Essays about: "liminal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 essays containing the word liminal.

  1. 1. A Series of Stairs : And the production of meaning through architectural research, architectural typology and architectural representation

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Hilma Rundblad; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Liminal spaces are broadly overlooked within spatial research but are no less significant as spaces in which emotions, identity and meaning might be embedded. Residential staircases are no exception. READ MORE

  3. 2. Bog Bodies in a Macro Perspective. A Spatial Study of Early Iron Age Scanian Bog Skeletons and Their Cultural Roles as Seen Through the Liminality Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Nell Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : bog bodies; bog skeletons; spatial perspective; landscape archaeology; early iron age; liminality; entanglement; ritual perspective; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis was written with the aims to better understand the spatial relation between the Scanian iron Age bog bodies and the archaeological remains within the surrounding landscape, which in turn would lead to a new theory of understanding the cultural and social aspects of the bog body phenomenon, specifically by applying the liminality perspective. This was done by approaching the material through a wider macro perspective, as opposed to the normally individual-focused micro perspective most used in the bog body research. READ MORE

  4. 3. Floating Thresholds – On the Idea of the Portal in Architecture

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Ivan Grelz; [2023]
    Keywords : Portal; Gate; Architecture; Theory; Threshold; Liminal; Nature; Myth; Ritual; Speed; Depth;

    Abstract : This project investigates a specific concept within architecture: the portal. Divided into eight independent chapters, all possible to read as stand-alone parts, the thesis – a hybrid essay consisting of text, images, drawings and models – uses the portal as a springboard, or tool, for approaching existing theories on the invisible forces that shape the world and our built environment. READ MORE

  5. 4. First blood: Menarche as the foundation for women's self-realisation

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Elena Iacovou; [2023]
    Keywords : Parthenogenesis; goddess-worshipping; religion; religious studies; rites of passage; liminality; existential health.;

    Abstract : Goddess-based civilisations worshipped the divine as a parthenogentic primordial creative force. Parthenogensis a Greek word that derives from parthenos “virgin” and genesis “from the beginning” was the path of liberation or rebirth into one’s divine nature. READ MORE

  6. 5. “I Belong Nowhere”:Identity Construction and Othering Experience of Second-Generation Immigrants in Japan

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Sota Ohata; [2023]
    Keywords : Second-generation immigrants; Immigrants; Refugees; Migrant Education; Othering; Identity Construction; Narrative Inquiry; Biographical Methods; Japan;

    Abstract : The increase in international mobility driven by globalization has led to a profound impact on education worldwide, as evidenced by a 26% rise in the number of school-aged children with migrant and refugee backgrounds since 2000. This global trend has presented challenges for educational institutions in both countries with traditionally high immigrant populations and those previously considered homogeneous. READ MORE