Essays about: "encounters with others"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words encounters with others.

  1. 1. Encountering Diversity Before and Beyond the District Courts : The Saamis’ Situation in North-Western Jämtland 1649–1700

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Sigrid Ejemar; [2023]
    Keywords : Saami; Jämtland; district court records; seventeenth century; encounters; local communities; borderlands; settler colonialism;

    Abstract : This thesis utilises district court records from the three judicial districts of Hammerdal, Offerdal, and Undersåker to shed light on Saamis’ presence in north-western Jämtland during the seventeenth century. The research question posed is how encounters with the local communities shaped the Saamis’ situation during a period of emerging colonial mores and contributes to the discussion on how encounters with others impacted the situation for the Saami in early modern Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. Volunteer tourism as a transformative journey - “ It's something that they still have, that many have lost at home”

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Nathalie Regestad; Isabella Axelsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Voluntourism; existential authenticity; moral grandstanding; moral superiority; self-identity; the Other; exoticism; epiphany; epiphanic experiences.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Volunteer tourism is an alternative form of tourism that is constantly increasing. The increase can be considered related to trends about social participation, environmental awareness and moral demands. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Känner man trygghet att man får vara på en plats, känner vi att den sociala hållbarheten ökar” : att planera för sociala interaktioner som landskapsarkitekt inom ramen för Slakthusområdets planprogram

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Téa Capelle; [2023]
    Keywords : sociala interaktioner; social hållbarhet; Slakthusområdet; landskapsarkitektur; planering; segregation; urbanism; öppet system; stängt system; nödvändiga aktiviteter; frivilliga aktiviteter; sociala aktiviteter; öppen stad;

    Abstract : Sociala interaktioner anses vara en viktig del för att skapa en inkluderande och socialt hållbar stad. I Stockholm stad har segregationen ökat och möjligheterna till möten mellan olika grupper minskat. Men forskning visar att det finns möjlighet att planera för social interaktion mellan grupper i stadens offentliga rum. READ MORE

  5. 4. Lived Hybridity : The Embodied Experiences of Daughters of Immigrants in Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Lina Kröger; [2022]
    Keywords : Othering; Second Generation; Lived Hybridity; Non-Whiteness; Socio-Spatial Segregation;

    Abstract : Purpose- The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between space, non-whiteness, embodied experiences and related perceptions, establishing reality connections for the participants in this matter. One notion that collides with the unrestricted individuality of these subjects, who are perceived as being outsiders to the Swedish norm, is the concept of Othering. READ MORE

  6. 5. "Stick vs. Rope. Gun vs. Strand." : The Monomyth and the Hero as Warrior in Kojima Productions' 2019 Video Game Death Stranding

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Beatrice Näsling; [2022]
    Keywords : Kojima Productions; Death Stranding; video game; Joseph Campbell; monomyth; hero s journey; violence; heroic archetypes.; Kojima Productions; Death Stranding; TV-spel; Joseph Campbell; monomyt; hjältens resa; våld; hjältearketyper;

    Abstract : Released in 2019, the video game Death Stranding follows the monomythic structure described by Joseph Campbell in his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The journey begins with the protagonist, Sam “Porter” Bridges, reluctantly accepting his calls to adventure, and, as he begins to move west, he receives supernatural aid from an increasing number of helpers he encounters along the way. READ MORE