Sökning: "Usa historia"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 106 uppsatser innehållade orden Usa historia.

  1. 1. The German Imigrants in New Knoxville, Ohio

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

    Författare :Birgitta Sundell-Rånby; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Agriculture; German immigration; habitus; historic archaeology; landscape archaeology; Agrikultur; tyska immigranter; habitus; historisk arkeologi; landskaps arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : America is a nation of immigrants and all immigrants brought culture with them. There is not one American culture. Many Ohioans are descended from German ancestors, their German heritage is still present in the cultural and social landscapes. German immigrants came to America in search of farmland and independence. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Att fånga minnen : En undersökning av intervjumetoder i arkeologiska kontexter

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

    Författare :Astrid Billing Samuelsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Artifact-centred interview; walk and talk interview; group interview; oral history; memory; materiality; Föremålsbaserade intervjuer; walk and talk-intervjuer; gruppintervjuer; muntlig historia; minne; materialitet;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to investigate how oral sources can be documented in a better way, through a more conscious use of interview methods in archaeological contexts. By analysing and comparing three case studies, namely the excavation of The Overstone Miners’ Cottages in Northumberland, Great Britain, the excavation of Ramnässkärsparken near Uddevalla, Sweden and the excavation of The Mott Farm, Rhode Island, USA, different ways of using interview methods in relation to the archaeological material have been shown. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Land Use Changes After Drought Periods in California, USA

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Författare :Mak Uscuplic Saravanja; [2023]
    Nyckelord :droughts; land use; severe; devastating; natural hazards; torka; markanvändning; allvarlig; förödande; naturfaror;

    Sammanfattning : Since ancient times, mankind has faced a constant battle against natural hazards. From the earlieststages of human communication, when human beings communicate by some sort of harsh gruntsand unintelligible words, people were struck by the awe-inspiring power of nature as floods, storms,earthquakes, and other events which reshaped their environment and way of living. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Rasism i USA genom två konstnärer och deras kritikers ögon : Hur Philip Guston och Henry Taylor uppmärksammar förtryck mot afroamerikaner och hur de har bemötts av kritiker och konstnärliga institutioner

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Ziggy Lindholm; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Art history; semiotics; signs; oppression; reception; Philip Guston; Henry Taylor; KKK; self-portrait; history; racism; interpretation; Konstvetenskap; semiotik; tecken; förtryck; reception; Philip Guston; Henry Taylor; KKK; självporträtt; historia; rasism; tolkning;

    Sammanfattning : This essay investigates how Philip Guston and Henry Taylor explore the subject of African American oppression in their art and how they have been received by critics and art institutions. Using semiotics based on Hans Haydens article “Den omplacerade koden: Om Edgar Degas Interiör”, this essay explores how meaning is created in signs existing within the respective artists’ works. LÄS MER

  7. 5. “Zviedrija ne ēd pīrāgi”: A case study of heritage Latvian in Sweden : Heritage language exposure and language change in preadolescent heritage speakers

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Baltiska språk

    Författare :Signe Rirdance; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Language change; Latvian in Sweden; diaspora Latvian; heritage Latvian; family language policy; language maintenance; language attrition; heritage language acquisition; divergent attainment; Språkförändring; lettiska i Sverige; lettisk diaspora; lettiska arvsspråket; hemspråkspolicy; språkunderhåll; språkförlust; inlärning av arvsspråk; avvikande språkförmåga; Valodas pārmaiņas; latviešu valoda Zviedrijā; diasporas latviešu valoda; etniskā mantojuma valoda; ģimenes valodas politika; valodas uzturēšana; valodas zaudēšana; mantojuma valodas apguve; atšķirīga valodas apguve;

    Sammanfattning : Heritage languages are increasingly seen as a source of important insight in linguistics. Latvian has a long and under-researched history as a heritage language, with a heterogenous community of heritage speakers from two waves of migration in many countries including Sweden. LÄS MER