Sökning: "urry"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 uppsatser innehållade ordet urry.

  1. 1. A critical discussion of MacCannell's and Urry's theories on 'tourists' : Through an autoethnographic exploration of a white woman's experiences in Cambodia

    Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Författare :Jana Heiss Fröman; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Tourism; Tourist; MacCannell; Urry; Cambodia; Autoethnography;

    Sammanfattning : The word tourist is loaded with negativity, especially, as MacCannell and Urry argue, for those of us that travel ourselves. In this exploration, the author takes a deep dive into the primary theories of MacCannell's search for authenticity and Urry's tourist gaze while recounting a series of journeys throughout Cambodia through her own Western epistomologic lens while also considering feminist, postcolonialist and decolonialist extensions and counterarguments. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Activists, Politicians and Children: Visual Representations of Climate Change in Swedish Newspapers 2019

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Författare :Rakel Alvstad; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Climate change communication; news imagery; visual analysis; climate change; Swedish newspapers.; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Visual representations can either concretise climate change or make it more abstract and remote. This thesis aims to bring light to how Swedish news imagery of 2019 promotes particular views on climate change. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Selfies, souvenirer och Djävulsbibeln : En kvalitativ fallstudie av biblioteksanställdas syn på biblioteksturism på Kungliga biblioteket och Stockholms stadsbibliotek

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Författare :Otto Granath; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Library; Library rules and regulations; Stockholm; Tourism; Culture and tourism; Guidebooks; Bibliotek; bibliotekens mål och uppgifter; bibliotek och samhälle; Stockholm; turism; rese-handböcker;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this master thesis is to examine how two Swedish libraries approach library tourism. Library tourism is a growing phenomenon seen in libraries across the world. The case study has been made on the National Library of Sweden and Stockholm Public Library. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The tourist gaze on the royal Kumari of Kathmandu - Analysis of a living goddess based on online discourse

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Författare :Sofia Herslow; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Social anthropology; Kumari; worship; Newar; Nepal; Kathmandu valley; Tourism; Tourist Gaze; Modes of Authenticity; John Urry; Erik Cohen; living goddess; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : There are many possible sources for anthropological research, however, this thesis examines tourists' comments on internet forums. In particular, tourist comments on the TripAdvisor page of the Kumari Chowk in Kathmandu, Nepal will be examined. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Världsarvens konsumtion och attraktion : En undersökning av förmedling och mottagande av tre världsarvsstäder

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Författare :Emmelie Brun; [2019]
    Nyckelord :World heritage sites; mediation; tourism; mass tourism; Visby; Dubrovnik; Toruń.; Världsarv; förmedling; turism; massturism; Visby; Dubrovnik; Toruń.;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis I examine three cities that have been nominated as world heritage sites by UNESCO, and how these cities are understood and mediated by visitors. One of the research questions was also to see how these places has been affected by the nomination. I have visited Visby, Dubrovnik and Toruń to do this research. LÄS MER