Sökning: "Danish West Indies"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Danish West Indies.

1. 1. Life after social death : A study of creolisation among enslaved communities in the former Danish West Indies

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Författare :Kajsa Rosén-Wiksten; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Slavery; transatlantic slave trade; creolisation; social death; material culture; theoretical framework; cultural expression; identity; agency; colonialism; inclusion; Slaveri; transatlantisk slavhandel; kreolisering; social död; materiell kultur; teoretiskt ramverk; kulturella uttryck; identitet; agens; kolonialism; inkludering;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines and discusses how creolisation theory has influenced the material culture of enslaved people from former Danish West Indies plantations. The essay contends that creolisation is the theory required to advance slavery studies because it demonstrates how enslaved people created their own identity, belonging, and kept African cultures and customs alive despite being socially dead. LÄS MER

3. 2. Dansk Vestindien på Museum : kontinuitet og brud i udstillingspraksis 1888-2013

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Författare :Rikke Halberg; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Museology; colonial history; Danish West Indies; museums of cultural history; exhibitions; new museology; postcolonialism; representation; discourse; the uses of history.; Cultural Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This master’s thesis focuses on how the former Danish colony, the Danish West Indies (1671-1917) has been, and is, displayed in museum exhibitions. The aim of this thesis is to shed light on and problematize the role of museums in their communication of colonial history. LÄS MER