Essays about: "oral tradition"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words oral tradition.

1. 1. DIVING INTO RĀMĀYAṆA: : SITĀ & SURPANAKHĀ OF VALMIKI'S RĀMĀYAṆA COMPARED WITH ORAL NARRATIONS OF RĀMĀYAṆA BY PAULA RICHMAN

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Hirumali Rachel Brickner Ekanayake; [2023]
   Keywords : Rāmāyaṇa; Sitā; Śūrpanakhā; Valmiki; Oral Traditions; Andhra Pradesh; Brahmin women;

   Abstract : The present study is completely a literature study, where the limelight has been on Rāmāyaṇa. Focusing on the Rāmāyaṇa written by Valmiki and comparing it to the oral tradition (songs) from Andhra Pradesh, sung by Brahmin women presented in Paula Richman’s book Many Ramayanas (1991); The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia. READ MORE

3. 2. Agency in the Warsaw Ghetto : An Intersectional Analysis of the Daily Life, Survival, and Death of Elderly Jews

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Janika Raisch; [2022]
   Keywords : Holocaust; Genocide; Warsaw ghetto; Second World War; Nazi; Nazis; Poland; Warsaw; Jews; Polish Jews; Ghettoisation; Ghettoization; Ghetto; Ghettos; Jewish council; Jewish Self-Help; Elderly; Elderly Jews; Old age; Intersectionality; Agency;

   Abstract : In Holocaust research, the study of elderly Jews in Nazi German ghettos remains a blind spot. This thesis begins to fill the research gap by exploring the everyday life of elderly Jews and their agency under the structural conditions of the Warsaw ghetto. READ MORE

4. 3. Tricky Tales : MFA Essay by Nicola Godman

   University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för Konst (K)

   Author : Nicola Godman; [2021]
   Keywords : Folklore; Tourism; Gotland; Film; Di sma undar jårdi; Art;

   Abstract : This essay is a reflection on various layers which inform my artistic practice, and particularly expands on the background and research for my short film The Spirit, The Lamp & The Permanent Inhabitant. It's an attempt to describe how certain parts of my Gotlandic background influence and inspire my artistic practice, and also to show how reading, writing and critical reflection are important parts of my process. READ MORE

5. 4. Spaces of Storytelling

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Ella Engström; [2021]
   Keywords : theatre;

   Abstract : Spaces of Storytelling is a project aiming to create alternative theatre spaces, based on the relationship between storyteller and audience. By exploring story, deconstruction of the program, the meeting between set design and architecture, and the relation to landscape on a site in Stockholm, the goal has been to reimagine what a theatre could be. READ MORE

6. 5. Who Owns This Jungle? : Landscape Changes, Landownership and Traditional Authority in the Tropical Forests of Western Ghana

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

   Author : Josephine Laursen; [2019]
   Keywords : Action-oriented research; Landscape change; Chieftaincy; Ghana; Hermeneutic phenomenolo-gy; Landownership; Landscape history; Local communities; Negotiations; Oral history; Tradi-tional authority; Western Ghana;

   Abstract : In Cocopa and Nopame, two rural communities in western Ghana, changes are both internally and externally driven. Combined with ongoing negotiations of authority, landownership, history, tradition and culture, the interconnectedness of these areas shapes the realities of these communities. READ MORE