Essays about: "oral tradition"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words oral tradition.
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6. Improved Programming Assignment Assessment with Grading Rubrics
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Oral assessment of lab assignments is a strong tradition in computer science courses at KTH and many other universities. The task of correctly assessing the students’ work tends to fall upon a teaching assistant (TA) who needs to be able to tell whether or not they actually understand the concepts covered by the lab. READ MORE
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7. Who Owns This Jungle? : Changes, Landownership and Traditional Authority in the Tropical Forests of Western Ghana
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : At present, in Adansi and Daboase, 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
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8. Aachennosgrimmans påverkan på hopphästens beteende
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and BiochemistryAbstract : Bridles has been used to control horses all around the world for approximately 6000 years, and its use is based on application of pressure on sensitive parts of the horse’s head. The originally purpose of the noseband is to relieve strain from the bit and transfer it to the face of the horse, but nowadays nosebands are more commonly used to conceal defective suppleness and conflict behaviours in horses during riding. READ MORE
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9. På upptäcktsfärd i Sagobygden : hur det immateriella kulturarvet används i en bygd
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur immateriellt kulturarv används och framträder i vad som har kommit att kallas Sagobygden, vars område täcks av Ljungbys, Alvestas, och Älmhults kommuner i Kronobergs län. Kulturarv är av stor vikt för bland annat kulturell mångfald och sägs ha en betydande påverkan på regioners ekonomi. READ MORE
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10. Capturing Intangible Cultural Heritage - Oral Arabic Storytelling in Hammarkullen, Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The vibrant suburb of Hammarkullen in Gothenburg, Sweden, provides the field of research for this thesis on oral Arabic storytelling in an exile community. In an effort to capture and document samples of tales that constitute an intangible cultural heritage whose survival is at risk, a variety of stories have been collected through interviews with, and recordings of, local Arabic-speaking storytellers. READ MORE