Essays about: "foreign origins"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words foreign origins.

  1. 1. Chronicled in metal : The biography of a trefoil brooch and the importance of object modification in Viking Age Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Isac Löfgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Trefoil brooch; Vikings; Viking Age; object biography; ornamentation;

    Abstract : Trefoil brooches are one of the most abundant types of Viking Age jewellery in Scandinavia. This thesis delves into the journey of one such brooch, known as 555783, discovered in Birka, Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Many Layers of Sergei Parajanov : A Life’s Work Reprised

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Anna Strohmeyer; [2022]
    Keywords : Parajanov; dissident; censorship; sexual identity; poetic cinema; Soviet; post-Soviet; individual freedom; artistic freedom; prison art; queer studies; diachronic case study; political prisoner; historical revisionism; erasure;

    Abstract : Abstract This thesis examines the various biographical threads, which created the complex fabric of Sergei Parajanov’s life and work, especially his films. His origins, education, marriages, family life, and friendships forged in film school and in the various studios, where he worked, are used to frame his cinematic productions. READ MORE

  4. 3. In the Name of God - or not : A study on how external actor religiosity may affect rebel groups

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Gustaf Leijonmarck; [2020]
    Keywords : Religion; insurgency; rebel groups; Pakistan; Balochistan; Pashtun; India; Taliban; Jihad; Secularism;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to answer the question of why some rebel movements choose to take on a religious character, and why some do not, even in cases where they share many characteristics. This thesis argues that a religious or secular framing is a tool that can be tactically utilised by rebel groups in order to further their goals and strengthen their position. READ MORE

  5. 4. Migration and Health Care Utilization: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Migrants on Hospital Congestion in Italy.

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jacopo Lunghi; [2019]
    Keywords : Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health; Health Behavior; International Migration;

    Abstract : The effect of migrants on public health care in the host country is an important component of the economic and political discourse about immigration. Lack of familiarity with the healthcare system and systematically different health status may drive patients of foreign origins to crowd medical facilities, affecting the quality of service provision. READ MORE

  6. 5. Arbitration in China: Modern Dispute Resolution in Cultural Clothing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Alicia Ehn; [2017]
    Keywords : Private law; Arbitration; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Arbitration has for a long time been the common dispute resolution method used in commercial disputes relating to China. The Chinese arbitration system has developed from vastly different origins than its Western counterparts, and thus certain Chinese characteristics are prevalent in the system. READ MORE