Essays about: "Instrumentalism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word Instrumentalism.

  1. 1. Holy Politics : Understanding how religion is instrumentalized in the proxy conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hassan Jaber; [2023]
    Keywords : Religion; Instrumentalism; International conflicts; Iran; Saudi Arabia; Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist; Wahhabism;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to contribute to the existing gap in the research of religion in international relations by applying the theory of elite instrumentalism to the proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The analysis was able to demonstrate that the elites of both states have instrumentalized religion by utilizing concepts of Islamic rulership to legitimize their rule and justify their political actions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Intra-Action – Entanglements Within and Beyond Environmental Photography

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

    Author : Sofia Linnéa Emelie Doepel; [2021-01-15]
    Keywords : Environmental photography; cameraless photography; landscape photography; feminist posthumanism; posthumanism; ecofeminism; representation; anthropocene; phenomenology; quantum field theory; instrumentalism; environmental issues;

    Abstract : This essay is an attempt to approach the genre of both landscape and environmental photography, to turn them inside-out, to dissect and to deconstruct them through ecology, ecofeminism, feminist posthumanism and critical theory regarding the photographic medium. Throughout the essay I will focus on several artists and bodies of works that fall into this broad category of landscape and environmental photography. READ MORE

  4. 3. Explicit Assessment Rubrics and L2 Motivation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Anthon Brunzell; [2021]
    Keywords : formative assessment; rubrics; L2 motivation; self-determination theory; instrumentalism; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : With regards to increased research on the formative use of assessment rubrics and its effects on performance, this study highlights the need for more research on rubrics’ effects on different kinds of motivation. Therefore, the study aims to investigate possible effects of implementing explicit assessment rubrics on L2 motivation in an EFL classroom. READ MORE

  5. 4. Artificial intelligence in the public sector : A study of the perceptions of AI in a municipal department and their effects

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Linn Jensen; [2020]
    Keywords : Artificial intelligence; Perceptions; Determinism; Instrumentalism; Public sector;

    Abstract : The public sector has opened its eyes to the possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI) transforming and streamlining their organizations. However, they are lagging behind the private sector organizations in competency, knowledge, as well as resources, and have difficulties implementing any type of change. READ MORE

  6. 5. Autonomous Weapons – the “Kalashnikovs” of Tomorrow? An Analysis of the Meetings of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the framework of the United Nations' Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Weronika Alexandra Perlinski; [2018-02-09]
    Keywords : Global Studies; Warfare; Human Rights; International Relations;

    Abstract : After the invention of gunpowder and the development of nuclear weapons, the world faces a third revolution in warfare: lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS). Since 2014, states, scientists and civil society activist have been discussing the risks of such systems and possibilities to regulate them within the framework of the United Nations’ Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). READ MORE