Sökning: "local heritage societies"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden local heritage societies.
1. På plats i historien : Studier av hembygsföreningar på 2000-talet
Sammanfattning : Local heritage societies were established in Sweden for about a hundred years ago. The societies responded to the large changes of industrialisation, emigration and urbanisation during that time. Today there are about 2 000 societies with almost half a million members altogether. LÄS MER
2. Through the Mirror : Perspectives of Brand Heritage
Sammanfattning : The role of brands in contemporary society has in a fundamental way shifted the earlier balance of power in terms of consumers’ identity, in a sense creating a society where we are what we consume. This change has not only created enormous values centered around everyday brands, but also made brands into cultural objects interacting in a space earlier exclusive to such high-brow areas such as religion, science and the fine arts. LÄS MER
3. Nature, culture, rights : exploring space for indigenous agency in protected area discourses
Sammanfattning : There is considerable geographical overlap between areas set aside for nature conservation or protection and Indigenous peoples’ lands, and the social, economic, and political consequences of protected areas have often been extensive for Indigenous peoples. Discourses of conservation converge with discourses of Indigenous peoples, and both carry a legacy of colonial constructs and relationships. LÄS MER
4. Intentions and Reality in Architectural Heritage Management. In Search of the Influence of International Policy Documents on Contemporary Sustainable Local Heritage Management. Case: Zanzibar Stone Town, Tanzania
Sammanfattning : AbstractWe live in a world where millions of people seek global citizenship but simultaneously search for their identity as defi ned by ethnicity and locality – global assimilation with stronger self-awareness. The global interactions of today, founded in a context of unity, have on the contrary proven to be fragmented and complex in a way that splits nations into regions demanding autonomy. LÄS MER
5. Landskapet som lärobok : Regionalitet och medborgarfostran i Jämtland kring sekelskiftet 1900
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the relationship between regionality and societal integration at the turn of the 20th century from an historical and pedagogical perspective. The national identity project of the time that made national unity its overarching goal and that imagined the nation as a homogenous entity, also institutionalised regional distinctiveness. LÄS MER