Essays about: "static culture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words static culture.

  1. 1. Meadowscape : Bring health to ecological systems through actions in the agricultural landscape

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Anna Östlund; [2023]
    Keywords : Actor-network theory; landscape ecology; agriculture; artifacts; patterns;

    Abstract : The physical landscape is a patchwork of different physical and immaterial structures and networks built up through time, where nature and culture cooperate in processes of shaping the landscape. Since the first settlers in Sweden the grass meadow has taken a central part in the agricultural practices, but today little of this landscape remains. READ MORE

  3. 2. Erratic Patterns : Unravelling the Cultural Transfers of Library Classifiers

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Keeley Lindkvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Library classifier; library classification; classification; cultural transfer; classification and culture; Library of Congress Classifi-cation Scheme LCC ; knowledge organisation; knowledge organization; The Swedish Institute in Rome ISVRoma ; Biblioteksklassificerare; biblioteksklassificering; kulturell överföring; klassificering och kultur; Library of Congress klassificeringsschema LCC ; kunskapsorganisation; Svenska institutet i Rom ISVRoma ;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the oft-overlooked influence of the classifier's input during the assignment of library classifications and draws upon cultural transfer theory to shed light on the underlying principles that guide the process. Classifiers' personal knowledge, experience, and beliefs, have a critical role in determining the 'aboutness' of a work and its subsequent classification. READ MORE

  4. 3. Is marriage everything? Understanding shame and culture through bridal kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Petricia Simone Veile Hansen; [2022]
    Keywords : bride kidnapping; shame-anxiety; victimisation; local; global; motherhood; ala Kachuu; Kyrgyzstan; life-history; qualitative research; ethnography; human rights.; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : 'Can it ever be okay to kidnap a wife?’ This thesis combined fieldwork observations with narrative interviews from twenty-two kidnapped women from an ethnographic four- month research stay in Kyrgyzstan. From a starting point, the thesis took a normative framework, understanding that everyone has the right to equal rights. READ MORE

  5. 4. Culture and development – does culture really matter for development? : Afghan immigrants' thoughts on culture and its relationship to personal development.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Matilda Davis; [2022]
    Keywords : Afghan immigrants; Afghanistan; Sweden; progressive culture; static culture; Lawrence E. Harrison; culture; development.;

    Abstract : The question of what makes a person, or a society develop has been asked countless of times. There are many factors that can influence this. This research will seek to explore whether culture matters in relation to a person’s personal development. READ MORE

  6. 5. “All That Is Solid Melts Into Virtual Work”: A study of the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on contemporary Employer Branding through the lens of Social Acceleration

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Henrik Ernstsson; Fredrika Hållén; [2021]
    Keywords : employer branding; employer brand; social acceleration; strategic communication; Spotify employer brand; work norms; social change; virtual work; remote work; digital labour landscape; resonance; Covid-19; arbetsgivarvarumärke; arbetsgivarvarumärkning; arbetsnormer; distansarbete; virtuellt arbete; digitala arbetslandskap; social förändring; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Impelled by the Covid-19 pandemic, the labour market is undergoing remarkable structural change towards increasingly digitized and remote forms of work. The purpose of this paper has been to study the social change in work norms instigated by the Covid-19 pandemic, with the aim of contributing to a more nuanced understanding of contemporary employer branding as a form of strategic communication in virtual and hybrid labour landscapes. READ MORE