Sökning: "First North"

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1. 6. (Re)producing a periphery : popular representations of the Swedish North

   Författare :Madeleine Eriksson; Urban Lindgren; Gunnar Malmberg; Aina Tollefsen; Victoria Lawson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Representations; internal orientalism; modernity; Norrland; Sweden; news media; popular culture; place marketing; narrative identities; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : The discourse on Norrland (literally ‘North land’ in English) as essentially ‘different’ has been(re)produced in literature, politics and science for as long as the idea of ‘Norrland’ has existed. Thus,when investigating the discourse that constructs the identity of Norrland in opposition to a Swedishnational identity, it is important to connect these representations to their contemporary (andchanging) political-economic contexts. LÄS MER

3. 7. Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) North of Iraq

   Författare :Saleh Zakaria; Ahmed Hachum; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Soil Mechanics; Geoteknik;

   Sammanfattning : Rainwater harvesting is one of the methods that can ensure availability of water for winter crop in Iraq. Using this technique the excess rainwater (runoff) is stored in reservoirs of dams of different sizes. The water from these reservoirs can be used later when required to satisfy the crops requirements. LÄS MER

4. 8. Identity through the other : Canadian adventure romance for adolescents

   Författare :Clarence Larsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Adventure romance; quest for identity; unit of the monomyth; Canadian North; polarized worlds; myths; first and second-order system; psychological discourse; cultural critique; vicarious rite of passage; Hughes; Monica Hughes; Houston; James Houston; Markoosie; Kanadensisk barn- och ungdomslitteratur; Kanadensiska äventyrsromaner; historia;

   Sammanfattning : This study of Canadian adventure romance for adolescents seeks to demonstrate the cultural significance of the genre through close readings of James Houston's Frozen Fire and The White Archer, Monica Hughes's Hunter in the Dark and Ring-Rise, Ring-Set, as well as Markoosie's Harpoon of the Hunter. By means of a semiotic-structuralist approach I examine the texts as a signifying system conveying discourses that constitute a code of connection to the social context of contemporary young-adult readers. LÄS MER

5. 9. Hå och hamna : Ordhistoriska och ordgeografiska studier av paddlingens och roddens äldsta terminologi i Norden

   Författare :Åke Sandström; Lars-Erik Edlund; Gunnstein Akselberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; North Germanic languages; North Germanic dialects; Scandinavia; dialectology; geolinguistics; language history; etymology; paddling; rowing methods; back water rowing; oar grommet; oarlock; thole; paddle; steering oar; thrust oar; traditional wooden boats; skin boats;

   Sammanfattning : In Old West Norse there is mention of an Arctic skin and osier boat, which was paddled with Old West Norse (húð)keipr, diminutive keipull, formed on Germanic *kaip- ’bend, unfold’ according to the construction method. In East Norse there was a corresponding wooden boat, e.g. LÄS MER

7. 10. The lichen genus Candelariella in western North America

   Författare :Martin Westberg; Biologiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; phylogeny; ITS rDNA; Systematic botany; taxonomy; morphology; phytogeography; chemotaxonomy. Physiology of nonvascular plants; Systematisk botanik; taxonomi; distribution; anatomy; Candelariaceae; Candelariella; morfologi; kemotaxonomi. Växters fysiologi inte kärlväxter .;

   Sammanfattning : The lichen genus Candelariella comprises crustose to small squamulose members of the family Candelariaceae. The genus currently includes c. 50 species world-wide but few studies have treated the taxonomy within this group. In the present thesis the taxonomy of the genus in western North America is treated. LÄS MER