Essays about: "embodied memory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words embodied memory.

1. 1. Collecting the Environment : A Cultural and Aesthetic Historical Analysis of Mushroom Collecting in Sweden from the 19th century to the Present

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Nicole Miller; [2022]
   Keywords : Collecting; Mushrooms; Aesthetics; Environment; History; Sweden; Exhibitions; Natural History; Visual Culture; Fungi; Phenomenology; Ethnomycology; Mycorrhizal Metaphor; Mushroom Time; Collecting the Environment; Nature; Mushroom picking; foraging; aesthetic experience; Svampar; Natur; Sverige; Svamputställningar; visuell kultur;

   Abstract : The aim of this project is to investigate a cultural history of mushroom collecting in Sweden from the 19th century to the present with a focus on connections between aesthetics and the environment.  Collecting is defined broadly as gathering, storing, and accumulating. READ MORE

3. 2. Art Class Stinks : Exploring Olfactory Interaction Design and Its Potential to Enrich Learning in Art Education

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Maria Nikoli; [2022]
   Keywords : embodied; olfactory interaction; physical computing; art; education; olfactory display;

   Abstract : The sense of smell is crucial to everyday activities that make life pleasurable, such as eating, and it is also key to detecting danger, such as fire or rotten food. In addition, it is strongly linked with memory retrieval, it can induce affective states, and may even enhance the sense of presence in immersive environments. READ MORE

4. 3. Embodied narratives : Embodied experiences as a call for action

   University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för film och media

   Author : Franco Veloz; [2020]
   Keywords : immersivemedia; film. art; embodied narratives; storytelling; sense of touch; installation;

   Abstract : Things, spaces and people collaborate in order to create an immersive experience. This project investigates this collaboration in order to combine them for an embodied way of tell and perceive stories. READ MORE

5. 4. Let's Do Away with Urban : Autoethnographic Adventures in Stockholms län

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Olivia Butler; [2020]
   Keywords : Urban; Rural; Spatiology; Political Ecology; Embodiment; Emplacement; Stockholm;

   Abstract : The spatial categorisations of urban and rural are still used in academia, lay terminology and policy formation in spite of a postmodern obsession with the deconstruction of binaries. Hitherto, the urban rural dichotomy has been exposed to little scrutiny, and the critiques that have been made come from the epistemological standpoint of total urbanisation which assumes the rural will be effaced by a perennial urban sprawl. READ MORE

6. 5. Understanding the Process of Memory Politics in Västra Hamnen’s Redevelopment

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Edward Tilling; [2019]
   Keywords : Memory Politics; Urban Rhetoric; Embodied Identities; Sense of Place; Urban Design; Heritage; Västra Hamnen; Malmö; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The research aims to understand and explore the process of memory politics that has underpinned the redevelopment of Vӓstra Hamnen’s built environment, and the extent to which these considerations have actively shaped the urban design of the area, for better or worse, in relation to the values Malmö Stad have sought to express through the area’s narrative shift. The research has endeavoured to achieve the aforementioned aims by way of qualitative semi-structured interviews with participants from three different professional backgrounds, each of whom has been closely involved in the redevelopment process, as well as through site-visits and observational analysis. READ MORE