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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 16 uppsatser innehållade ordet backpacker.

1. 1. “Eden to Hell in the Space of a Few Seconds” : an ecocritical and postcolonial analysis of Alex Garland’s The Beach

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Författare :Hanna Strömberg; [2022]
   Nyckelord :The Beach; postcolonial ecocriticism; utopia; wilderness; pastoral;

   Sammanfattning : This essay analyzes the cultural concepts of wilderness, utopia, and the pastoral in relation to The Beach from ecocritical and postcolonial perspectives. Evidently, the pastoral is critical in shaping the Western idea of wilderness, and the utopistic mindset plays an equally crucial role in wilderness gazing. LÄS MER

3. 2. Land Rover BackPacker : A minimal travel vehicle

   Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Författare :Edwin Senger; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Future; mobility; shared; service; tourism; adventure; Land Rover; sustainable; sustainability;

   Sammanfattning : How can reductionism lead to a greater experience and add to the appeal of a product? The Land Rover BackPacker is a minimalistic travel vehicle that questions the space and the complexity needed in a vehicle while exploring the world 4x4 inspired by the necessity of reduction in today's consumerist world to fight climate change and the freedom of travelling light. Its open design creates an interactive space with it's surroundings for 2 people which is created in a multifunctional approach to be more then a car but a space to hang out and a place to sleep in the wild. LÄS MER

4. 3. Autenticitet inom backpacking : En studie som undersöker autenticitet och hedonism inom backpacking

   Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Turismvetenskap

   Författare :Martina Persson; Rashid Yakhyaev; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Autenticitet; autencitet; backpacking; turism; authenticity; tourism; backpackers; hedonism;

   Sammanfattning : Denna studie undersöker autenticitet och hedonism inom backpacking. Postmodernismen har lett till en homogenisering gällandede destinationer som backpackers besöker och aktiviteter de utför. Autentiska upplevelser blir således svårare att hitta samt urskilja på grund av den rådande massturismen. LÄS MER

5. 4. Backpacker Tourism and Local Community Development: An Analysis of Hostels as Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Författare :Gayani Siriwardena; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Backpacker tourism; Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice; Hostels; Livelihoods; Local communities; Networks; Poverty reduction; Sri Lanka; Tourism industry policy framework; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is an attempt to understand if hostels, being an essential component of the infrastructural support for backpacker tourism have been instrumental in lifting up local communities in light of socio-economic development. The analysis strives to explore not only the contours of change in the community level but also the changes in the institutions and structures within which the tourism industry operates to understand how the hostel communities create their own structures through exercising power, which is a manifestation of how capitals are accumulated and transformed. LÄS MER

7. 5. "Det gäller att passa på när man kan" : en kvalitativ studie om upprepat backpackerresande

   Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Författare :Josefine Ekenstein; Erica Mogel; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Backpacking; motivation; identitet; resenär; turism;

   Sammanfattning : This qualitative study "It’s all about catching the possibilities” by Erica Mogel and Josefine Ekenstein investigates the reasons why the respondents continue to travel on backpacker trips and how they experience personal development in connection with travelling. The empirical material was collected through interviews where the interviews were formulated through two questions that were based on the theoretical framework used in the study. LÄS MER