Essays about: "figurative"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 essays containing the word figurative.

  1. 1. Beyond the Canvas: A Mixed Methods Study of Awe-Experiences in Virtual Reality Featuring Abstract and Figurative Art

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Wilgot Qvant; Nike Stolpe Wikström; [2023]
    Keywords : awe; Virtual Reality; VR; emotions; abstract art; epistemic emotion; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Purpose: This thesis delves into the dynamic relation between awe and art, specifically focusing on abstract versus representational art within immersive Virtual Reality (VR) environments. Prompted by the expansion of awe research since Keltner and Haidt’s seminal work (2003) and the research gap on art and VR, this study explores whether the level of abstraction in art influences the intensity of the awe experience. READ MORE

  3. 2. What’s the matter with M? : One young asylum seeker’s fall from grace, in Sweden between 2015 - 2022

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

    Author : Gustaf Grapengiesser; [2023]
    Keywords : The Refugee Figure; Performativity; Relational Interviewing; Life in the exception; constructed others; irregular mobility; right to appear; knowing strangers;

    Abstract : M arrived in Sweden as a hopeful and aspiring adolescent minor in 2015. By 2022, he instead finds himself living on the streets as a drug addict, homeless, with his residency permit rejected and his asylum application declined. READ MORE

  4. 3. Marriage and Motherhood in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar : An Analysis of Gender Expectations and Poetic Language

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Ebba Carlstein; [2023]
    Keywords : literature; Sylvia Plath; The Bell Jar; marriage; motherhood; gender; expectations; roles; figurative language; poetic language; domesticity; women; 1950s; America;

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  5. 4. Hanging by a thread : A metaphorical analysis of Viking Age tapestries

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

    Author : Simone Liw de Bernardi; [2023]
    Keywords : Viking Age; conceptual metaphor; metaphorical approach; textiles; tapestries; Oseberg; Vestfold; Rolvsøy; Østfold; Överhogdal; Jämtland; ship burial; chamber grave; Viking Age art; Old Norse mythology; Vikingatid; konseptuell metafor; textil; Oseberg; Rolvsøy; Överhogdal; båtgrav; krammargrav; vikingatida konst; fornnordisk mytologi;

    Abstract : Viking Age tapestries are rare, with only a few examples known. Previous interpretations of figurative depictions from the Viking Age have mainly focused on what mythical or legendary gods and heroes these images might depict. READ MORE

  6. 5. Bridging the gap - Analysing the vaccination guide project in Gothenburg during the Covid-19 pandemic: A case of interpersonal risk and crisis communication targeted towards ethnic minority communities

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation

    Author : Julia Ekman; [2022-09-01]
    Keywords : Covid-19; risk communication; crisis communication; health communication; interpersonal communication; CERC; hard-to-vaccinate; vaccination; minority communities; hard-to-reach; immigrant; vaccination guides; trust; civil society actors; thematic analysis; interviews; City of Gothenburg; Region Västra Götaland.;

    Abstract : This study analyses the vaccination guide project performed in Gothenburg during the Covid-19 pandemic. The project was launched as a collaboration between the local and regional governing units, city of Gothenburg and region Västra Götaland, in the summer of 2021. READ MORE