Sökning: "Polynesia"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 uppsatser innehållade ordet Polynesia.

1. 1. Settlement and Interactions in Pacific Prehistory : An Overview of Modern Genetic Research

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

   Författare :Mira Anna Beatrice Lumbye; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Pacific; Polynesia; South America; prehistory; migration; genetics; aDNA;

   Sammanfattning : The Pacific is the part of the world that was last settled by humans. The colonization occurred in different stages which can be discerned through various methods, one of them DNA analysis of humans as well as other species of animals and plants associated with human settlement. LÄS MER

3. 2. Walt Disney’s Moana, “We are Polynesia” : A CDA of Disney’s representation of the Polynesian culture inside Moana

   Magister-uppsats, Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Författare :Melanie Nauta; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Disney; Moana; Culture; Disneyfication; Americanisation; Cultural appropriation; Critical Discourse Analysis; Polynesia;

   Sammanfattning : Disney is known for their family animation movies with a non-western or indigenous cultural background. Nevertheless, Disney is basically very influential for the perception of cultures by a global audience. Many studies have proven that Disney’s depiction of a certain represented culture has not always been that clean. LÄS MER

4. 3. Vittnesarkivet: En ekofenomenologisk kartläggning av ett nukleärt kulturarv gällande atombombsprovsprängningarna i Franska Polynesien

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Författare :Anton Öhman; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Nukleärt kulturarv; anti-nukleär rörelse; atombombsprov i Stilla havet; eko-fenomenologi; vittnande; kulturanalys; aktivistiska arkiv; Franska Polynesien; Nuclear heritage; anti-nuclear movement; Pacific nuclear testing; eco phenomenology; witnessing; cultural analysis; activist archive; French Polynesia; MACA; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a cultural analysis of an archive that contributes to the understanding of nuclear culture and heritage. The empirical material are documents from the anti-nuclear movement in French Polynesia and the archiving process of these documents. LÄS MER

5. 4. Stratified Polynesia : A GIS-based study of prehistoric settlements in Samoa and Rapa Nui

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

   Författare :Olof Håkansson; [2017]
   Nyckelord :GIS; social structure; Samoa; Rapa Nui; Easter Island; settlement; hierarchy; archaeological method on spatial relations; stratification; chiefdom; the noble savage; spatial analysis; hare paenga; hare moa; ahu; moai; pipihoreko; manavai; GIS; social struktur; Samoa; Rapa Nui; Påskön; bosättning; hierarki; arkeologisk metod på spatiala relationer; stratifikation; hövdingadöme; den ädle vilden; spatial analys; hare paenga; hare moa; ahu; moai; pipihoreko; manavai;

   Sammanfattning : The overall objective of this study is, to understand how the prehistoric individual experienced her “being in the world”. This is done by examining the spatial relationships of prehistoric remains in order to understand hierarchies. LÄS MER

7. 5. Archaeology and aDNA in Oceania : Debates on migration patterns the past 50 years

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

   Författare :Tom Johansson; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Ancient DNA; migrations; sweet potato; chickens; Polynesia; Oceania; South America; mitochondrial DNA; nuclear DNA; human DNA; archaeological theory; deconstruction; cultural evolution; paradigm shift; agency;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how discussions in archaeology and genetics influence the consensus on human origins and migrations in the South Pacific. By analyzing the genetic research on chicken- and sweet potato-DNA, I present a general overview of how genetics and archaeology shape the understanding of how humans have colonized the Pacific. LÄS MER