Essays about: "culture in-between"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 essays containing the words culture in-between.

  1. 16. The Journey to Entrepreneurship: A Cultural Analysis of Creative Entrepreneurs in a Business Incubator in Finland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Salli Sisko Siltanen; [2018]
    Keywords : entrepreneurship; creative entrepreneurs; incubator; business culture; entrepreneurial lifestyle; applied cultural analysis; MACA; Social Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the process of becoming a creative entrepreneur and how this process can be supported in and out of an incubator. Using ethnographic methods and cultural analysis, I argue that being an entrepreneur is an overarching lifestyle and the process of becoming one is affected by each individual’s backgrounds, motivations, identities, existing skills, social networks and perceptions of the business culture. READ MORE

  3. 17. Setting the seeds for a green growth -A Study of biofuel development in Indonesia’s transport sector

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Sophia Aaman; Johan Henrik Hessel Lundberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Multi-Level Perspective; Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning; Biofuels for transport; Indonesia; Barriers.;

    Abstract : Climate change poses as one of the major environmental issues on a global scale today, with one of the largest contributor to the climate change being the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions in turn is known to a large extent originate in anthropogenic energy use, especially fossil fuel usage. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Back Way To Europe & Everything in Between : A Study of Migration Culture in The Gambia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Etnologi

    Author : Aida Jobarteh; [2017]
    Keywords : migration; The backway; The Gambia; Migration Trajectories; Migration Culture; Gambia migration; Hope; Vital Conjunctures;

    Abstract : Crossing the Sahara to reach Libya for the purpose of onward migration across the Mediterranean to Italy is what in Gambia is called “The Back Way”. The aim of this study is to examine the ambitions and reasons behind a migratory project from The Gambia to Europe. READ MORE

  5. 19. Charging the Void : (Perception Odd Logic)

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Stina Ahlqvist; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : As a concern for how new city developments invest in commercial public space of economic activity rather than cultural activity and inclusion, part of a global trend and also the case of Umeå’s ambition to reach the population growth of 200 000 inhabitants by the year of 2050. The question to be asked in this regard is what kind of effect does this produce on the way we as local inhabitants can take control and be part of the creation of our own living environment? Or are we just victims of a life consumed by slow decay due to the capital dominance? In relation to this main concern, the project has been developing through the aspect of acknowledging inferior space and abandoned objects as a method and typology to analyze alternative ways to perceive the city off based the logic of clear function and use, but in terms of human interaction and subjective perception of space. READ MORE

  6. 20. (S)examensarbete

    University essay from Konstfack/Textil

    Author : Cecilia Pfaff; [2016]
    Keywords : art; textile art; knitting; crochet; sex; sexy; sexiness; Instagram; selfie; performance; sun chair; craftivism; Dolly Parton; body; feminism; #xxxjobb; #123sexy; konst; textilkonst; stickning; virkning; sex; sexig; sexighet; Instagram; selfie; performance; solstol; craftivism; Dolly Parton; kropp; feminism; #xxxjobb; #123sexy;

    Abstract : Preface: Thank you to all the women in my life who have supported me through this process; to my mother, to my other mother (Susan), to Kara, to Jordan and, of course, to Dolly. Summary: (S)examensarbete is a journey through which I have questioned if knitting can be sexy. READ MORE