Essays about: "Self-creation"

Found 4 essays containing the word Self-creation.

  1. 1. Overcoming Gender Stereotypes: A Depiction of Six Swedish Students in Non-Traditional Fields

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Paula Daniella Arán; [2020]
    Keywords : STEM; HEED; Higher Education; Equal Education; Career Choice; Gender; Non-traditional; Decision-making; Gender norms; Gender roles; Gender stereotypes; Gender differences;

    Abstract : The study investigates the factors that encouraged six Swedish students to choose a femaleor male-dominated field of study in higher education. This is of interest as gender normsand stereotypes may inflict and limit students' educational choices. The purpose is likewiseto elucidate the educational choices from a gender perspective. READ MORE

  3. 2. Retired Objects : An exploration of our complex relationship to everyday things.

    University essay from Konstfack/Industridesign

    Author : Fann Xu; [2020]
    Keywords : emotional design; speculative design; everyday objects; home; material culture; furniture design; object oriented ontology; phenomenology; function; effort;

    Abstract : Retired Objects is a project that explores the intimate relationship we humans form with everyday things. My investigation centers around the questions Can we begin to value objects as our equals, rather than as our servants? and What roles do objects play in our daily lives other than fulfilling a practical function?  As a theoretical framework I investigate different facets of our material culture and how we relate to objects, focusing on our emotional connection to them, how we use them as mirror and tools for self-creation, and how being a maker is an integral part of our human identity. READ MORE

  4. 3. Iranian Women’s Experience of Mandatory Hijab : A Case Study of a Campaign on Facebook

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Pegah Hamzehei; [2014]
    Keywords : Mandatory veil; Iran; women; media; digital diaries; Facebook; activism; social media;

    Abstract : The current research is analyzing self-representation of Iranian women in Facebook relating tothe mandatory veil case study. Social media is assisting Iranian women to demonstrate theirprotest against mandatory hijab in various aspects. READ MORE

  5. 4. CREATING STEPHEN, THE ARTIST : Reinterpreting Joyce's Portrait through Analysis of the Narrator

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Ralph Martin Fleischer; [2012]
    Keywords : A Portrait of the Artist; Narrator; Stephen; Self-creation; Fabrication;

    Abstract : A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is viewed traditionally by many critics and scholars alike more or less, if not entirely, as Joyce’s autobiographical novel. The identity of the narrator and his relationship to the focalizer and the narrative text are aspects that have thus not been sufficiently examined and explored. READ MORE