Essays about: "social revolution"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 175 essays containing the words social revolution.

  1. 21. The Implementation of the New Engineering Contract in Australia : An Institutional Perspective

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Dannie O’Brien; [2022]
    Keywords : Institutional Theory; New Engineering Contract; Risk allocation; Collaboration; Standard Form Contracts; Instititutionell teori; New Engineering Contract; samarbete; riskfördelning; standardkontrakt;

    Abstract : Current traditional delivery models used in the Australian construction industry are seen as highly bespoke and adversarial where there is an inappropriate contractual risk allocation, lack of collaboration and poor project management. With the pipeline of investment compounded with the impact that global macroeconomic trends and events (e.g. READ MORE

  3. 22. Hurtful Augenblick: Affect’s Doing in a Series of Instagram Stories of Resistance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Samaneh Mohseni Hosseinabadi; [2022]
    Keywords : affect theories; photographic image; embodied simulation; Iran; social media; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the affective qualities in a set of Instagram stories juxtaposing photos of the pre- and after 1979 Iranian revolution protests. It poses the central question: ‘How can the power of photographic images in an era of social media be elucidated based on theories of affect?’ By asking this, another subsequent question arises: ‘How is an affective reading of a type of material of mixed and complex nature formulated?’ These two questions shape the structure of this thesis. READ MORE

  4. 23. A Benjaminian Gaze on the Representation of Historical Conjunctures in the Illustrated Magazine Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung 1924-1935

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : John Norrman; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Denna magistertes undersöker hur bildrepresentationer av förflutna och samtida konjunkturer används, i den tyska kommunistiska tidskriften Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung(AIZ, 1921-38) under perioden 1924-1935. Under dessa år, då tidskriften bar namnet AIZ, var den också som mest populär. READ MORE

  5. 24. Salvaging through War and Recycling in Peace : A Comparison of Prior British Salvaging Efforts during World War II and Present Swedish Recycling Efforts

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Linda Xing Luo; [2022]
    Keywords : recycling; salvage; wartime mobilization; discursive mobilization; material ecological mobilization;

    Abstract : Recycling has often been overlooked in the conversation on how to combat climate change. The reasons behind recycling being pushed to the wayside point to difficulties in mobilizing the general public, the inherent design of recyclables, and confusing legislation. READ MORE

  6. 25. A Capabilities Approach to Late Modernity : Flexibility, Singularity, and Human Flourishing in the Labor Market

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Paula Gürtler; [2022]
    Keywords : Applied Ethics; Capabilities Approach; Late Modernity; Labor Market; Flexibility; Singularity;

    Abstract : In my paper, I argue that the underlying social ideals of the late modern labor market, namely flexibility and singularity, undermine human flourishing as conceptualized by Martha C. Nussbaum. It is on these grounds, that we should be critical of late modernity. READ MORE