Essays about: "Meaning-making"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 104 essays containing the word Meaning-making.

1. 16. Something's Growing On...

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

   Author : Julianna Litkei; [2022-05-27]
   Keywords : Children´s books; Antropomorphism; Other-than-humans; Embracing nature;

   Abstract : he ‘Something’s growing on…’ project explores how a picture book for children can celebrate and highlight the complexity and importance of nature and its unseen microcosms. It is a designinitiated attempt to evoke awareness and appreciation for the other-than-human worlds — and through this, to address the anthropocentric view of our times. READ MORE

3. 17. Workplace Coaching and Facilitation of Stress-Management and Well-being in Slovakia

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Linda Rattajova; [2022]
   Keywords : employee well-being; stress management; occupational stress; coaching; coaching in Slovakia;

   Abstract : The research explored when workplace coaching can facilitate stress management and well-being in corporations in Slovakia. It looked at the challenges and opportunities of workplace coaching through individual and organisational perspectives. It was found that masculine and directive leadership style is present in the organisations. READ MORE

4. 18. Communication in the time of Corona : A Qualitative Content Analysis of speeches to the nations during the Covid-19 pandemic from a Narrative Theory perspective

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Linda Edorsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Communication; Media and Communication; Narrative Theory; Meaning Making; Storytelling; Narratives; Messages; Content Analysis; Speeches to the nation; Top layer communication; Grounded Theory;

   Abstract : This study compared the narratives presented by government officials’ to the people in Sweden and Australia regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic. Government officials form the first line of communication and set the scene for further communication, contributing to peoples understanding of reality. READ MORE

5. 19. Collecting the Environment : A Cultural and Aesthetic Historical Analysis of Mushroom Collecting in Sweden from the 19th century to the Present

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Nicole Miller; [2022]
   Keywords : Collecting; Mushrooms; Aesthetics; Environment; History; Sweden; Exhibitions; Natural History; Visual Culture; Fungi; Phenomenology; Ethnomycology; Mycorrhizal Metaphor; Mushroom Time; Collecting the Environment; Nature; Mushroom picking; foraging; aesthetic experience; Svampar; Natur; Sverige; Svamputställningar; visuell kultur;

   Abstract : The aim of this project is to investigate a cultural history of mushroom collecting in Sweden from the 19th century to the present with a focus on connections between aesthetics and the environment.  Collecting is defined broadly as gathering, storing, and accumulating. READ MORE

6. 20. Policies of Yesterday Cultivating the Fields of Tomorrow : Changes and Continuities in the Ethiopian State’s Conceptualisations of LargeScale Farms, Smallholder Farmers, and the Role of the State within National Development Plans from 1950s to 2010s

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Jim Hagström; [2022]
   Keywords : Long-Term Agricultural Development; Food Regimes; Discourse Analysis; Multiple Temporalities; Ethiopia;

   Abstract : This thesis historicizes the conceptualisations of large-scale farms, smallholder farmers, and the role of the state in the Ethiopian national development plans from 1957 to 2015. It engages with the food regime framework in discussing the role of the state in contemporary agrarian change and places itself within the debate of the corporate food regime. READ MORE