Essays about: "Blanco"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the word Blanco.

  1. 1. Reflections on One’s Own Body : An Approach to the Potential of Self-Image in HCI

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Rebeca Blanco Cardozo; [2023]
    Keywords : soma design; first-person perspective; self-image; embodied interaction; self-fashioning technologies; soma design; förstapersonsperspektiv; självbild; förkroppsligad interaktion; self-fashioning teknik;

    Abstract : Self-image and the way we present ourselves to the world are highly relevant in today’s society, fostered to some extent by the ubiquitous use of technology. For example, the idealized body image that is disseminated in the media and on social networks can affect the relationship we have with ourselves. READ MORE

  3. 2. From cacerolazo to rechazo - six voices on why they first endorsed the Estallido Social but subsequently rejected the new constitution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Paloma Nordling Blanco; [2023]
    Keywords : Chile; Constitution; Estallido Social; Latin America; Rechazo; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This case study focuses on an episode of the Chilean constitutional process within the context of the social unrest of 2019– the Estallido Social. The social unrest gathered millions of citizens asking for, among other things reforms, and a new constitution. READ MORE

  4. 3. "There's always people around to help". A study of worldviews, social practices, and autonomy in Freetown Christiania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : David Amado-Blanco Gonzalez; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainability science; inner dimensions; interstitial spaces; urban squatting; social practices; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sustainability science has recently seen a growth of literature focused on individuals’ “inner dimensions” as a vehicle for transformative social change, an approach argued to be too individualistic. This thesis fits between both excessively structural and individualistic models of social transformation by framing inner dimensions into a theory of social change through collective action. READ MORE

  5. 4. Terrestrial Leadership to Stay With The Trouble: What can we learn from theory, philosophy, and Costa Rican stories of response-ability and string figuring?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Maricela Blanco Arias; [2022]
    Keywords : Terrestrial Leadership; Donna Haraway; SF Theory; String Figures; Staying with the Trouble; Post Qualitative Inquiry; The Plane of Immanence; Storytelling; Costa Rica;

    Abstract : This master thesis is inspired by St. Pierre’s post qualitative inquiry and the philosophy of immanence, which support the creation of concepts through immersion in theory, philosophy, and practice. This serves as a guide of thought for the inquirer´s journey of exploration and creativity. READ MORE

  6. 5. How the other people think : Internalisation of neoliberalist logics in voters and governments and the global rise in populism

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Jellen Olivares-Blanco; [2021]
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    Abstract : The internalisation of neoliberalist logics has led us as societies to tolerate and even prefer unequal conditions based on the belief that our privileged position is deserved, or temporary. It encourages individuality and perceives the state as a burden. READ MORE