Sökning: "wild places"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden wild places.

  1. 1. Wild Enchantments in the Anthropocene : Exploring the Wild in Narratives, Practices and Place in Dark Green Spirituality

    Författare :Ive Brissman; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Wild enchantments; Anthropocene; ecological self-awareness; negotiating baselines; dark green spirituality; rewilding; the wild mind; wild places; deep time; the eerie; ecological shadows; riddling power; wonder and wounds; making kin; the larger-than-human world;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is ta study of the intersection between dark green spirituality and the green movement in relation to climate change and ecological crisis, and it explores how some ecologically concerned people try to orientate themselves in facing the challenges and especially the role of spirituality in this context. The study is set in the period 2009–2015, and it is based in fieldwork conducted in Devon and Dartmoor, UK. LÄS MER

  3. 2. LIVING WITH PARASITES: AVIAN MALARIA, TELOMERE LENGTH AND LIFE HISTORY TRADE-OFFS

    Författare :Asghar Muhammad; MEMEG; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Avian malaria; Plasmodium; qPCR; parasitemia; life history; reproduction; survival; feather growth; MHC; telomere length; heritability; telomere loss; fitness; wild population; Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Delichon urbica;

    Sammanfattning : Haemosporidia is a well-studied group of parasites, which infect mammals, reptiles and birds and use blood sucking vectors for their transmission. By conducting natural population studies and experimental infections, We have been able to detect and quantify Haemosporidia from avian blood to investigate how these pathogens affect their avian hosts. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Human Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Polar Regions

    Författare :Jorge Hernández; Björn Olsen; Lotta Berg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ESBL; Antibiotic Resistance; Polar Regions; Wild Birds; Mikrobiologi; Microbiology;

    Sammanfattning : Coincident with human activity in recent decades, human-associated microorganisms have arrived to the Antarctic region, possibly linked to increasing presence of scientific bases and ship-borne tourists. In the Arctic, humans have been present for a very long time, and the few parts of the Arctic without human activities is decreasing with time. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Stenålder i Mälardalen

    Författare :Alexander Gill; Anders Carlsson; Björn Magnusson Staaf; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; mythology; animals; ancestors; totemism; pottery; agriculture; gardens; beaches; linear cemeteries; narrative explanation; emplotment; archaeological hermeneutics; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis the signifi cance of certain places during the Early- and Middle Neolithic is examined. By investigating the meaning of places, narratives of the Neolithic based upon the archaeological constructions of the “Funnel Beaker culture”, the ”Pitted Ware culture”, and the “Battle Axe culture” are questioned. LÄS MER

  7. 5. A Nova Poética da natureza de Gary Snyder : budismo e ecocrítica na sua obra

    Författare :Nuno Marques; Margarida Vale de Gato; Environmental Humanities Laboratory; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents the work of the poet Gary Snyder (1930) to the Portuguese academia in order to clearly state its original and unique place among North-American poetry. It is divided in three chapters that determine the three different grounds of the author’s syncretism. LÄS MER