Sökning: "Mayan"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 20 uppsatser innehållade ordet Mayan.

  1. 6. Two Worldview Perspectives on Death: Mayan & Swedish Attitudes toward Death

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Författare :Marcos Lopez Macal; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Mayan; Swedish; Attitudes toward death; Mysticism; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; death; worldviews; Social Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Death is life ́s companion, it has existed throughout the history of humanity and of all living things. Mayan culture represents one of the oldest civilizations native to the American continent and is renowned for its traditions and spirituality. Sweden is recognized as a modern-day industrialized, technologically advanced, and secular society. LÄS MER

  3. 7. A Comparative Study of Mayan Archaeology : A Case Study of the Regional Spatial Differences in the Mayan Natural- and Urban Landscapes

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Cajsa-Stina Andersson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Maya; Spatial-Patterns; Agriculture; Natural-landscape; Urban-Landscap; Maya; Rumsliga-Mönster; Agrikultur; Naturligalandskapet; Stadslandskapet;

    Sammanfattning : Under lång tid har mayafolkets landskap, av arkeologer, ansetts vara homogent. Detta har bidragit till tolkningen att det förhållande som mayabefolkningen hade till sin urbana levnadsmiljö respektive omgivande topografi, likväl som förhållande till det kulturella livet har sett likadant ut oberoende av region. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Destination Mexiko i svenska resemagasin ur ett postkolonialt perspektiv

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Författare :Åström Sophia; [2015]
    Nyckelord :travel journalism; travel magazine; tourism; Vagabond; Allt om resor; RES; Resguide; critical discourse analysis; postcolonial theory; resejournalistik; resemagasin; turism; Vagabond; Allt om resor; RES; Resguide; kritisk diskursanalys; postkolonial teori;

    Sammanfattning :   The theme of this essay arises from problematic pictures which travel journalism can bring about foreign countries, and in this specific case Mexico. These pictures can be problematic in the way that they can carry colonial elements and form colonial discourses. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Lekil Kuxlejal - an alternative to development? A field study in Chiapas, Mexico

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Författare :Lovisa Prage; [2015]
    Nyckelord :autonomy; indigenous movements; Buen Vivir; Social anthropology; development; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The development ideals of linear progress, modernization and economic growth are based on one worldview among many, but have nonetheless been able to dominate global politics. Critical development literature has shown how indigenous peoples’ cosmologies have been pushed aside since colonialism, deemed traditional and backwards. LÄS MER

  7. 10. "Reencountering our ways": A discourse analysis of indigenous women's work for their individual rights within the Mayan systems in Guatemala.

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Författare :Maya Pérez Aronsson; [2013-10-11]
    Nyckelord :Human Rights; Women’s Rights; Indigenous Peoples Rights; Legal Pluralism; Latin America; Fairclough; Critical Discourse Analysis; Three-dimensional Model;

    Sammanfattning : Legal pluralism, the co-existence of several legal systems within the same state, exists in most countries in the world. This existence of parallel legal systems can enhance women’s access to justice, for example if these legal institutions are located closer to the women in the rural areas or if the representatives speak the same language as the women. LÄS MER