Search for dissertations about: "australian culture"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words australian culture.
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1. In-Between: Contemporary Art in Australia. Cross-culture, Contemporaneity, Globalization
Abstract : This study emerges from the question: what is contemporary art, and mainly what criteria constitute contemporary art in a globalized art world in general? Thus, the focus of this dissertation is on the postcolonial context of Australia and the fact that the contemporary art scene in Australia is divided into Australian and Aboriginal art respectively. This is a division originating from the colonization of Australia that began in the 1770’s, resulting in an Australian art descending from a Western art practice, where there is further focus on two categories within this art. READ MORE
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2. A translation of worlds : Aspects of cultural translation and Australian migration literature
Abstract : This study explores the exchange of cultural information that takes place in the meeting between immigrant and non-immigrant characters in a selection of Australian novels focusing on the theme of migration: Heartland (1989) by Angelika Fremd, A Change of Skies (1991) by Yasmine Gooneratne, Stella’s Place (1998) by Jim Sakkas, Hiam (1998) by Eva Sallis and Love and Vertigo (2000) by Hsu-Ming Teo. The concept cultural translation functions as a theoretical tool in the analyses. READ MORE
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3. Extending the tracks : A cross-reductionistic approach to Australian Aboriginal male initiation rites
Abstract : The thesis stresses two points regarding mandatory initiation rites where a young person is introduced into adult rights and obligations: first, that a poly-angular approach is necessary to get a fair picture of rites in general and initiation rites in particular, second, that each culture, into which a young person is initiated, contributes in a very special way to the design of the initiation rite. Therefore, a survey of some modes of interpretations is presented, after a description of Australian Aboriginal culture from early contact periods and a summary of recurrent themes in the Aboriginal male initiation rites. READ MORE
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4. Work environment, health and well-being in dental hygienists : a work-health-culture model
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to elucidate dental hygienists' physical and psychosocial work conditions, health and well-being. Although the physical work conditions and musculoskeletal disorders have been central issues in dental hygiene, it is also important to study how occupational health and well-being is achieved in a mixture of human interactions at workplaces i. READ MORE
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5. Frame of reference in Iwaidja : Towards a culturally responsive early years mathematics program
Abstract : Most Indigenous Australian language speaking students in remote Northern Territory locations are taught in English by non-Indigenous teachers. Their first languages are inadequately accounted for in mathematics curricula and assessments. READ MORE
