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Archaeology in the Shadow of Governments “Holy Land”. An analysis of the stories of what happens to Israeli-Palestinian cultural heritage during conflicts
(2022-10-06)From the Temple Mount to the Israelite tower to the convent, the significance of excavations in Jerusalem is unmatched. Layer by layer reveals the history of mankind in the holy land. But these excavations are more than ... -
The megaliths of Bohuslän in a south Scandinavian context
(2022-11-15)The transformation from a hunter/gatherer population to a farming society in southern Scandinavia is a process of only 300-400 years, primarily from around 4000 BC to around 3700 BC. Farming is then established in most of ... -
Kvinnor och män på museum. Fördjupad Studie av Genus på Museiutställningar
(2022-09-20)In this essay, the purpose was to analyze four different exhibitions from four different museums and how they represent women and men through objects, texts, and images with the help of gender theory or a gender perspective. ... -
”I fru Nicotinas tjänst” – fabrikssystern, tobaksarbeterskorna och Södergården åren 1916 – 1940
(2022-09-14)This study examines the work life of Herta Svenson as ”fabrikssyster”, a welfare manager, and the activities at the social settlement Södergården at the Swedish Tobacco Monopoly during the years 1916-1940. The objective ... -
Riskfylld handelskapitalism och västindiska marknader. Handels- och sjöfartskontakter mellan Göteborg och Västindien 1782 – 1806
(2022-06-22)I denna uppsats undersöktes handelssjöfarten mellan Göteborg och Västindien under tidsperioden 1782 – 1806. Syftet var undersöka handeln mellan de två regionerna för att få bättre kunskap om lokala handelshus koppling till ... -
Prosten och sockenstämman. Kontroll, konflikt och konsekvens i en mellansvensk landsbygd 1776 -1794
(2021-11-24)The objective of this study has been to investigate the interaction in the Sköllersta parish self-govern board in the middle of Sweden during the Provost Fredric Åhrbergs years of service 1776-1794. The investigation ... -
De folkförödande städerna. Dödlighetskriser under 1700-talet i svenska städer och landsbygd
(2021-10-26)The aim of this thesis is to investigate how a towns respective rural population in Sweden were influenced by bad harvests and epidemics during the 18 th century. The investigation is based on the demographic conditions ... -
All vår början bliver svår. Folkskolans införande 1805-1885 i Frändefors socken
(2021-10-22)Folkskolestadgan från 1842 har tillskrivits en avgörande betydelse för skolväsendets framväxt. När historiker beskrev den under 1800-talets andra och 1900-talets första hälft liknades den vid slutpunkten på en lång vandring. ... -
Gemenskapen. Försoningsstrid i Borås frikyrka under 1970-talet
(2021-10-13)This master is about a conflict that took place in the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden during the nineteen-seventies. In a church known as “Immanuelskyrkan”, located in the city of Borås, west of Sweden. The title in ... -
Dödens offentlighet, självmordets politik. Självmordet som ideologisk kamp i dagspressens notiser 1860–1900
(2021-09-21)Under 1800-talets sista decennier var självmord en självklar del av dagspressens rapportering. Det ägde rum mot bakgrund av en strukturell samhällsomvälvning samt en ideologisk drabbning mellan liberala, konservativa och ... -
Materialitet som aktant. Stonehenge, Mossen och Lindholm Høje - tre exempel på aktanter för liminalitet och begravningspraktik i tre olika tidsperioder
(2021-03-18)The purpose is to examine three materialities: Stonehenge, bogs (represented by Gullåkra, Rævmose, Aukamper Moor) and stone ships at Lindholm Høje. By focusing on their actantial function in relation to liminality and ... -
Explorativ graffiti. Flerdimensionalitet och polyagenter
(2021-02-26)Graffiti is a widespread term, often referring to illicit or troublesome imagery practices. In this essay graffiti from four independent locales has been explored through a polyagentive multidimensional approach. How changes ... -
Så skapades bilden av en kejsarinna Bilden av kejsarinnorna Plotina och Sabina som en del av kejsarnas maktutövning
(2020-12-08)The official images of the empresses Plotina and Sabina were changed during the period of the adoptive emperors Trajan and Hadrian. A central focus in this thesis is how Trajan and Hadrian exercised their power by letting ... -
Utställningens tredje rum En komparativ analys av två svenska museers avkoloniseringsstrategier centrerad kring föremåls framställning i utställningar
(2020-11-17)This study aims to compare two exhibitions to find out the decolonizing strategies and how they are affecting the material culture that they exhibit. ñseums around the world are in the midst of decolonization. This process ... -
Hjälte eller antihjälte? En analys av maskuliniteter i Euripides dramer
(2020-09-09)Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka maskuliniteter hos hjältarna i tre av Euripides dramer, Ifigenia i Aulis, Trojanskorna och Hekabe. De frågeställningar som behandlas är om hjältarna kan anses representera en hegemonisk ... -
Make Great Zimbabwe Great Again A study of the political usage of Great Zimbabwe 1980–2020
(2020-08-04)The purpose of this master’s thesis is to show how Great Zimbabwe was politically used during the period 1980-2020. This work was also carried out with the aim to examine and nuance how archaeology is used within the ... -
The Site of an Unidentified Greek Settlement? New Surveys in Coda Volpe on Eastern Sicily
(2020-06-30)This study examines Greek colonisation’s potential for archaeology in relation to Coda Volpe district on eastern Sicily where necropoleis indicate the existence of unidentified both Greek and Roman settlements. Recent ... -
Vår vän och kamrat
(2019-10-03)This study deals with the Swedish Marxist-Leninists view on time and authoritarian leaders, in particular, Josef Stalin and Mao Tse-tung 1968-1972. In order to do that this study survey three different categories; criticism ... -
Virtuella Möten i Publik Arkeologi
(2019-06-10)Archaeological surveys and excavations in Sweden rarely contribute meaningfully to sustainable and public forms of heritage management or care and development of the cultural environment. Research has shown that the situation ... -
Kontinuitet eller förändring och avbrott?
(2019-02-11)For almost a century, archaeological research has been trying to understand the archaeological and environmental sources and analyses pointing towards an overall decline in e.g. settlements and agriculture in the Migration- ...