Essays about: "material practices"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 587 essays containing the words material practices.

  1. 1. From Disruption to Efficiency: The role of SRM and JIT strategies in Automotive Supply Chains Authors: Jennie

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jennie Lewin; Daban Taha; [2024-03-06]
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    Abstract : Purpose - The incessantly progressing automotive industry faces various challenges due to its complex supply chains. This study aims therefore to 1) explore the roots of material supply disruptions in the automotive industry and the challenges of managing these and 2) assess the role of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) in mitigating these disruptions. READ MORE

  2. 2. Messages from the deep: A reception study of Denis Villeneuve's Dune

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Sarah R. Kern; [2024-02-06]
    Keywords : Hegemony; Production Reception; Discourse; Dominant Negotiated Oppositional; Dune; Representation; Reception study; convergence culture; science fiction; participation culture; fandom;

    Abstract : This essay uses Pierre Bourdieus habitus, symbolic capital, Social fields, Stuart Halls representation theory and Encoding/Decoding system, as well as Henry Jenkins concept of convergence culture and media convergence, to conduct a reception study of Denis Villeneuves 2021 adaption of the science fiction movie Dune. The material collected for the reception study is collected in the form of reviews and features from experts in cinema, juxtaposed against material collected from YouTube in the form of reviews, reaction videos and video essays from social groups sectioned around cinephiles and science fiction fandom. READ MORE

  3. 3. Weird Digitization: Alternative Strategies for Archival Materials

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Christa Shusko; [2024]
    Keywords : Digital Humanities; Digitization; Archival materials; Photography; Material culture.;

    Abstract : This thesis draws on the theory of new materialism to posit an alternative approach to cultural heritage digitization. Modifying the method of critical digitization and synthesizing it with the method of thick description for the study of damaged cultural heritage, this thesis proposes the method weird digitization which seeks to challenge traditional selection criteria for cultural heritage digitization as well as challenging practices of mass digitization. READ MORE

  4. 4. Peace-washing : The pacifization of the Swedish arms export

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Freja Wehrling; [2024]
    Keywords : Sweden; pacifization; militarization; critical peace studies; critical military studies; semiotics; arms export; defense industry; Sverige; militarisering; försvarsindustri; vapenexport; fredstudier; kritiska säkerhetsstudier; semiotik;

    Abstract : Sweden’s role internationally is often cited as a paradox which is argued to have its origin in the opposition between the state’s international humanitarianism and its large arms export. The tension here has often been examined from the perspectives of militarization in research on the subject. READ MORE

  5. 5. Supply Chain Disruptions : A case study on the effects the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict has had on sustainability work within supply chains in the automotive industry

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Magnus Ramsköld; [2024]
    Keywords : Supply chain; disruptions; resilience; sustainability; automotive; Värdekedjor; störningar; resiliens; hållbarhet;

    Abstract : The invasion of Ukraine during early 2022 resulted in significant disruptions for supply chains globally. With massive delays and resource shortages, many companies have found a need to rethink their approach to resilience to not be as affected by future disruptions of similar proportions. READ MORE