Essays about: "the function of criticism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 38 essays containing the words the function of criticism.

1. 6. Investigating differences in performance between monolithic and serverless based architectures

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

   Author : Jonathan Manousian; [2022]
   Keywords : Cloud; Serverless; Monolithic; Load testing; Function as a service; Molnet; Serverlös; Monolitisk; belastningstesning; Function as a service;

   Abstract : With the growth of cloud computing, various delivery models have emerged to attract developers looking for scalable and cost-effective infrastructures for their software. Traditionally, applications are developed as a monolith with one single codebase repository, and they are easily deployed; for example as Platform as a Service (PaaS). READ MORE

3. 7. “Too ridiculous to be believed” – an Analysis of Fairy Tale Violence in Roald Dahl’s Children’s Fiction

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Daniel Halonen; [2021]
   Keywords : children’s literature; burlesque violence; retaliatory violence; cautionary effect; cathartic effect; fairy tale tradition; cautionary tales;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine several categories of violence in Roald Dahl’s children’s fiction, with the background of fairy tale theory. Roald Dahl’s children’s fiction has raised criticism, and the grounds of it are reconsidered in this essay. READ MORE

4. 8. The World Social Forum under Criticism : A literature study of its role

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Utveckling och internationellt samarbete

   Author : Victoria Vargas; [2020]
   Keywords : World Social Forum; global civil society; social justice; transnational public sphere; the 2030 Agenda; the 17 SDGs; development policies;

   Abstract : Global social injustice and inequalities remain deeply embedded in our globalized world, often explained as a consequence of the current economic structures and institutions. Therefore, there has been an increase in arenas that attracts mobilization of the global civil society to oppose the neoliberal economic globalization and combat social injustices and inequalities. READ MORE

5. 9. The Triple Bottom Line: Reporting tool or reflexive framework? - An employee perspective on Corporate Responsibility in practice

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Geoffrey Julian van der Voordt; Rafaëla Petra Johanna Berbera van der Weijde; [2020]
   Keywords : Triple Bottom Line; Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Responsibility; Sustainable Development; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Purpose: In the context of contemporary organisational challenges regarding Sustainable Development, our inquiry’s purpose is to contribute to a deeper understanding of what it means for employees to work with the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) in the practical and local context of a global pharmaceutical company’s sustainability strategy. Research question: Our study is led by the research question “how do the employees of a global pharmaceutical company perceive and give substance to the Triple Bottom Line in a local context?”. READ MORE

6. 10. Expressing Temporality In Graphical User Interface

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Taner Olcay; [2020]
   Keywords : interaction; temporality; graphical user interface; gui; hci; material; temporal; metaphor; experimentation; research; design; auto-critique; realism; reductionism; temporalism; organic; inorganic; material thinking; anatomical; time; continuous; traces of time; contemporary; experience; qualities; function-oriented; aesthetics; experiential; sensuous; experience-oriented; long-term; materiality; experiment; criticism; materialism; natural; living time; realistic features; temporal process;

   Abstract : Temporality has been given attention in HCI research, with scholars arguing that temporal aspects in function-oriented graphical user interface are overlooked. However, these works have not adequately addressed practical approaches to manifest time in the design of such. READ MORE