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1. 1. Physics Identity Development and Student Participation - A Case Study Through the Lens of Activity Theory

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Fysikundervisningens didaktik

   Author : Mikael Lindberg; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : When highschool students apply for university physics programs they are taking a significant stepdown a path suggestively leading them closer to becoming physics community members. Highschoolstudents’ ideas of what physicists do at work might however differ from what physicists actuallydo. READ MORE

3. 2. Embracing Uncertainty

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Krystian Malada; [2023]
   Keywords : Job; Work; Uncertainty; Nowa Huta; Cracow;

   Abstract : The future of industrial sites and people who work there is increasingly uncertain due to rapidly changing economic conditions. Zygmunt Bauman's theory of "liquid modernity" emphasizes the need for flexibility in this context, since those who cannot adapt to quickly changing global structures risk being left behind and uncertain about their future. READ MORE

4. 3. The Joy of Not Fitting In – An Essay on How Non-binary People Accomplish Gender Euphoria

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Frederik Kramer Kluw; [2022]
   Keywords : Non-binary; Gender Euphoria; Masculinity Femininity; Internet-ethnography; Ethnomethodology; Doing gender; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to understand how gender euphoria is constructed by non-binary people, and how these experiences are embedded in ideas of masculinities and femininities. The theoretical point of departure involves the theorization of “doing gender” by West and Zimmerman, concepts from ethnomethodology inspired by Liberman, and finally “performative acts” by Butler. READ MORE

5. 4. Between the tracks. Reclaiming an abandoned railyard in Gdynia, Poland

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Dominika Misterka; [2020]
   Keywords : Sustainable Urban Recycling; Brownfield Redevelopment; Land Reclamation; Railyard Transformation; Inspired by Community Ideas; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : “Between the tracks” builds upon the concept of reclaiming a brownfield. It explores what can happen when industrial activity vacates valuable land in the city center. Through urban recycling, the project unlocks the value of an underutilized railyard and reimagines the last, such a large, and free area in the center of Gdynia in Poland. READ MORE

6. 5. Experience Programming: an exploration of hybrid tangible-virtual block based programming interaction

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Clarissa C. De Oliveira; [2018]
   Keywords : Interaction Design; Accessibility; Experience Prototyping; Hybrid systems; Block based programming; Computing Education; Tangible User Interfaces for learning;

   Abstract : In less than a century, programming languages have assumed many forms in adapting to system’s needs and capacities, of which our cognitive systems are a part. One variation, tailored specifically for the cognitive processes in children’s education of computational concepts, and nowadays successful among novice adult learners too, is that of visual block based programming. READ MORE