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1. Becoming Wilderness : a topological study of Tarangire, Northern Tanzania 1890-2004
Sammanfattning : Based on field and archival research, Becoming Wilderness analyses the fluid constructs of game preservation and their affect within networks and landscapes to the west of Tarangire National Park, Northern Tanzania from the late 19th Century until the present. The initial query of this thesis is how and why Tarangire comes to be separated as different from its surrounding (on the map and within policy) and what this has entailed for what is ‘within’ and ‘outside’. LÄS MER
2. En vildmark av sten : Stockholm i litteraturen 1897–1916
Sammanfattning : This study explores the urban fiction emerging in Stockholm around the turn of the 20th century. It modifies earlier research by arguing that the fascination with the city transcends traditional conventions of genre. LÄS MER
3. Negotiating Wilderness in a Cultural Landscape : Predators and Saami Reindeer Herding in the Laponian World Heritage Area
Sammanfattning : The UNESCO appointment of the Laponian World Heritage Area in 1996 meant that Sweden accepted the assignment of protecting both the cultural and natural values of this area for all mankind and all generations to come. Located in northern Sweden, Laponia had previously been protected for its natural values only, but the 1996 appointment determined that the local Saami reindeer herding culture should also be preserved. LÄS MER
4. Wild Landscapes : The Cultural Nature of Swedish National Parks
Sammanfattning : Since their emergence in the late 19th century, national park spaces have been perceived as articulations of untouched nature or wild landscape beyond society. Yet no understanding of national parks can do without the recognition that they exist in historical spaces created, institutionalised and prepared for them by cultural practices and modes of representation. LÄS MER
5. Från vildmark till grön ängel : Receptionsanalyser av läsning i åttonde klass
Sammanfattning : The subject of this dissertation is Swedish upper secondary pupils’ reception of novels read as part of their literature instruction. The main purpose is to study and compare the reading of female pupils with that of male pupils and to analyze to what extent attention is paid to their private reading experiences in the literary teaching. LÄS MER
