Essays about: "Meaning-making"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 104 essays containing the word Meaning-making.

  1. 6. “Excuse me, I am still here” : Designing for the Wellbeing of People With Dementia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Rosemary Andrade Lima Nerell; [2023]
    Keywords : dementia; wellbeing; design; interaction qualities; critical dementia; ECD; design; meaning-making; media and technology;

    Abstract : A growing number of studies have been addressing the use of technology in dementia care. As traditional views of society focus mostly on the symptomatic aspects of dementia, the use of technology is limited to people’s impairments. READ MORE

  3. 7. Trade-offs and goal conflicts in policy coherence for sustainable development : what’s the problem represented to be?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Frida Viklund Rundgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Agenda 2030; policy coherence; trade-offs; goal conflicts; sustainable development; discourse analysis; PCSD; What’s the problem represented to be?;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the concepts of trade-offs and goal conflicts in policy-making, specifically in relation to sustainable development, and how they are communicated in policy documents and are understood by civil servants. The study aims to identify the underlying assumptions that shape the construction of policy coherence within the Swedish Government Offices and contributes to the literature on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD), a concept within the 2030 Agenda. READ MORE

  4. 8. 'It makes things up like crazy!' : Swedish school librarians' perceptions on ChatGPT

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

    Author : Emma Ingrid Cecilia Brinkåker Pantzar; [2023]
    Keywords : School library; school librarians; ChatGPT; AI technologies for information seeking; natural language AI; media and information literacy; infrastructural meaning-making; algorithmic imaginary; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of my thesis is to provide research-based insight into AI technologies for information seeking’s place in future school library operations. To achieve this aim, I am looking at Swedish school librarians’ perceptions and views on AI technologies for information seeking, especially in connection with their work on media and information literacy. READ MORE

  5. 9. It depends on herself/himself. : Parental Involvement in Education regarding Children Education in a Chinese Township High School

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Ting Huang; [2023]
    Keywords : educational expectations; educational strategies; small-town China; cultural production;

    Abstract : This thesis is the first qualitative study of parental involvement in education regarding students in one key township high school in an undeveloped small town in southern China. This thesis aims to examine parental expectations and strategies in the voices of parents. READ MORE

  6. 10. Invisible Landscapes : Signs and Illusions in the Perfumery of Jean-Claude Ellena

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Victor Langer; [2023]
    Keywords : Perfumery; Semiotics; Olfaction; Jean-Claude Ellena; Hermès; Roland Barthes;

    Abstract : This study explores the potential of semiotics in the non-visual realm of perfumery, focusing on the work of French perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena. Utilizing Roland Barthes’ three levels of signification as a theoretical framework – as presented in his essay Rhétorique de l’image – it analyzes the linguistic, denotative and connotative aspects of three perfumes created by Ellena for the French luxury house Hermès: Un Jardin en Méditerranée, Un Jardin sur le Nil and Un Jardin Après la Mousson. READ MORE