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  1. 31. Soundscapes in nineteenth-century Gothic short stories

    Författare :Elena Glotova; Virginia Langum; Marlene Johansson Falck; Sylvia Mieszkowski; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; soundscape; the Gothic; short story; auscultator; acousmatic sound; liminality; the uncanny; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : In the eerie world of Gothic literature, sound represents a source of fear, anxiety, and discomfort, and it mostly affects its listeners through the invisible character of the experience. Sound is integral to nineteenth-century Gothic short stories with their panoply of liminal and polyphonic oppositions, as well as a claustrophobic feel of spaces, fearful listeners, and the return of the repressed. LÄS MER

  3. 32. Controlling Destiny : Julian Huxley's Post-Darwinian Evolutionism and the History of Transhumanism

    Författare :Ingrid Dunér; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Julian Huxley; post-Darwinian evolutionism; transhumanism; evolutionary biology; posthuman; sociotechnical imaginaries; control; history of science; intellectual history; history of the future; Julian Huxley; post-Darwinian evolutionism; transhumanism; evolutionary biology; posthuman; sociotechnical imaginaries; control; history of science; intellectual history; history of the future;

    Sammanfattning : The evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley (1887–1975) attempted to promote a “religion for the future,” which he would come to refer to as Transhumanism. It was Huxley’s firm belief that mankind needed a unifying system of thought that could motivate action and change. LÄS MER

  4. 33. ATHENIAN POTTERY AND CYPRIOTE PREFERENCES

    Författare :Niki Eriksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Attic; black figure; context; Cyprus; find-spots; geography; history; iconography; microarchaeology; pattern; pottery shapes; provenances; red figure; religion; seriality; social practices; structualization.;

    Sammanfattning : Attic Black Figure and Red Figure pottery was continuously imported in Cyprus for about 300 years; the first imports are noted ca 580/575 BC, and the last ca 325/300 BC, at about the same time (294 BC) as Cyprus was annexed by Ptolemy I and the city-kingdoms of Cyprus ceased to exist. The material presented in this thesis amounts to 895 pieces of pottery and every possible effort was made to include all known pottery found in Cyprus. LÄS MER

  5. 34. Meanwhile, in Aysén-Patagonia : exploring discursive transformations on environment and development in a remote periphery

    Författare :Pamela Bachmann-Vargas; the Netherlands Wageningen Wageningen University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Patagonia, is an imaginary territory that comprises the south of Chile and Argentina. Historically, Patagonia has captivated an image of far-off lands and wilderness, embedded in a remote and peripheral context, which in turn has often been idealized as ‘pristine’. LÄS MER

  7. 35. German second home owners in the Swedish countryside : on the internationalization of the leisure space

    Författare :Dieter K. Müller; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Tourism; second homes; countryside; Sweden; Germany; tourist motivation; innovation diffusion; integration; gentryfication; GIS;

    Sammanfattning : Between 1991 and 1996 the number of German second home owners in Sweden increased from about 1,500 to more than 5,500. The purpose of this thesis is to give a comprehensive description and analysis of the German cottage purchases in Sweden, 1991-96. LÄS MER