Essays about: "progressive culture"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 31 essays containing the words progressive culture.

  1. 11. Deconstructing the “Low Other” in the First Wave of Sex Hygiene Films (1914-1919)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Maria Cârstian; [2019]
    Keywords : Early cinema; sex hygiene film; Low Other; Damaged Goods; The Black Stork; The End of The Road; venereal disease film; sex education film; eugenics; transgression; hybridization; Progressive Era.;

    Abstract : The present thesis investigates the commercial sex hygiene films produced between the years 1914 and 1919 in the United States, during the last years of the Progressive Era. Rejected and prohibited as soon as five years after their apparition, the sex hygiene films’ position within the industry, as well as the cinematic techniques they incorporated, will be analysed through the concept of the Low Other. READ MORE

  2. 12. The Role of Foreign Market Knowledge in Internationalization of B2B Born Global SMEs : A Case Study of Deep Tech Companies

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : Viktoria Gnatenko; Chenyu Huang; Simon Olsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Internationalization process; Foreign market knowledge; Foreign market entry; Globalization; Born Globals; Small and medium sized enterprises SMEs ; Entry modes.;

    Abstract : The subject of internationalization of Born Global small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that start cross-border business operations shortly after the company’s foundation has received growing scholarly attention in the last decades. Although the research of the influence of the market knowledge - information a firm has about a specific foreign market, on internationalization decisions was developing rapidly to account for the challenges of the established internationalization theories, multi-factor comprehensive analysis of the influence of all the interlinked factors of the market knowledge remains overlooked by research. READ MORE

  3. 13. "Why not let us?" : Recognition and participation of samebys in a national park project: The case of Vålådalen-Sylarna-Helags

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Suzanne Gignoux; [2017]
    Keywords : conservation; Saami; sameby; Sweden; discursive institutionalism; conflict management; miljövård; same; samebyar; Sverige; diskursiv institutionalism; konflikthantering;

    Abstract : With different interests at stake, conservation is at the centre of power relations and negotiations over how best to manage a landscape, and is thus a potential source of conflicts, not only about how to manage the land, but also more importantly about what is just. In 2008 Sweden's National Park Plan, the creation of a national park in the area of Vålådalen-Sylarna-Helags in the county of Jämtland was recommended. READ MORE

  4. 14. Max(imum) vegan : a case study on vegan products in the food service sector

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Julia Marcopoulos; [2017]
    Keywords : consumers; food; food service sector; marketing; plant based diet; sustainable eating; sustainability; vegan;

    Abstract : Animal based foods have been important components of the Swedish diet for many years. As the meat, dairy and eggs require more resources than plants the sustainability advantage of the vegan diet is becoming incresingly acknowledged. However, research has shown evidence of it being difficult to change peoples’ dietry habits. READ MORE

  5. 15. Be More Human - An Anthropological Analysis of Subject Formation in a Late Modern Crossfit Community

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Wiktor Hansson; [2017]
    Keywords : Social Anthropology; Crossfit; Body; Pain; Material Anthropology; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This article explores the ideals and motivations behind the increasingly popular physical practice of Crossfit. Through an analysis of data collected through interviews, observation and deep hanging out (and working out) this article attempts to thicken the conventional analysis of lifestyle practices sin late modern capitalism. READ MORE