Essays about: "Deconstruction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 78 essays containing the word Deconstruction.

1. 1. Investigating the Environmental Footprint of Swedish Household Consumption

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Tobias Steinegger; [2019]
   Keywords : Environmental Footprint; Sweden; Consumption; Household; Expenditures;

   Abstract : Production-based indicators show that Sweden has lower emissions per capita than other high-income countries. Nevertheless, scientific evidence points to a significant overshoot of some of the planetary boundaries, especially regarding climate change, if Swedish consumption-related emissions abroad are considered. READ MORE

3. 2. Getting out of Strange Spaces : A Reconstructive Reading of Paul Auster’s Oracle Night

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

   Author : Cia Gustrén; [2019]
   Keywords : critique; deconstruction; desubjectification; estrangement; existentialism; literary theory; narratology; postmodernism; reconstruction; strange spaces; subjectivity; subjectification; thematic analysis; themes; thematic units; thematic motifs; writing;

   Abstract : As the title of this essay suggests, Paul Auster’s 2003 novel Oracle Night is studied with regard to what is here considered to be a search for a way out of estrangement. This search, as narrated from the point of view of the protagonist, is followed by a certain recognition of the limits of human existence – which may be essentially meaningless but is nevertheless portrayed as an intentional state of being, not least through the act of writing as a means of subjectification. READ MORE

4. 3. Princesa de la calle - Dress turned streetwear : Exploring possibilities in re-design, in relation to second-hand evening dresses witha focus on street wear silhouettes

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Nathali Elfström; [2019]
   Keywords : Secondhand; Dresses; redesign; streetwear; draping;

   Abstract : This work aims to explore the possibilities in re-design by using secondhand party-dresses as the main material to construct new garments with a focus on street wear silhouettes. Deconstruction is commonly used when working with secondhand and will also be used in this work, as well as draping. READ MORE

5. 4. Life Cycle Assessment of a Road Ferry

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Anna Ringström; [2019]
   Keywords : Life cycle assessment LCA ; Swedish Transport Administration STA ; STA Road Ferries; road ferry; environmental impact; environmental performance; ferry transport; Livscykelanalys LCA ; Trafikverket; Färjerederiet; vägfärja; miljöpåverkan; miljöprestanda; färjetransport;

   Abstract : On a national level, the Swedish Transport Administration (STA) constitute the responsibleauthority for national long-term infrastructure planning in Sweden and therefore has animportant role for limit the environmental load from domestic transport. STA Road Ferries isresponsible actor within STA, for national infrastructure planning connected to public marinetransport and has formulated the goal of net zero GHG emissions by year 2045 for the ferryfleet. READ MORE

6. 5. Let’s march, Belarusians! : a case study on ”March on, Babe!” movement against domestic violence in Belarus

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Volha Rudak; [2019]
   Keywords : social movement; feminism; domestic violence; civic agency; democracy; Belarus; freedom of expression; geder equality; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : 5 October 2018, President Aliaksandr Lukashenka lashed out against a draft bill of the Law Against Domestic Violence. That very same day activists Svetlana Gatalskaya and Marysha Korzh created a Facebook page called “March On, Baby” to push for the rejected bill. After 48 hours, about 1700 both female and male Belarusians joined it. READ MORE