Essays about: "Social Space"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 1484 essays containing the words Social Space.

1. 21. Hanoi's Roving Street Vendors : Navigating Cultural and Urban Transformations in the Digital Age

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Phuong Luong; [2023]
   Keywords : mobile vendor; resistance; urban space; digital age; digitalisation;

   Abstract : The paper emphasizes the resilience and transformative nature of Vietnam's street vending culture in the face of social change. In Vietnam, street vendors operate within a network of cooperation, interdependence, and communal support, forming a new economic system that exemplifies the emergence of a distinctive culture. READ MORE

3. 22. “Experiencing what you cannot read” : Planners’ encounters with embodied knowledge about feelings of safety in public space

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Lundberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Embodied knowledge; multisensory methods; feelings of safety; public space; urban planning; planning methods.;

   Abstract : In the pursuit of planning for inclusive public space, this thesis addresses feelings of unsafety as a hindering aspect of equal access. The aim of this thesis is to explore the role of embodied knowledge within urban planning for understanding feelings of safety in public space. READ MORE

4. 23. Understanding the Relationship between Sustainability and Technology: Perspectives of Young Sustainability Practitioners in For-Profit Organizations

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

   Author : Anna Pauline Hehl; [2023]
   Keywords : Sociomateriality; Organisational Sustainability; Triple Bottom Line; Techno Optimism;

   Abstract :  One of the most critical issues of our time is sustainability. Simultaneously, techno optimism is prevailing in public discourse suggesting that technology will create a sustainable future without requiring drastic changes. READ MORE

5. 24. Reflections on One’s Own Body : An Approach to the Potential of Self-Image in HCI

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Rebeca Blanco Cardozo; [2023]
   Keywords : soma design; first-person perspective; self-image; embodied interaction; self-fashioning technologies; soma design; förstapersonsperspektiv; självbild; förkroppsligad interaktion; self-fashioning teknik;

   Abstract : Self-image and the way we present ourselves to the world are highly relevant in today’s society, fostered to some extent by the ubiquitous use of technology. For example, the idealized body image that is disseminated in the media and on social networks can affect the relationship we have with ourselves. READ MORE

6. 25. In Between the Bridge

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Barbora Havelcová; [2023]
   Keywords : bridge; modular; vertical comunity; reuse; transportational structure; speculative architecture; carless future;

   Abstract : This project is examining the possibility of reusing a space taken by a transportation structure, the Nuselský most, a bridge located in Prague, and speculates about its uses in a carless future.  A bridge structure is perceived as a connection, a shelter, or a barrier, but how can we use the space In Between the Bridge? The project is connecting future living desires with remains from the past and utilizing a structure that might become obsolete while proposing a vertical community for a post-materialistic generation oriented towards health, nature, self-realization, individualism, and sustainability, supporting social interactions in society. READ MORE