Sökning: "Civilization"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 89 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Civilization.

1. 11. "Vi, civilisationens ljusbärare" : orientalistiska mönster i det sena 1800-talets svenska litteratur och kultur

   Författare :Dan Landmark; Lars-Åke Skalin; Anders Öhman; Martin Kylhammar; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Orientalism; Heidenstam; Post-colonialism; Litteraturvetenskap; Said; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with Orientalism as it occurs in the period in Swedish literary and cultural history commonly known as “nittitalet” (the nineties), roughly the last decade of the 19th century. The study explores how the interest for the so-called Orient is manifested in works of fiction and poetry as well as in works of non-fiction genres. LÄS MER

3. 12. A combined carbon and hydrogen isotope approach to reconstruct the SE Asian paleomonsoon : Impacts on the Angkor Civilization and links to paleolimnology

   Författare :Kweku Kyei Afrifa Yamoah; Rienk Smittenberg; Sarah Feakins; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Holocene; summer monsoon; biomarkers; hydrogen isotopes; lake sediment; peat; Thailand; geokemi; Geochemistry;

   Sammanfattning : Changes in monsoon patterns not only affect ecosystems and societies but also the global climate system in terms of heat energy and humidity transfer from the equator to higher latitudes. However, understanding the mechanisms that drive monsoon variability on longer timescales remains a challenge, partly due to sparse paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic data. LÄS MER

4. 13. "Att skapa en ny värld" : Samhällsyn, kvinnosyn och djuppsykologi hos Karin Boye

   Författare :Barbro Gustafsson Rosenqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Literature; Karin Boye; utopia; Swedish and European literature in the 1920s and 1930s; Clarté; femininity; depth psychology; civilization critic; analyses of ideas; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The Swedish author Karin Boye (1900-1941) has mainly been regarded as preoccupied with private problems and eternal, existential questions. Her writings as well as her life have been interpreted in terms of this preconception. LÄS MER

5. 14. The Forgotten : an Approach on Harappan Toy Artefacts

   Författare :Elke Rogersdotter; Thomas B Larsson; P Ajithprasad; Karin Viklund; Per Cornell; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; South Asia; Indus Civilization; toys; children; social theory; microarchaeology; change-continuity; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis proposes an alternative perspective to the general neglect of toy materials from deeper analysis in archaeology. Based on a study of selected toy artefacts from the Classical Harappan settlement at Bagasra, Gujarat, it suggests a viable way of approaching the objects when considering them within a theoretical framework highlighting their social aspects. LÄS MER

7. 15. Drömmen om det goda livet : livskvalitet och matvanor i ett uppväxande industrisamhälle : Stocka sågverk 1870-1980

   Författare :Christina Fjellström; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Working-class; food habits; fat; fiber; good life ; life-style; poverty-cycle; process of civilization;

   Sammanfattning : The object of this study, taken from an inter-disciplinary standpoint, is to examine how dietary habits of a population of industrial workers in an agrarian environment have changed during the last hundred years, from a qualitative rather than a quantitative point of view. Of particular interest is to ascertain the values which "the common man" has held regarding his dietary and food habits. LÄS MER