Essays about: "Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse"
Found 5 essays containing the words Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse.
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1. FACEBOOK IS NOW META. Meta's corporate sociotechnical imaginary and the discursive construction of the Metaverse as the social platform of the future
University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologiAbstract : The interpretive discourse-analytic framework of the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse is used to analyze how Meta's senior executives discursively frame the use of augmented reality and virtual reality in order to position the Metaverse as the next social platform during Connect 2021. The findings suggest five interpretive schemas that characterize the Metaverse as a social platform of the future: (a) the Metaverse as the next version of the Internet; (b) the Metaverse as a facilitator of presence and a connector of people; (c) the Metaverse as a marketplace in the Metaverse economy; (d) the Metaverse as a ubiquitous place in our daily lives; and (e) the Metaverse as a space designed in a responsible manner. READ MORE
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2. A critical discourse analysis of the construction of knowledge of gender in sociology at upper-secondary school
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : This thesis presents a critical discourse analysis of how the sociology of gender is constructed in the sociology syllabus and two textbooks aimed for use at upper secondary school level. I use Bernstein’s theory of framing and classification to understand how power over knowledge is distributed through this construction. READ MORE
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3. Metrics of making knowledge in a wilder Anthropocene : the roles and implications of produced knowledge in the governance of synthetic biology for biodiversity conservation
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Under the growing influence of dominant discourses such as ecological modernisation and neo- liberalisation, proposed alternative conservation approaches focus more and more on efficiency. In the realm of biodiversity conservation, synthetic biology - the application of engineering to facilitate and accelerate the design or modification of genetic materials in living organisms – has emerged as an efficient approach. READ MORE
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4. Gender, migration and domestic work: the Italian case and Europe’s dilemma
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : It is common for Italian women hire domestic workers, often migrants, informally without contracts or contracts which reflects some hours and not the reality. As the country gives a high statistical number of Italian female unemployment the interest in the subject was born. READ MORE
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5. The SpontanLab Project in Malmö: A Sociological Thesis Concerning the Birth of New Political Concepts.
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : In the spring of 2008 the municipality of Malmö initiated a small-scale project called "SpontanLab" in which the local cultural department issued SEK 1 million to fund a "laboratory for spontaneous culture". This meant paying social scientists to produce knowledge that could be economically, socially and culturally useful, as well as politically useful to the elected red-green majority. READ MORE
