Sökning: "Historical Animal Studies"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 25 uppsatser innehållade orden Historical Animal Studies.
1. Röekillorna unsealed – an osteological analysis of the seal remains at Röekillorna Spring
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologiSammanfattning : Zooarchaeological studies have played a crucial role in understanding the pre-historic societies of Scania. The analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites has provided insights into the subsistence strategies, economic practices, and cultural beliefs of the people who lived in the region. LÄS MER
2. Pigeon Tales : An Exploration of Humanimal Entanglement in Urban Spaces
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : This thesis is an exploration of the humanimal entanglements between humans and pigeons in the urban setting. It traces human-pigeon histories from pigeons’ domestication forward to the contemporary conceptions of pigeons as a pest animal. LÄS MER
3. Effekter av ko- och fårbete på flora och fauna i hagmarker
Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of EcologySammanfattning : Öppna gräsmarker är viktiga för många olika djur och växtarter, de är dock inte lika vanliga som de en gång var och i samband med ett moderniserat jordbruk. Dessa gräsmarker är ofta beroende av skötsel i form av till exempel slåtter eller bete för att bibehålla sina ekologiska strukturer, som till exempel låg näringshalt och stora öppna ytor. LÄS MER
4. Zooësis and Contemporary Art : Animal, Plant, and Machine Ontologies: Art Representations Beyond the Human
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikSammanfattning : What does it mean to take Animals, Plants, and Machines seriously when engaging in hybrid natures such as bioart, plant-art, taxidermy art and cyborgs in contemporary art? Traditionally within art history the focus has been on human culture as the fundamental underpinning for cultural behaviour and productions, consequently rendering animal and plant histories invisible from the analysis of artworks. In this thesis I attend to the bodies of animals, plants, and machines put in the context of the zooësis (places/contact zones) of these bodies as biopolitical aesthetics (aesthetic bodies/objects) in contemporary art. LÄS MER
5. Djuren i husen : Om spår av rituell praktik i profana byggnader
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : The ritual practice of concealing animal bones and other objects in buildings has a long continuity, and occurs in both prehistoric as well as in late modern buildings. There is however a discrepancy between the prehistoric material and the later archaeological material, where there are a lot of signs of ritual concealments in Iron Age houses but a lack of archaeological sources from historical buildings. LÄS MER
