Search for dissertations about: "James Barrett"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words James Barrett.

  2. 1. The Ergodic revisited : spatiality as a governing principle of digital literature

    Author : James Barrett; Heidi Hansson; Astrid Ensslin; Hans Kristian Rustad; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; digital literature; narrative studies; interactive narrative; ergodic; cybertext; spatial; addressivity; interactive design; representational space; spatial practice; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines the role of the spatial in four works of digital interactive literature. These works are Dreamaphage by Jason Nelson (2003), Last Meal Requested by Sachiko Hayashi (2003), Façade by Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern (2005) and Egypt: The Book of Going Forth by Day by M. D. Coverley (2006). READ MORE

  4. 2. Outlanders? : Resource colonisation, raw material exploitation and networks in Middle Iron Age Sweden

    Author : Andreas Hennius; Neil Price; Karl-Johan Lindholm; James Barrett; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; outlands; non-agrarian production; resource exploitation; Scandinavia; Iron Age archaeology; pre-viking age; Vendel period; Viking Age; tar production; pitfall hunting; whaling; seasonal production sites; Inmark; Utmark; järnålder; arkeologi; ickeagrar produktion; resursexploatering; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : The Middle Iron Age, around 300–650 CE, was characterised by extensive transformations across many aspects of society in the area of present-day Sweden. Within the central agricultural regions of the southern parts of the country, these changes are evident in a re-organisation of the settlements, renewed burial practices, the building of large-scale monuments, as well as increased militarisation, social stratification and an increase in imported objects. READ MORE