Essays about: "travel books"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words travel books.

  1. 1. Exploring the Potential of Female overland Travel Narratives to Influence Development Processes

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Indigo Janka; [2022]
    Keywords : overland travel; development; travel narrarives;

    Abstract : In this paper female overland documentations are examined, as narratives that could influence development processes. In thematic chapters female Overland travel is investigated and potential connection points between development processes and the travel narratives are highlighted. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sound effects when changing pages are not enough : Material and expressive properties of paper books in different contexts that should be implemented into e-readers

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Människa-datorinteraktion

    Author : Michaela Holmgren; [2022]
    Keywords : E-readers; Books; Assemblage theory; Digitalizing analogue artifacts; Human-Computer Interaction;

    Abstract : E-readers have been available for many years, yet many people are still hesitant towards reading digitally in their spare time. In previous studies in the field of Human-Computer interaction (HCI), new e-readers have been designed, e-readers have been evaluated, and the attitude towards digital reading have been studied. READ MORE

  4. 3. Egyptology in the Periphery. Valdemar Schmidt and the making of Egyptology in Denmark 1872–1925

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historia

    Author : Andreas Alm; [2019]
    Keywords : Egyptology; History of Egyptology; Archaeology; Denmark; Scandinavia; Egypt; History of Humanities; Periphery; 19th Century; 20th Century; World War I; Mummies; Museums; Mummy unwrapping; Egyptomania; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Egyptology in the 19th and early 20th centuries developed simultaneously with increased imperial presence in Egypt by the European imperial powers, which would have influence on how the discipline was practised. The history of Egyptology has for this reason primarily focused on the big four – Great Britain, France, Germany and USA – and on Egypt itself. READ MORE

  5. 4. Iceland: : Imagined and Experienced Landscapes

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

    Author : Tina Majonen; [2018]
    Keywords : Iceland; Landscape; Narrative; Imagined Geographies; Travel; Representation; Imagination;

    Abstract : This thesis is a journey through a layered Icelandic landscape, where the representations and imaginings of outside travelers are in focus. Departing theoretically from narratives of the land- scape, I will discuss how the Icelandic landscape has been created as an imagined geography, and analyze the stories, representations and images infusing its experience and re-creation. READ MORE

  6. 5. From object towards island

    University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för Konst (K)

    Author : Tessa Van Thielen; [2017]
    Keywords : Fine arts;

    Abstract : A NOTE FROM ME TO YOU ABOUT WHAT I WILL BE HIDING In a moment I will introduce myself to you as a storyteller and a constant traveller; bothdescriptions are accurate and so is the description of an ‘object maker’. In combination withstories, objects are created and either the story or the object is presented, and so you will have tosettle for only one element in the upcoming writings. READ MORE