Search for dissertations about: "Staffan Appelgren"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Staffan Appelgren.

2. 1. Huis Ten Bosch: Mimesis and simulation in a Japanese Dutch town

   Author : Staffan Appelgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; Japan; mimesis; simulation; simulated environments; ikukan; other space; material culture; modernity; tourism; regional development; Holland; Huis Ten Bosch;

   Abstract : With the advance of capitalism, new communication technology and expansion of mass media, places and culture increasingly tend to be deterritorialized, time and space arrangements are renegotiated, social and cultural relationships are commercialized and commodified. Simulated and themed environments have attracted considerable attention as concrete expressions of "culture in motion". READ MORE