Sökning: "the North"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 1042 avhandlingar innehållade orden the North.

1. 1. What's in a name? : A study of sobriquets in the Pesharim

   Författare :Håkan Bengtsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Dead Sea Scrolls; Qumran; sobriquets; code-names; nicknames; pesharim; the Yahad; 1QpHab; 4QpNah. 4QpPsa; 4QpIsaa-e; 1QpMic; 4QpHosb; CD; 1QHa; king of the South; king of the North; Pompey; Babylon; the synagogue of Satan; the woman Jezebel; the Wicked Priest; the Man of the Lie; the Spreader of the Lie; the Seekers of Smooth Things; Ephraim; Manasseh; the House of Peleg; the House of Absalom; the traitors; the Teacher of Righteousness; the Doers of the Torah; the Kittim; the Angry Lion; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

   Sammanfattning : The present study addresses the problem of a simplistic historical interpretation of the sobriquetsin the pesharim. An alternative approach is advocated taking its beginning in perceiving themessage in the pesharim as primarily an ideological vindication of the Qumran community, theYahad. LÄS MER

3. 2. Reassembling the Environmental Archives of the Cold War : Perspectives from the Russian North

   Författare :Dmitry V. Arzyutov; Peder Roberts; Per Högselius; Julia Lajus; Bathsheba Demuth; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental Archive; Russian Arctic; Encounters; Cold War; Indigenous and Academic Ways of Knowing; Miljöarkiv; ryska Arktis; möten; det kalla kriget; ursprungliga och akademiska kunskapssystem.; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment;

   Sammanfattning : To what extent the environmental history of the Arctic can move beyond thedivide between Indigenous peoples and newcomers or vernacular and academicways of knowing? The present dissertation answers this question by developing thenotion of an environmental archive. Such an archive does not have particular referenceto a given place but rather it refers to the complex network that marks the relationsbetween paper documents and human and non-human agencies as they are able towork together and stabilise the conceptualisation of a variety of environmentalobjects. LÄS MER

4. 3. Från grav till gård : romersk järnålder på Gotland

   Författare :Kerstin Cassel; Bjørn Olsen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; North European; Arkeologi; nordeuropeisk; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Sammanfattning : Houses with a stone foundation represent a new type of building on Gotland in the middle of the Roman Iron Age. At the same time there are other changes, for instance the number of visible graves decreases, and the farm and its land are emphasized by the stone enclosures that meander in the landscape. LÄS MER

5. 4. Steel as the Answer? : Viking Bodies, Power, and Masculinity in Anglophone Fantasy Literature 2006–2016

   Författare :Anna Bark Persson; Ulla Manns; Ann-Sofie Lönngren; Maria Lindgren Leavenworth; Södertörns högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Vikings; the North; the Nordics; masculinity; fantasy literature; queer reading; temporality; postfeminism; embodiment; vikingar; Norden; maskulinitet; fantasylitteratur; queer läsning; temporalitet; postfeminism; kroppslighet; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; genusvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the motif of the popular Viking in contemporary Anglophone fantasy literature, with a focus on masculinity, power, embodiment,and sexuality. The study draws on queer-theoretical perspectives on masculinity and the method of queer reading, and approaches the Viking as at once bound up with the legitimization of normative and hegemonic forms of masculinity and open to (queer) negotiations and possibilities beyond normative male masculinities. LÄS MER

7. 5. The negotiable desert : Expert knowledge in the negotiations of the Convention to Combat Desertification

   Författare :Elisabet Corell; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Convention to Combat Desertification CCD ; desertification; expertise; influence; international environmental negotiations; International Panel of Experts on Desertification IPED ; local knowledge; non-governmental organizations NCOs ; non-state actors; science and politics; scientific advisers; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : As the awareness of environmental problems increases, so too do the number of international rules and regulations to prevent them. To set up new rules, decision-makers need knowledge about the environmental issues addressed and therefore often consult experts. LÄS MER