Essays about: "memory culture"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 60 essays containing the words memory culture.
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1. Woven from Hundreds of Flowers : Religion, Conflict, and Collective Memory in Nepal as Seen Through Deepak Rauniyar’s Film White Sun
University essay fromAbstract : This thesis examines how religious traditions, collective memory, and conflict are represented in the Nepali film White Sun (2016), which was co-written and directed by Deepak Rauniyar. The film focuses on an anti-regime partisan who returns home to the rural areas of Nepal to bury his father. READ MORE
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2. Navigating the smartphone era in times of war : Ukrainian civilians' smartphone usage in the aftermath of the Russian invasion into Ukraine in 2022
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medierAbstract : The study examines the role of smartphones as both a media technology and media practice in the context of the war between Ukraine and Russia starting in 2022. Focusing on Ukrainian civilians, who constitute one of the most networked societies, the research explores the extent and quality of smartphone technology's pervasiveness, evolving social dynamics and experiences shaped by smartphone-mediated communication, and the implications of smartphone-mediated involvement for civilians' experiences of the war. READ MORE
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3. Let Us Put Our Brains in the Spotlight – Literally!
University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i molekylärbiologiAbstract : Neurons are the working force in each vertebrate’s nervous system. These small cells have the important task of transferring information in the form of electrical charges called action potentials. Neurons make it possible for us to sense touch, process our environment, and store memory. READ MORE
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4. The Representation of Perpetrators in the Netherlands : A Case Study of Dutch Memorial Museums about the Second World War
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : This thesis analyses the texts and audio-files of the exhibitions of the Dutch memorial museums about the Second World War to understand how perpetrators have been represented. In a social constructionist approach on cultural memory and heritage it can be argued that memorial museums are institutions which partake in the processes of cultural memory and heritage during which a reconstruction of the past is developed which can be connected to the values of the current society. READ MORE
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5. How to cope and how to resist : Religion, Culture and Courage Among Thai Women in Belgium Faced with Intimate Partner Violence.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis studies, through a series of interviews, the use of Lived Religion and cultural practices by migrant Thai women in Belgium as they seek to cope with the intimate partner violence they have suffered. The research looks at which strategies help the women to cope and which empower them to resist and leave their abusive context. READ MORE
