Sökning: "Tim Ingold"
Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Tim Ingold.
1. Shunters at work : creating a world in a railway yard
Sammanfattning : Skills, and particularly manual skills, are often seen as acquired through unquestioning practice and drill. This is an ethnographic account of a group of railway workers, called shunters, who are occupied with the manual task of assembling carriages into trains. LÄS MER
2. The Lure of Origins : An Inquiry into Human-Environmental Relations, Focused on the ”Neolithization” of Sweden
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this dissertation is to contribute to the discussion of the deeper meaning, in our contemporary context, of the ”neolithization” of Sweden. The basis for the investigation is twofold: * a critical examination of recent research reports dealing mostly with the Early Neolithic of (Middle) Sweden which shows, inter alia, that ”agriculture” was of marginal importance for a very long time from about 4000 BC onwards, while, at the same time, the idea of ”the transition to farming” dominates discourse. LÄS MER
3. Sakernas sammanhang : Om ting, människor och materiella relationer hos Henry Parland, James Joyce och Virginia Woolf
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the ways in which the writings of Henry Parland, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf works to foreground things and decenter humans. While the exploration of human inner life is a well established theme within Modernist literature, the period’s fascination with the material and non-human remains underexplored. LÄS MER
4. Making in Context : Reconsidering Anders Zorn's Oil Painting Practice
Sammanfattning : Anders Zorn is one of the most well-known Swedish artists of the late nineteenth century. Born 1860 in the Dalecarlian town of Mora, the artist’s works were renowned and sought-after during his lifetime, both at home and abroad. LÄS MER
