Essays about: "Novel"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 3916 essays containing the word Novel.

  1. 1. "I'LL SPEAK FOR BOTH SIDES": Coloniality and Hybridity in Identity Construction in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Filippa Kakavand; [2024-03-21]
    Keywords : Leslie Marmon Silko; Ceremony; postcolonialism; coloniality; hybridity; magical realism; identity; storytelling; Indigenous; Native American literature;

    Abstract : This study explores the complex relations between coloniality and hybridity in identity construction for the Native American community in Leslie Marmon Silko's novel Ceremony. The study aims to examine how these literary techniques contribute to the protagonist's construction of identity, specifically focusing on his mixed-race identity and the way in which coloniality influences his experience. READ MORE

  3. 2. Feature Selection for Microarray Data via Stochastic Approximation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Erik Rosvall; [2024-03-18]
    Keywords : feature selection; feature ranking; microarray data; stochastic approximation; Barzilai and Borwein method; Machine Learning; AI;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the challenge of feature selection (FS) in machine learning, which involves reducing the dimensionality of data. The selection of a relevant subset of features from a larger pool has demonstrated its effectiveness in enhancing the performance of various machine learning algorithms. READ MORE

  4. 3. "The Uphill AI Contract Challenge The Intra-Active Task: Reimagining Contracts"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Filip Seiborg Wikström; [2024-02-16]
    Keywords : AI; Contract Law; New Materialism; Karen Barad; Intra-Action; Spacetimemattering; Ethico-Onto-Epistem-Ology; Cartesian-Newtonian paradigms; Antimethodology; Agency; Machine Learning;

    Abstract : The traditional contract theories are insufficient to handle the challenges Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently causing and will continue to cause to contract law. These challenges involve problems concerning the subject/object divide, agency, the embedding of legal code into interactive programming code, and ethical aspects concerning the transfer of power away from lawyers. READ MORE

  5. 4. Regenerating Land, Regenerating Self: Towards a Care-full Regeneration Cycle of Inner-Outer Transformation

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

    Author : Rahel Könen; Clara Wessel; [2024]
    Keywords : Land Regeneration; Inner-outer Transformation; Ethics of Care; Regenerative Sustainability Transformations; Affirmative Political Ecology; Relational Turn; Care-full Regeneration Cycle; Emergence; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The world needs rapid transformation if we are to shift towards more just and regenerative socio-ecological futures. In merging scholarly fields of transformation studies, regeneration and ethics of care this thesis explores the connection between inner-outer regeneration through the in-depth study of a transformative caring process. READ MORE

  6. 5. Closing loops, opening minds. The role of social capital for knowledge sharing relationships in circular value networks.

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Jacopo Angeloni; Isak Axelson; [2024]
    Keywords : Social capital; Knowledge sharing; Circular economy; Value networks; Glass recycling;

    Abstract : In the wake of the threats of climate change and natural resource depletion, an increasing number of companies are aligning their strategies and operations with the concept of the circular economy. The circular economy transition can be enabled by companies adopting novel circular business models, embracing collaboration and knowledge sharing between partners in broad circular value networks. READ MORE