Essays about: "Crisis of the imagination"

Found 5 essays containing the words Crisis of the imagination.

1. 1. A Crisis of the Imagination: Games as a Tool for Visualizing Potential Futures

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Joakim Kvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Commercial video games; Crisis of the imagination; Escape Velocity; Future Scenarios; Sustainable Development; Worldmaking Interactions;

   Abstract : In order for the societal paradigm to shift in favor of climate-conscious practices and behaviors, it is clear that new and radically different perspectives need to be introduced to the public’s perception of climate change and sustainability. Humanity is currently suffering from a crisis of the imagination; the illustrious yet hegemonic worldview that we have exhausted all options available to us in the face of climate change. READ MORE

3. 2. Resolution Without Revolution: Green Capitalism, Ecological Management, and the Carbon Dioxide Removal Industry in the United States

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Jacob Daniel Ferrell; [2023]
   Keywords : carbon dioxide removal; negative emissions; United States; ecological Marxism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is quickly moving from mere imagination to material reality. As I write, billions of dollars are flowing into this nascent industry from government, philanthropy, and venture capital; this thesis thus attempts to grasp history as it flies. READ MORE

4. 3. "Where there is room to fight for your beliefs that is the ideal place" : Imagination and agency of Athenians with migratory background

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Author : Georgia Dekavalla; [2022]
   Keywords : Migration; city; space; bordering; othering; imagination; hybridity;

   Abstract : In the globalized world, border regimes are ambiguous, withdrawn or reinforced based on who approaches them, where and how. Borders are equally the boundaries that permeate spaces of nation-states and cut across them through racialized, gendered, and classed divisions. READ MORE

5. 4. Domesticating the period-tracking app in everyday life : a case study of Easy Period in the Chinese context

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Yuhong Xu; [2020]
   Keywords : Easy Period; menstrual technology; period-tracking; self-tracking; everyday life; gender script; domestication theory; China; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Recent years have seen great changes to Chinese women’s period-tracking practice, shifting from the method of pen and paper to smartphone applications, and from women-only practice to practice involves men. This study explores such transformations by looking at a specific app named Easy Period in China and users practice with it by using qualitative methods (textual analysis and semi-structured interviews). READ MORE

6. 5. “The War for the Imagination” : Author Representations of the UK Public Library Service in an Age of Austerity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

   Author : Anna Karlsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Public library; librarians; public library development; public debate; United Kingdom; authors; austerity; Big Society; public library closures; funding cuts; field theory; four-space model; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study explores author texts on public libraries in the United Kingdom between the years 2010 and 2018. The texts appear in a national public debate about the value, purpose and direction of the library service following a significant number of library closures and funding cuts. READ MORE