Essays about: "late modernity"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the words late modernity.

  1. 11. The Ceremonial Body: The Significance of Bodies in Dynastic Ceremonies of the Swedish Monarchy, 1782-1818

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historia

    Author : Alexander Isacsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Monarchy; ceremony; dynasty; body; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The late eighteenth and the early nineteenth century was a turbulent time for the monarchies of Europe, the Swedish included. Since Gustav III’s coup in 1772, the king strove to enhance the royal prerogative. READ MORE

  3. 12. When the Transnational Meets the Particular: Businesses as Actors of Transnational Governance in a Changing Myanmar

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Johan Krom; [2015]
    Keywords : transnational governance; cosmopolitanism; globalisation; retreat of the state; Myanmar; Burma; trade sanctions; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Following five decades of isolation and ruthless military rule, Myanmar authorities started implementing various nominally democratic reforms. In response to these developments Western governments scaled back sanctions that had made the country anathema to foreign business. READ MORE

  4. 13. From Infology to Artificial Science

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria

    Author : Sjur Einen Sævik; [2013]
    Keywords : Philosophy; Informatics; Infology; Bo Dahlbom; Börje Langefors; Information Systems; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This paper studies the ideas of two actors in the Scandinavian field of Information Systems development. It analyzes the writings of Börje Langefors and Bo Dahlbom in the 1980s and 1990s, and focuses on their collaboration resulting in the publication of Langefors’ Essays on Infology. READ MORE

  5. 14. What changed in 43 years? A comparison of the River Laxá dispute with perspectives towards the proposed Bjarnarflag geothermal power station

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Sigurjonsdottir Sigridur Bylgja; [2013]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis compares the 1970 River Laxá dispute in Skútustaðahreppur, Iceland with perspectives towards the proposed Bjarnarflag geothermal power station in the same region 43 years later. The events in 1970 have been called the first act of environmental protection in Iceland. READ MORE

  6. 15. Pics or it didn't happen: Instagram in Prosumer Capitalism and Reflexive Modernity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Aaron Frey; [2012]
    Keywords : Instagram; Facebook; social media; social network sites; mobile computing; prosumption; prosumer capitalism; web 2.0; photography; material culture; reflexive modernity; communities of practice; practice theory; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Drawing on practice centered approaches to consumption, this study situates a cultural analysis of Instagram, a smartphone-­‐based image sharing application used by over 80 million people worldwide, within wider discourses on reflexive modernity, critical media studies, prosumption, and late-­‐modern consumer culture. A seven-­‐day diary study with 25 international participants, supplemented by participant observation, helps tie these theoretical engagements to specific lived experiences illustrating what it means to live with a networked camera almost permanently on-­‐hand to record and share images of daily life. READ MORE