Essays about: "utopian thought."

Found 5 essays containing the words utopian thought..

1. 1. The Dissatisfaction of Utopia in Iain M. Banks's Culture Novels

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Björn Carlsten; [2022]
   Keywords : utopia; science-fiction; Iain Banks; the Culture; teaching;

   Abstract : The Culture is a utopian civilization that features in the science-fiction novels of Iain M. Banks that has some claim to be as comprehensively satisfactory and universal in its appeal as possible. READ MORE

3. 2. A voice of water : An exploration of storytelling and co-created speculative design to approach a representation of water in the urban development of Slussen, Stockholm

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Melissa van Gerwen; [2021]
   Keywords : Storytelling; co-created speculative design; future images; coproduction; nonhumans; critical utopianism; ecocentrism; Slussen; water;

   Abstract : The current communicative planning paradigm appears to lack the ability to include the voices of the voiceless and is stuck in practices that continue to confirm the status-quo through technocratic quick fixes, which do not solve underlying problems causing climate change. This thesis is an exploration of how two unconventional methods, storytelling and co-created speculative design, can contribute to a change in paradigm, specifically improve the inclusiveness of coproduction, where nonhumans are involved in the decision-making processes. READ MORE

4. 3. Saving Erskine — An Example in Circular Heritage Architecture

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Léo Friedmann; [2020]
   Keywords : architecture; heritage; circular; Erskine; Ralph Erskine; Växjö; Kiruna; Sweden; reuse; recycling; concrete; prefabricated concrete; timber; CLT; housing;

   Abstract : This thesis is the story of two housing projects designed by architect Ralph Erskine. The first building, Lassaskog in Växjö built in 1954, is one of the earliest examples of industrialized concrete housing in Sweden. The other one, Kv. Ortdrivaren in Kiruna was built some eight years later following Erskine’s utopian ideas for The Arctic City. READ MORE

5. 4. HETERONORMATIVITY OF THE AMBISEXUAL. A Queer Reading of the Science Fiction Novel The Left Hand of Darkness

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Andrea Blomsterberg; [2018-06-13]
   Keywords : engelska; Ursula K. Le Guin; science fiction; The Left Hand of Darkness; queer theory; heteronormativity; Judith Butler; sexuality; thought experiment; queer;

   Abstract : The utopian genre exists predominantly in science fiction and has in the twentieth century been extensively explored in feminist literature. Ursula K. Le Guin is considered one of the leading authors in this genre and has created numerous thought experiments concerned with gender construction and its problematics. READ MORE

6. 5. Analyzing Stockholm’s Comprehensive Plan: In Search of an Ecofeminist Future 2050

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Susanna Findahl; [2014]
   Keywords : Comprehensive planning; environmental discourse analysis; ecofeminism; participatory scenario generation; utopian thought.;

   Abstract : This report addresses the environmental discourse of the current comprehensive plan of Stockholm, The Walkable City, and in what ways it can be developed following an ecofeminist framework. With a foundation in a critical perspective on current processes of urbanization, ecofeminist theory, and an interest in the potential in utopian thought, this thesis attempts to assist the comprehensive plan in finding alternative ways of approaching the urban development of the city, in search for social and environmental justice through increased citizen participation. READ MORE