Sökning: "rites of passage"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 27 uppsatser innehållade orden rites of passage.

  1. 1. Thresholds to the ancestors : An examination of south-west portals with regards to cult and symbolism

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Oskar Bransell; [2023]
    Nyckelord :South-west portals; grave cult; ancestor worship; necromancy; doors of the dead ; Viking Age; Sydvästportar; gravkult; förfädersdyrkan; nekromanti; de dödas dörrar ; Vikingatiden;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the relevancy of south-west portals with regards to their potential usage in post-burial ritual activity with particular focus on the deposition of sacrificial offerings. South-west portals are a type of stone constructions found on the edges of mounds and stone settings in eastern central Sweden usually dating to the Viking Age (c. LÄS MER

  3. 2. First blood: Menarche as the foundation for women's self-realisation

    Master-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Författare :Elena Iacovou; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Parthenogenesis; goddess-worshipping; religion; religious studies; rites of passage; liminality; existential health.;

    Sammanfattning : Goddess-based civilisations worshipped the divine as a parthenogentic primordial creative force. Parthenogensis a Greek word that derives from parthenos “virgin” and genesis “from the beginning” was the path of liberation or rebirth into one’s divine nature. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Liminal Space Duality- Socialisation into the consultant working context

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Adam Ahlbom; Holmer Medbo Andreas; [2021-06-24]
    Nyckelord :Liminality; Rites of Passage; Socialisation; Organisational entry; Temporal work; Liminal work; Consultancy work; Identity work; Sensemaking; Sensegiving; Liminal space duality;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates the working condition of the management consultant and how a newcomer is socialised into it by drawing insights from liminality, sensemaking and sensegiving research. 25 interviews were held with employees from three different global consultancy firms with experience ranging from 0-6 years. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Tager du denna klänning? : En kvalitativ studie om bröllopsritens koppling till konsumtion.

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Författare :Caroline Ahlstrand; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Rites of passage; wedding; consumption; wedding gown; bride; artefacts; social role; Passagerit; bröllop; konsumtion; bröllopsklänning; brud; artefakter; social roll;

    Sammanfattning : This paper examines if the wedding rite today can be considered as a rite of consumption rather than a rite of passage, with base in the wedding gown. The method used is a qualitative text and content analysis, this method has been applied to three articles and one book whom discuss the wedding and consumption related to the bride gown. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Abolishing Female Genital Mutilation by Cultural Renewal? : An assessment of Alternative Rites of Passage in Kenya

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Franciska Reinholds; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Alternative rites of passage; female genital mutilation; female circumcision; Kenya; institutional bricolage;

    Sammanfattning : Many attempts have been made to eradicate female genital mutilation over the past decades, yet the sustained practice continues to be a risk for women’s health and agency. In Kenya, an intervention with increasing proliferation is the alternative rites of passage. LÄS MER