Essays about: "Enlightenment"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 54 essays containing the word Enlightenment.

  1. 41. Yoga and the Pedagogy of Enlightenment : Exploring the role of the modern Yoga teacher

    University essay from Pedagogiska institutionen

    Author : Maya Eliasson; [2013]
    Keywords : Hatha Yoga; Pedagogy; Teacher role; Yoga teacher; Hermeneutics;

    Abstract : This study inspired by a hermeneutic premise, aims to explore the role of the modern Yoga teacher and the pedagogy employed by individuals who teach Yoga. Yoga is here acknowledged as a vast concept; this paper regards the Ashtanga as composed by Shri Patanjali in 400B.C. as a possible definition of Yoga. READ MORE

  3. 42. Mantras for miracles

    University essay from Konstfack/Textil

    Author : Sara Reinholtz; [2013]
    Keywords : textile; textile architecture; knitting; room divider; interaction; toy; mandala; buddhism; mantra; design process; play; transformation; textil; textil arkitektur; stickning; rumsavdelare; interaktion; leksak; mandala; buddism; mantra; design process; lek; transformation;

    Abstract : The thesis paper Design takes place in our lives, naturally and sometimes invisibly, but how can we become alert to its impact on us? How can we as designers elaborate on our role in creating tools for people’s lives? A handmade metal wire toy I found in my parents’ house made me discover the world of mandalas; a Buddhistic symbol and a tool for spiritual enlightenment. Mandalas speak of the relation between us and the world and balance between body and mind. READ MORE

  4. 43. Malmö and places of modernity - Shopping malls and visions of Utopia

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

    Author : Fritjof Carlsson-Brandt; [2013]
    Keywords : Modernity; urban development; Gemeinschaft; Gesellschaft; enlightenment; progress; social production of space; Malmö; city; society; community; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this essay the concept of modernity is explored in relation to the city of Malmö. Modernity is defined and investigated. Then it is put in relationship with the new comprehensive plan from the urban planning office in Malmö and three of the bigger shopping malls in Malmö.. READ MORE

  5. 44. Archiving Artistic Processes in Evolving Relationships

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Xueyin Chen; [2012-08-08]
    Keywords : Museology; museum studies; archive; documentation; contemporary art; conceptual art; institutional critique;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the institutionalization of artistic processes, particularly in the forms of the archive and the art museum. It is argued that artistic processes are complex, varied, and involves many factors. READ MORE

  6. 45. The Manifestation of Presential Space in Don Berry’s Trask

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Ella Therése Jörgne; [2012]
    Keywords : Don Berry; Trask; presential space; presential movement; trekking; Erwin Straus; Otto Bollnow; phenomenology;

    Abstract : The essay is a phenomenological study of Don Berry’s novel Trask (1960), demonstrating that experiential priority is given in the text to what Erwin Straus and Otto Bollnow call presential [präsentisch] space. The investigation analyses the difference between two forms of such space. READ MORE