Essays about: "DARWIN"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the word DARWIN.

  1. 1. Extinction, or the Extension of Life : Biology and History as Representation and Metaphor in Ted Chiang's "Seventy-Two Letters"

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Sofia Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Ted Chiang; Speculative Fiction; History of Ideas; Michel Foucault; Gillian Beer; Biology; History; Evolutionary Theory; Preformation; Literature; Metaphor; Representation; Darwin; Nineteenth Century;

    Abstract : This paper explores Ted Chiang's novella "Seventy-Two Letters" and the way in which it combines genres, scientific and historical ideas in an effort to examine topics about life and creation. The combinations result in an intriguing representation of a history which is then made different and where Chiang can creatively challenge past ideas. READ MORE

  3. 2. Diversification of predators in multi-trophic communities: A trait-based theoretical approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i bioinformatik

    Author : Julio Antonio Ayala Lopez; [2022]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : One of the main challenges in ecology and evolutionary biology is to understand how biodiversity emerges and is maintained, given the complexity of ecological and evolutionary processes combined. Understanding how multi-trophic interactions occur from a theoretical perspective is highly relevant for our understanding of diversification in complex ecosystems. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Galapagos Islands - a conflict of interests : a case study of how conservation, tourism and local interests meet, and howthat affect the islands and the residents

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

    Author : Louise Arbin; [2019]
    Keywords : Conservation; tourism; governmentality; political ecology; Galapagos; Ecuador;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine how conservation, a growing tourism industry, and local interests meet at the Galapagos islands, Ecuador, and how that affects the islands and the people living or working there. This study is a result of a case study conducted at the Galapagos islands, mainly the island of Santa Cruz (which is the most populated island and the “economic capital”, as well as the island that has gone through the most rapid change in relation to growing tourism industry and development), done over the course of six weeks. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gestaltningsriktlinjer för musik i stadens offentliga rum : vetenskapsbaserade gestaltningsriktlinjer för musik tillägnad praktiserande landskapsarkitekter

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

    Author : Max Ekholm; [2019]
    Keywords : musik; landskapsarkitektur; gestaltningsriktlinjer; torg; stadsliv; urban;

    Abstract : Musik har funnits bland oss människor sedan urminnes tider. Exakt när och hur musiken uppkom är inte känt men klarlagt är att den på ett eller annat sätt haft en evolutionär fördel för oss människor. READ MORE

  6. 5. Communication and Resilience in a Crisis Management Exercise : A qualitative study of the communication of a staff leading the rescue work during a simulated ferry fire, understood through the systemic resilience model

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap; Region Östergötland/Katastrofmedicinskt centrum

    Author : Linnea Bergsten; [2018]
    Keywords : Resilience; Communication; Systemic Model; Crisis Management Exercise;

    Abstract : This study concerns communication in a crisis management exercise with a resilience perspective. The staff’s communication during a crisis management exercise, a simulating a ferry fire, facilitated by DARWIN, a European research project in resilience, is analysed with thematic analysis and understood through the Systemic Resilience (SyRes) model (Lundberg & Johansson, 2015)which combines different aspects of resilience. READ MORE