Essays about: "Nonhuman"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 63 essays containing the word Nonhuman.

  1. 1. Dances with Deer: The Deadly Entanglements of Becoming Deer in Jægersborg Dyrehave

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Jorinde Bosma; [2023]
    Keywords : deer; performativity; agential realism; becoming-with; human animal relationships; multispecies ethnography; posthumanism; choreographies; materiality; biopower; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : In the small Danish nature park of Jægersborg Dyrehave, there live over two thousand deer. During their lives, they become encounters for visitors, managers of nature, targets to be culled, meat to be eaten, and more. In this thesis, I explore what it means to be deer in Dyrehaven. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reconciling Material & Social Through Waste : The Case of Överskottet as an Alternative Way of Organizing Waste

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : ADEL MIFTAKHOVA; Chaïma Ben Mahmoud; [2023]
    Keywords : social services; waste management; Actor-Network Theory; actors; actants; network; nonhuman; human; collaboration; connections; policies;

    Abstract : The problematization of waste surplus informed numerous decisions on local, national and international levels. However, the waste pollution problem is far from being solved. This paper attempts to explore an alternative way of organizing waste using the Actor-Network Theory, which argues for equality between humans and nonhumans. READ MORE

  4. 3. Designing nonverbal utterances by nonhuman characters : How clearly can emotions and characteristics be conveyed?

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : Tove Bondeson Siwe; [2023]
    Keywords : voice design; nonverbal communication; non-human characters; nonverbal utterances; emotional utterances; synthezied voice; sound design; character design; design;

    Abstract : This research seeks to explore the concept of voice design, specifically voice design for non-human characters that do not communicate using words. The idea was to mimic the vocal contours of human non-verbal vocal expression with a synthesizer to achieve emotional clarity, as well as make it sound less like a machine and more like a fleshed-out character. READ MORE

  5. 4. EXPLORING ECO-TRAUMA REPRESENTATIONS IN WESTERN SOCIETY’S AYAHUASCA DOCUMENTARY FILM

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Gwendoline Nalvarte Nunez; [2023]
    Keywords : Ayahuasca documentary films; Eco-Trauma; Physical eco-traumas; Psychological eco-traumas; Human-induced eco-traumas; Western filmmakers; World-System Theory; Globalisation; Eco-Criticism; Indigenous Communities; Case Studies: Shamans of the Amazon; Other Worlds; and Ayahuasca UN-Well docuseries Netflix; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Through this research, I intend to investigate the fascinating domain of Ayahuasca documentary films. This emerging subgenre showcases explorers and scientists reconnecting with nature and spirituality, which I introduced to the reader through my explorative one-year master's thesis, A Study of Ayahuasca Documentary Film (2020). READ MORE

  6. 5. Ecosystem Employment in Jakarta, Indonesia - Ecological Applications in Urban Design

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Holley Nicole Stringham; [2023]
    Keywords : ecosystem services; ecology; urban design; disaster management; climate change; urban resiliency; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Nature has a special knack for survival. After millennia of beating the odds against an inhospitable planet, many species have found clever ways to ensure self-preservation on an often inhospitable planet. By refining special skills and working alongside other members of the ecosystem, countless species have found a stable role in the landscape. READ MORE