Sökning: "commodity culture"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 29 uppsatser innehållade orden commodity culture.
1. Den förtingligade utopin : Ostindiskt porslin på Kina slott; materialitet, dekoration och transkulturalism i svensk rokoko
Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för musik och bild (MB)Sammanfattning : This study analyzes objects of Chinese porcelain found at Kina slott located on Drottningholm just outside Stockholm from a material culture (Material Culture Studies MCS) perspective. The aim is to examine how the materiality of porcelain can generate knowledge within MCS and to shed light on how it influenced the image of the Far East in Sweden during the mid-1700s. LÄS MER
2. Exploring the Effects of Entrepreneurial Extracurricular Activities on Student Entrepreneurs
Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenSammanfattning : Academic entrepreneurship is becoming more accessible and comprehensive, and with it, so too are entrepreneurial extracurricular activities (EEAs). Because the expansion of entrepreneurship education accessibility is limited to the last two decades, little has been explored on the exact impacts EEAs have on students enrolled in entrepreneurship education. LÄS MER
3. Leadership influence on EO : An interview-based study on leadership influence on Entrepreneurial Orientation in KIBS-firms from the eyes of the consultants
Master-uppsats, Jönköping University/Internationella HandelshögskolanSammanfattning : Over the last decades, there has been a shift from a product intensive market to a service-based one which is based on knowledge being a high commodity in contrast to previous decades where tangible capital resources and products have been the primary focus. Over a similar time frame, entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has become one of the most important theories/concepts within entrepreneurial research, which is a firm’s capacity to portray innovative, proactive and risktaking behaviour to outcompete their competitors. LÄS MER
4. Be beautiful and speak up : Africana beauty at the forefront of an inclusive Internet beauty culture.
Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för temaSammanfattning : The beauty industry has been booming in the last few years, generating immense profits as it now translates into an Internet global beauty culture in its own right that finally made room for women of color. As research barely mentions African women and their diasporas, this study aims to critically analyze the dynamic of this North American-dominated Internet beauty culture celebrating non-white women, looking at how it impacts African women and their diasporas and participates in affirming a global woman of color through commodity capitalism. LÄS MER
5. Smaken av rökta musslor : Ironi, smak och postmodernism i samtida visuell kultur
Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Sammanfattning : This paper examines images used to market clothing lines by the affordability-centered Swedish food company Eldorado as well as from the luxury fashion brands Prada and Gucci. Through a qualitative socio-semiotic approach, the images are compared and analyzed in relation to the contemporary societal context of a westernized and postmodern consumer culture. LÄS MER
