Search for dissertations about: "socio-politics"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word socio-politics.

2. 1. Funding Matters : Archaeology and the Political Economy of the Past in the EU

   Author : Elisabeth Niklasson; Mats Burström; Birgitta Svensson; Björn Magnusson Staaf; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; archaeology; cultural heritage; political economy; socio-politics; funding; European Union; archaeological ethnographies; identity politics; black box; European added value; culture policy; heritage values; political anthropology; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to show how Europe is constructed at the intersection between archaeology, money and politics within EU cultural actions. Ever since the 1970s, the European Community has invested money and prestige in the idea of a common cultural heritage for Europe. READ MORE

4. 2. Circling Concepts : A Critical Archaeological Analysis of the Notion of Stone Circles as Sami Offering Sites

   Author : Marte Spangen; Anders Andrén; Bjørnar Olsen; Aleks Pluskowski; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sami circular offering sites; northern Norway; Middle Ages; early modern period; history of archaeology; rituals; religion; osteoarchaeology; cultural heritage; authorised heritage discourse; neo-shamanism; rites and rights; socio-politics; emotional hegemony; materiality; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : The thesis discusses a category of cultural heritage that has been labelled "Sami circular offering sites", aiming to establish some basic facts about their origin, distribution and use, as well as their cultural and socio-political context and influence. The stone enclosures in question have been interpreted as Sami offering sites since the mid-19th century, but a discourse analysis of the research history indicates that this may have been based on a scholarly hypothesis rather than ethnographic or archaeological evidence. READ MORE