Essays about: "monumentality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word monumentality.

  1. 1. Fences are like Ghosts are like Monuments : ephemeral social agreements under the neoliberal rule

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Author : Herkules Jansson; [2024]
    Keywords : territoriality; nationalism; fencing; bordering; monumentality; nationalist symbolism; nation building myths; memory production; Berzelii park; Raoul Wallenberg; territorialitet; nationalism; staket; gränsdragning; monumentalitet; nationalistisk symbolism; nationsbyggande myter; minnesproduktion; Berzelii park; Raoul Wallenberg;

    Abstract : This essay delves into the intricate dynamics of Berzelii Park, focusing on the interaction between the mesh fence constructed in 2016 and the Raoul Wallenberg monuments. It examines the fence as a nationalist monument, revealing its transformative impact on the communal space and highlighting its role in shaping memories, identity, and ideological conflicts within the urban landscape. READ MORE

  3. 2. Finding a place for old things: The role of pre-Norse features in constructing Norse conceptual landscapes in the Scottish Isles

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Jake Clarke; [2020]
    Keywords : Iron Age; Viking Age; Scotland; Picts; Norse; Norway; Orkney Isles; Outer Hebrides; Isle of Lewis; Rousay; landscape archaeology; GIS; perception; memory; monuments; postmodern archaeology; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The Viking Age saw the colonisation of most of the isles of Scotland by settlers from Norway. These newcomers brought their own customs, practices and perceptions to the Isles, maintaining close links with the Scandinavian world. READ MORE

  4. 3. The architecture of function : Understanding House K at San Giovenale

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Ghaza Alyasin; [2020]
    Keywords : San Giovenale; Etruscan architecture; ashlar blocks; headers; monumental building; monumentality; monumental architecture; Archaic architecture; Etruscan settlement; courtyard complex; palazzo;

    Abstract : Between 1961 and 1963 a large terraced Etruscan building on the southside of the Acropolis at the archaeological site of San Giovenale in Italy was excavated. The building, named House K, remained largely unpublished and unstudied throughout the years, leaving our picture of the ancient settlement at San Giovenale incomplete. READ MORE

  5. 4. Utforskandet av dynamisk vegetationsdesign : koncept och gestaltningslösningar för långsiktigt hållbara vegetationssystem med Kungsgatan i Malmö som utgångspunkt

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Karolina Brandt; Turid Landström Petersen; [2020]
    Keywords : dynamisk; vegetationsdesign; vegetationssystem; artrikedom; strukturrikedom; esplanad; trädallé; skissprocess; utforskande;

    Abstract : För människan har träd varit betydelsefulla sedan urminnes tider. De svarar för otaliga ekosystemtjänster och kan vara direkt identitetsskapande för en plats. Ofta är det stora och ålderstigna träd som värdesätts högst. En pampig trädallé i landskapet vittnar om storhet och makt. READ MORE

  6. 5. Towards an Experimental Monumentality : Traversing in Norrland's Woods

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Maria Theophoanous; [2016]
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