Essays about: "Embodiments"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the word Embodiments.

  1. 1. ”The greater dysphoria I’ve had, the greater dysmorphia - they work together” - An interview study on trans and nonbinary experiences of seeking and participating in Swedish eating disorder treatment

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Hannah Alvå; [2023-07-05]
    Keywords : Eating disorders; Trans; Nonbinary; Cisnormativity; Healthcare;

    Abstract : The accessibility of eating disorder treatment for trans and nonbinary individuals has for long been an overlooked approach within research as well as in practice both internationally and in Sweden. By analysing four interviews with care seekers who identify as trans and/or nonbinary, the purpose of this study is therefore to map out the norms and discourses that shape the accessibility and applicability of Swedish eating disorder treatment. READ MORE

  3. 2. Coming to Voice Through Capoeira : Uncovering Ancestrality and Embodiments of the African Diaspora

    University essay from

    Author : Ana Da Conceição Paz; [2023]
    Keywords : Capoeira; Radical Openness; African diaspora; Embodiments; Ancestral; Resistance;

    Abstract : Capoeira is an African diasporic art form that developed in Brazil during the transatlantic slave trade. This research explores the history of Capoeira and its contemporary engagement through an autoethnographic method. It follows the first-hand experience of being a black female researcher and a Capoeirista both in Europe and Brazil. READ MORE

  4. 3. Memory in development and ruination : Tracing workers’ memories and futures on a transforming railway in Stockholm, Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Viktor Aronsson; [2023]
    Keywords : post industrial memory; collective memory; more-than-representational theory; railway workers; spectral geographies;

    Abstract : Research on post-industrial memory have recently brought to attention the role of workers’ collective memory in deindustrialised landscapes. However, the role of memory in continued and developed industries is a theme largely unexplored. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ambivalent encounters : A feminist exploration of human and feminised AI humanoid relations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Sara Margret Sigurdardottir; [2022]
    Keywords : Artificial intelligence; robot embodiment; Klara and the Sun; artist robot; sex robots; affect; human-machine relations;

    Abstract : Machines encoded with artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly having influence in human social realms. Rapid technological advances have propelled encounters between humans and embodied AI humanoids from a subject of science fiction to a real-world phenomenon. READ MORE

  6. 5. Understanding Community Sense of Place and Social Sustainability Through Instagram : The establishment of Rågsved nature reserve and the demolition of Snösätra Graffiti Wall of Fame

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Aviva Blomquist; [2021]
    Keywords : Digital geography; sense of place; social media; public space socio-spatial planning; participation; social sustainability; cultural sustainability;

    Abstract : Blomquist, Aviva (2021). Understanding Community Sense of Place and Social Sustainability Through Instagram: The establishment of Rågsved nature reserve and the demolition Snösätra Graffiti Wall of Fame. READ MORE