Essays about: "natureculture"

Found 5 essays containing the word natureculture.

1. 1. The Spatial Turn in the Heritage Field : A case study of the Arctic during the crisis of places.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturvård

   Author : Cristian Martín Lanzas; [2023]
   Keywords : Human geographies; Arctic; dwelling; Spirit of Place; Phenomenology.;

   Abstract : Modern research on the shared points of natural and cultural heritage has opened new opportunities for the investigation of the dimensions of this natureculture phenomenon. Theo bjective of this study is to develop this subject by analysing the dialogue between the most critical human geographies and the heritage field. READ MORE

3. 2. Bugs in the system: Re-grounding planning and environmental assessment practice : The case of Blodstensskogen, Uppsala

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling; Uppsala universitet/CEMUS

   Author : Eva Maria Kottkamp; [2021]
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   Abstract : This case study focuses on the planning practice for the building project in Blodstensskogen, Uppsala (SE), that started in 2010. I put together a creative framework of more-than-human theory and methodology, addressing the case as a material-semiotic practice within a natureculture. READ MORE

4. 3. Water Talks : Rewilding craft: restoring relationship through making objects entangled with place

   University essay from Konstfack/Keramik & Glas

   Author : Elin Sundström; [2021]
   Keywords : performativity; place; water; animism; site-responsive; relational; intraaction; natureculture; Rewilding craft; interdisciplinary;

   Abstract : On the brink of a sixth mass extinction, I renegotiate, through crafting, some basic assumptions on which our economy-culture is built, those of separation and dominance. The project Till Källan / Water Talks is based on a method where I ask various places what they would want me to do on site. READ MORE

5. 4. Annihilating the Cartesian Divide : Finding the Inhuman in Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Rasmus Rosquist; [2019]
   Keywords : Annihilation; Bataille; Colebrook; Descartes; inhuman; natureculture; posthumanism;

   Abstract : As posthumanist discourse attempts reposition the human as one of many subjects in relation to ecologies and other inhuman agencies, doing away with a Cartesian human exceptionalism is one of the key problems. From Haraway’s naturecultures, positing human culture as one of many, to Colebrook’s discussions of inhuman agencies, what ‘the human’ means to us is the heart of this theoretical field. READ MORE

6. 5. Natureculture Origined : An intersectional feminist study of notions of the natural, the healthy and the Palaeolithic past in the popular science imaginary of biomechanics

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Åsa Johansson; [2015]
   Keywords : gender; class; corporeality; intersectionality; feminist cultural studies; biomechanics; popular science;

   Abstract : Situated in a time of advanced technoscience and new materialist feminist humanities/social sciences, this thesis explores how popular science renditions of biomechanics contribute to transforming imaginaries about “the natural” and “healthy”. It does so by zooming in on biomechanical scientist Katy Bowman’s pervasive and life-style commitment-requiring teaching. READ MORE