Search for dissertations about: "Collections"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 227 swedish dissertations containing the word Collections.

  2. 11. Mirakler och helgonkult : Linköpings biskopdöme under senmedeltid

    Author : Anders Fröjmark; Eva Österberg; Thomas Lindkvist; Torkel Jansson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; St. Bridget of Sweden; St. Catherine of Vadstena; St. Nicholas Hermansson; Linköping diocese; Miracle collections; Late Middle Ages; Senmedeltiden; Heliga Birgitta; Linköpings biskopsdöme; Mirakel; Katarina Ulfsdotter; Biskop Nils Hermansson; History subjects; Historieämnen; Historia; History; History;

    Abstract : This work studies the introduction of three new cults of saints in the Linköping Bishopric during the Late Middle Ages. Two of them were based at Vadstena Convent: the Holy Bridgel (Birgitta, d. 1373) cult which had its beginning in 1374 and the cult of Katarina Ulfsdotter (d. 1381), which started during the 1410's. READ MORE

  4. 12. Crocodiles, Masks and Madonnas : Catholic Mission Museums in German-Speaking Europe

    Author : Rebecca Loder-Neuhold; Magnus Lundberg; Kajsa Ahlstrand; Hermann Mückler; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mission museums; mission collections; mission exhibitions; mission history; Catholic mission; mission congregations; missionary networks; history of anthropology; anthropological objects; exhibits; history of collecting; Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver SSPC ; Society of the Divine Word SVD ; Sacred Heart Missionaries MSC ; Missionsmuseen; Missionssammlungen; Missionsausstellungen; Missionsgeschichte; Katholische Mission; Missionskongregationen; missionarische Netzwerke; Anthropologiegeschichte; anthropologische Objekte; Ausstellungsstücke; Geschichte des Sammelns; Missionsschwestern vom heiligen Petrus Claver SSPC ; Gesellschaft des göttlichen Wortes SVD ; Herz-Jesu-Missionare MSC ; Historia; History;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines mission museums established by Catholic mission congregations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland from the 1890s onwards. The aim is to provide the first extensive study on these museums in a way that contributes to current blind spots in mission history, and the history of anthropology and museology. READ MORE

  5. 13. Waste management, animals and society : A social zooarchaeological study of Bronze Age Asine

    Author : Stella Macheridis; begravning och social identitet Gravarkeologiska forskargruppen – Död; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Asine; Argolis; Aegean Bronze Age; Greek archaeology; Classical archaeology; zooarchaeology; animal osteology; social zooarchaeology; waste; waste management; taphonomy; social organization; social topography; animal consumption; old collections; symbolic use of animals;

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  6. 14. A Utopian Quest for Universal Knowledge : Diachronic Histories of Botanical Collections between the Sixteenth Century and the Present

    Author : Anna Svensson; Sabine Höhler; Peder Roberts; Sverker Sörlin; Dániel Margócsy; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history of botany; utopia; Oxford University Botanic Garden; pressed plants in books; botanical collection; classification; herbarium; Global Plants; digitisation; database; conservation; natural dyeing; botanikhistoria; utopi; Oxford University Botanic Garden; pressade växter i böcker; botaniska samlingar; klassifikation; herbarium; Global Plants; digitalisering; databas; växtfärgning; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the history of botany as a global collection-based science by tracing parallels between utopian traditions and botanical collecting, from their sixteenth-century beginnings to the present. A range of botanical collections, such as gardens, herbaria and classification systems, have played a central role in the struggle to discover a global or universal scientific order for the chaotic, diverse and locally shaped kingdom of plants. READ MORE

  7. 15. A Matter of Amusement : The Material Culture of Philipp Hainhofer’s Games in Early Modern Princely Collections

    Author : Greger Sundin; Johan Eriksson; Johan Cederlund; Lars Ljungström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philipp Hainhofer; Augsburg; Kunstkammer; art cabinet; material culture studies; late Renaissance games; early modern games; boardgames; card games; Ulrich Baumgartner; Gustavus Adolfus art cabinet; Pomeranian art cabinet; games casket; Duke August II of Brunswick-Lüneburg; Gustavus Selenus; Konstvetenskap; History of Art;

    Abstract : Games were important to the Augsburg art agent Philipp Hainhofer (1578-1647), and this ludic category was included in most of his art cabinets, procured over period of thirty years during the first half of the seventeenth century. It offered amusement (Kurzweil) as part of an overall ambition for the cabinets to be of service and use (“nutzen vnd dienst”). READ MORE