Essays about: "stuff"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 48 essays containing the word stuff.

  1. 6. Who am I without my stuff?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Dóra Nagy; Johanna Patricia Bernuy Siancas; [2022]
    Keywords : immigration; migrants; acculturation; identity; consumer culture; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In a world where migration has dramatically increased over the last 30 years, migrant consumers have become an important market actor. When migrant consumers geographically relocate they potentially experience changes in their identity, while different factors influence their acculturation to the host culture. READ MORE

  3. 7. Constructing Modern Ethnic Myth: A Cultural Analysis of the Hanfu Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Kehan Li; [2021]
    Keywords : Hanfu; nationalism; clothing; China; Han; social movement; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the rising Hanfu movement in China. Hanfu, literally means the clothing of Han ethnicity, but it is a newly coined terminology. The movement takes Hanfu as a symbol and aims to redefine the position of Han ethnicity in Chinese society and extend the influence of Chinese culture in the worldwide. READ MORE

  4. 8. Making stuff- the agency of doing in non-growth contexts

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Emma Lysholm; [2021]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : This project has developed from the site and building conditions in an area of central Boden, a town in the inland north of Sweden. In post-war times, the city grew thanks to the military and regional hospital resulting in the development of the site Prästholmen that was realized true to the modernistic ideal of the time. READ MORE

  5. 9. Navigating the delivery of a service : a practice perspective on environmental consultants

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Joel Wickström; [2021]
    Keywords : consultant; environment; practice theory; services; social theory;

    Abstract : In a world where environmental pressure on companies is increasing, environmental consultancy services are a valued commodity. This study set out to investigate environmental consultants’ practice of delivering an environmental service and what obstacles that practice encounters. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Everyday Performing Textiles

    University essay from Konstfack/Textil

    Author : Frida Nordenlöw; [2021]
    Keywords : textiles; home; everyday; relation; affect; materiality; material culture; ready-mades; reconstruction; installation; textil; hem; vardag; relation; affekt; materialitet; materiell kultur; ready-mades; rekonstruktion; installation;

    Abstract : Living as a human being in the 21st century is a more or less constant three-dimensional textile experience. Textiles have a continuous proximity to our bodies as clothing but also as an essential material in our dwellings, both with practical and emotional functions. READ MORE