Browsing Masteruppsatser / Institutionen för historiska studier by Title
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Bara bönder? Ekonomisk skiktning och lokalpolitik i ett värmländskt samhälle 1629–1718
(2012)This thesis deals with a society long gone: a local peasant community in the hundred of Visnum in central Sweden during the 17th and early 18th centuries. The aim of the study is dual: to examine how the wealth was distributed ... -
Chariots of the Atlantic Warriors - A Comparative Study of Chariot Motifs on Scandinavian and Iberian Rock Art
(2023-03-17)During the last two decades, ideas of long-distance interaction between cultures has gained an increased amount of attention in the field of Bronze Age research. Previous research has shown that such a long-distance ... -
Dödens offentlighet, självmordets politik. Självmordet som ideologisk kamp i dagspressens notiser 1860–1900
(2021-09-21)Under 1800-talets sista decennier var självmord en självklar del av dagspressens rapportering. Det ägde rum mot bakgrund av en strukturell samhällsomvälvning samt en ideologisk drabbning mellan liberala, konservativa och ... -
"Drivfjädrarna voro inte alltid desamma" - de svenska frivilligas motiv för att delta i det finska inbördeskriget 1918
(2016-02-04)Sammanfattning och diskussion Under nästan alla tider och under en mängd omständigheter har svenska män, och i vissa fall kvinnor, tagit sig iväg för att kriga. De ... -
Elakartade enigmatiska epidemier. En komparativ studie rörande den geografiska komponentens betydelse för sjukdomsincidens och dödlighet i epidemiska sjukdomar 1750–1810
(2023-06-09)The primary objective of this study has been to investigate whether geographical localization can be argued to be of significance for a communitys predispositon to suffer epidemic outbreaks and furthermore, to evaluate ... -
Energikrisen, intet nytt Könsföreställningar och könsroller så som de kommer till uttryck i svenska energisparkampanjen under 1970-talet
(2023-11-20)The primary aim of this essay has been twofold. First, to study how gender and gender roles are portrayed in the Swedish energy advertising campaign at the time of the oil crisis, and second, to analyze whether the ... -
Explorativ graffiti. Flerdimensionalitet och polyagenter
(2021-02-26)Graffiti is a widespread term, often referring to illicit or troublesome imagery practices. In this essay graffiti from four independent locales has been explored through a polyagentive multidimensional approach. How changes ... -
De folkförödande städerna. Dödlighetskriser under 1700-talet i svenska städer och landsbygd
(2021-10-26)The aim of this thesis is to investigate how a towns respective rural population in Sweden were influenced by bad harvests and epidemics during the 18 th century. The investigation is based on the demographic conditions ... -
Gemenskapen. Försoningsstrid i Borås frikyrka under 1970-talet
(2021-10-13)This master is about a conflict that took place in the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden during the nineteen-seventies. In a church known as “Immanuelskyrkan”, located in the city of Borås, west of Sweden. The title in ... -
Hjälte eller antihjälte? En analys av maskuliniteter i Euripides dramer
(2020-09-09)Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka maskuliniteter hos hjältarna i tre av Euripides dramer, Ifigenia i Aulis, Trojanskorna och Hekabe. De frågeställningar som behandlas är om hjältarna kan anses representera en hegemonisk ... -
”I fru Nicotinas tjänst” – fabrikssystern, tobaksarbeterskorna och Södergården åren 1916 – 1940
(2022-09-14)This study examines the work life of Herta Svenson as ”fabrikssyster”, a welfare manager, and the activities at the social settlement Södergården at the Swedish Tobacco Monopoly during the years 1916-1940. The objective ... -
Keramik och samhälle
(2018-09-06)The aim of this thesis is to study the middle Neolithic funnel beaker pottery of Falbygden in the central parts of Västergötland, Sweden. This area displays a large number of densely situated megalithic tombs. The ambition ... -
Klostret, ruinen och rekonstruktionen
(2018-09-26)This thesis seeks to examine the usage of photogrammetry when reconstructing ruined buildings. This is done by re-construing the abbey of Gudhem with 3D documentation of the ruined site as a basis to great effect, although ... -
Kontinuitet eller förändring och avbrott?
(2019-02-11)For almost a century, archaeological research has been trying to understand the archaeological and environmental sources and analyses pointing towards an overall decline in e.g. settlements and agriculture in the Migration- ... -
Kulturfolk, barbarer och gulaschbaroner En studie av svenska läroverkselevers syn på första världskriget 1913-1917
(2017-02-06)The purpose of this essay is to examine the student examination essays of Swedish student at the Läroverk from 1913-1917 in order to find out the opinions of the students regarding world war I and its impact on Sweden, ... -
Kvinnor och män på museum. Fördjupad Studie av Genus på Museiutställningar
(2022-09-20)In this essay, the purpose was to analyze four different exhibitions from four different museums and how they represent women and men through objects, texts, and images with the help of gender theory or a gender perspective. ... -
Labyrinth routes around the Middle Age Baltic Sea
(2023-08-17)Stone labyrinths are archaeological monuments found predominantly in the Nordic countries around the Baltic Sea, some 500 specimens are noted in Sweden and Finland. The abundance of smaller stones has provided the building ... -
Make Great Zimbabwe Great Again A study of the political usage of Great Zimbabwe 1980–2020
(2020-08-04)The purpose of this master’s thesis is to show how Great Zimbabwe was politically used during the period 1980-2020. This work was also carried out with the aim to examine and nuance how archaeology is used within the ... -
Materialitet som aktant. Stonehenge, Mossen och Lindholm Høje - tre exempel på aktanter för liminalitet och begravningspraktik i tre olika tidsperioder
(2021-03-18)The purpose is to examine three materialities: Stonehenge, bogs (represented by Gullåkra, Rævmose, Aukamper Moor) and stone ships at Lindholm Høje. By focusing on their actantial function in relation to liminality and ... -
The megaliths of Bohuslän in a south Scandinavian context
(2022-11-15)The transformation from a hunter/gatherer population to a farming society in southern Scandinavia is a process of only 300-400 years, primarily from around 4000 BC to around 3700 BC. Farming is then established in most of ...