Essays about: "mind self society"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words mind self society.

  1. 1. Are you the culprit or the victim in today’s digital society? The use of digital innovations in the Swedish fast fashion industry and its significance for consumer behavior

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Josefine Jogdal; Irma Weberg Ekelund; [2022-08-05]
    Keywords : Digital innovation; digital transformation; persuasive technology; cognitive science; consumer behavior;

    Abstract : The fashion industry has grasped a wide range of digital innovations, and the past decade has shown an increased junction between advanced digital innovation and consumption. Therefore, the mechanism of consumption is recognizing important transformation, following a redefinition of various areas from advertisements and markets to consumers and the concept of utility and value. READ MORE

  3. 2. Going ALL Ink : An anthropological phenomenology study of a moral self, individuality, and embodiment through the practice of tattoos

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Ludvig Ånséhn; [2021]
    Keywords : individuality; a moral self; the practice of tattoos; self-construction; habitus; embodiment;

    Abstract : Habitus is a type of order that explains how an individual becomes a member of a society or a culture and can be studied to learn about that society or culture. Daniel Miller is introducing a similar approach to order of individuals’ material relationships through which one can learn about meaningful representation of the individual subjects themselves. READ MORE

  4. 3. Seeking their place in the sun : A case study on the self-perception of German tourists in postcolonial Namibia

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

    Author : Anna Munkler; [2021]
    Keywords : Tourism; Colonial Heritage; Postcolonialism; Representation;

    Abstract : Tourism has various effects on society. Not only economic but also immaterial effects on destinations as well as on tourists themselves. Especially regarding tourism between the Global North and South, it is arguable if tourism is a social force influencing societies in a positive way or if it rather reinforces stereotypes and colonial structures. READ MORE

  5. 4. Guidentity : A guided journey through identification; exploring the case of international tour guides

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Remco Willem van den Born; [2021]
    Keywords : tourism; guides; identity;

    Abstract : Tour guides are often required to be a certain version of themselves while selling a particular state of mind to their guests. The job and its lifestyle suggest many influences on tour guides’ identities. READ MORE

  6. 5. Local energy system - Comparing direct current (LVDC) and alternating current (LVAC)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industriell elektroteknik och automation

    Author : Markus Alm; [2020]
    Keywords : Local energy system; LVDC; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis uses a case study to compare the viability of using direct current instead of alternating current to supply power to 5 buildings in a local energy system (LES). The case study sought to show how using LVDC instead of LVAC could increase the effectiveness of solar panels (PV), batteries and interconnecting buildings into a local energy system (LES). READ MORE