LA TIERRA E EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DE LA MANCHA : VELÁZQUEZ’S SUBVERSION OF THE HABSBURG MYSTIQUE OF POWER
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Sometimes the concrete form and skill of a work of art stand in a non-arbitrary or non-contingent relationship with the social circumstances of its facture. I hypothesise that this form and such skill was used by Diego Velázquez for artistically, socially and politically subversive purposes. READ MORE
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4. The Implementation of the New Engineering Contract in Australia : An Institutional Perspective
University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggandeAbstract : Current traditional delivery models used in the Australian construction industry are seen as highly bespoke and adversarial where there is an inappropriate contractual risk allocation, lack of collaboration and poor project management. With the pipeline of investment compounded with the impact that global macroeconomic trends and events (e.g. READ MORE
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5. Hurtful Augenblick: Affect’s Doing in a Series of Instagram Stories of Resistance
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studierAbstract : This thesis explores the affective qualities in a set of Instagram stories juxtaposing photos of the pre- and after 1979 Iranian revolution protests. It poses the central question: ‘How can the power of photographic images in an era of social media be elucidated based on theories of affect?’ By asking this, another subsequent question arises: ‘How is an affective reading of a type of material of mixed and complex nature formulated?’ These two questions shape the structure of this thesis. READ MORE