Essays about: "relational qualities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words relational qualities.

1. 1. A Comparative Analysis of Database Management Systems for Time Series Data

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Tove Verner-Carlsson; Valerio Lomanto; [2023]
   Keywords : Database Management Systems; PostgreSQL; TimescaleDB; MongoDB; Time Series; Database Comparison; Performance Analysis; Databashanteringssystem; PostgreSQL; TimescaleDB; MongoDB; Tidsserier; Databasjämförelse; Prestandaanalys;

   Abstract : Time series data refers to data recorded over time, often periodically, and can rapidly accumulate into vast quantities. To effectively present, analyse, or conduct research on such data it must be stored in an accessible manner. For convenient storage, database management systems (DBMSs) are employed. READ MORE

3. 2. In search of softness : design strategies for improving walkability and soft mobility in between Spånga station and Rinkebydalen

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Elina Wikström; [2022]
   Keywords : walkability; soft mobility; physical and service environment; relational qualities; design strategies; Stockholm;

   Abstract : For millions of years humans have been walking to move from one space to another. And even though the landscape has changed significantly throughout history, walking remains an essential mode of transport in all environments across the world. READ MORE

4. 3. Coming back to our senses: Exploring the potential of guided forest bathing as an intervention for human-nature connection

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Annelie Vårhammar; [2021]
   Keywords : human nature connection; guided forest bathing; mindfulness in nature; mixed methods; ACHUNAS; assessment; sustainability interventions; Sweden;

   Abstract : Fostering human-nature connection (HNC) relates to the inner worlds of humans as a realm of influence for sustainability and is considered a deep leverage point for system transformation. Both direct nature experiences and states of mindfulness are significant for influencing the development of HNC. READ MORE

5. 4. Mbusa-Making : An Artistic Practice of Well-being Among the Bemba of Zambia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Ariadni Christopoulou; [2021]
   Keywords : emotional well-being; agency; personhood; imagination; well-being practice; intimacy; belonging;

   Abstract : This thesis is a contribution to a broader interdisciplinary exploration of the ways in which emotional well-being manifests in communal contexts. Using the artistic practice of Mbusa-making among the Bemba of Zambia as a case study, it understands emotional well-being as a relational practice and a dynamic process, not as an attained goal, an affective state, or a static situation. READ MORE

6. 5. Cultivating Critique in Folds and Pleats - Posthuman Enactments in the Dress of Rick Owens

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Wiktor Hansson; [2019]
   Keywords : Posthuman; Fashion; Anthropocene; Intra-Relationality; Rick Owens; Avant-Garde; Deleuze; Queer; MACA; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; Philosophy and Religion; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Taking as its epistemological starting point the proposed geological era of the Anthropocene, this thesis enquires the affective potential of avant-garde fashion in criticising, improving or transforming the supposed givenness of The Human as a historical concept. In order to do so, it inflects and departs from the tightly held onto-epistemological cannon of fashion studies and anthropology of dress, in which fashion is understood primarily through representation, signification and performance of identity. READ MORE