Essays about: "mythical"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the word mythical.

1. 1. Jez Butterworth'z Jerusalem and the Spirit of Liberty

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Robin Pelgrom; [2023]
   Keywords : Jez; Butterworth; Mill; Blake; Byron; Cultural materialism; materialism; intertext; defiance; liberty; action; Arendt; play; criticism; theory; interpretation; mythical; historical; critique;

   Abstract : This essay is an attempt to conduct a reading of Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth through the lens of cultural materialism with John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty as intertext. The essay conducts a brief survey of previous scholarly treatment of the play, explains the theoretical background of cultural materialism that the essay operates on, and briefly introduces the intertext. READ MORE

3. 2. Hårfällor för järv : en studie i alternativa inventeringsmetoder

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

   Author : Tove Hydén; [2023]
   Keywords : järv; inventering; stora rovdjur; DNA; DNA-inventering; hårfälla;

   Abstract : Järv är ett mytomspunnet djur som vi vet relativt lite om i jämförelse med andra stora rovdjur. Järven tillhör mårddjuren och har en cirkumpolär utbredning i Europa, Asien och Nordamerika. i Skandinavien förekommer den främst kring fjällkedjan men utbredningsområdet ökar. READ MORE

4. 3. Future Imaginaries of Negative Emission Technologies and Folklore Myths in Icelandic Basalt: Provisional Order Emerges from the Possible Magma in the Age of ‘Hauntology’ and Broken Time

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Rikke Jespersen; [2023]
   Keywords : NETs; Desire; Green Capitalism; Imaginaries; Storytelling; Pluriverse; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Why do we in the Western part of world today tend to believe in technology’s mythical promises rather than in folklore myths? Imaginaries of the future influence political subjects’ actions in the present and play a key role in composing the trajectory towards the future. I have critically applied this notion to the implementation of negative emission technologies in the climate-neutrality strategy. READ MORE

5. 4. Hanging by a thread : A metaphorical analysis of Viking Age tapestries

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

   Author : Simone Liw de Bernardi; [2023]
   Keywords : Viking Age; conceptual metaphor; metaphorical approach; textiles; tapestries; Oseberg; Vestfold; Rolvsøy; Østfold; Överhogdal; Jämtland; ship burial; chamber grave; Viking Age art; Old Norse mythology; Vikingatid; konseptuell metafor; textil; Oseberg; Rolvsøy; Överhogdal; båtgrav; krammargrav; vikingatida konst; fornnordisk mytologi;

   Abstract : Viking Age tapestries are rare, with only a few examples known. Previous interpretations of figurative depictions from the Viking Age have mainly focused on what mythical or legendary gods and heroes these images might depict. READ MORE

6. 5. Unpacking taste : the social life of wine

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Henrik Mikael Waldin; [2022]
   Keywords : social fields; modernity; tradition; authenticity; natural wine;

   Abstract : Wine’s context exceeds the story of pleasure and natural enchantment as it is also laden with conflict and controversy. Wine is part of contemporary discussions on globalization, class and postcolonialism, biodiversity and climate change. In a sense, wine does not only reflect nature, but wine also reflects and is embedded in its social context. READ MORE