Essays about: "Utopia"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 79 essays containing the word Utopia.

1. 11. Reconstructing Magnitogorsk

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Sijia Peng; [2022]
   Keywords : Futuristic Urban Design; Disurbanism; Utopia;

   Abstract : This project is an attempt to create a city for the far future using the language and theory of architects that lived in a society of different economic political and ideological conditions. Based on the case study of Ivan leonidov's proposal in 1930 for the town of Magnitogorsk, As well as the supporting theory behind, for example, disurbanism and linear city. READ MORE

3. 12. disorder, defiance & disobedience : negotiating the city through the confrontations of graffiti—tools for reimagining our rights within the built environment

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

   Author : Sahlberg Ellen; [2022]
   Keywords : the built environment; anarchist architecture; graffiti; disorder in the built environment; critical architectural theory; critical urban studies; experimental spatial design; the right to the city; space and politics;

   Abstract : Architects imagine and reimagine utopia. It is a role with the task to produce cities that are liveable, beautiful, functional, flexible and inclusive. Spaces made for and together with people, and places that meet their needs and dreams. READ MORE

4. 13. The Buen Vivir as a Real Utopia? Analysing the transformative potential of the Ecuadorian socio-political project for the Good Living

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Alexandra Gerer; [2022]
   Keywords : Buen Vivir; Real Utopia; Ecuador; transformation; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Motivated by the need for transformative change and more holistic conceptions of wellbeing, this thesis aims to explore the transformative potential of the Buen Vivir. As a synthesis of indigenous and modern principles, it was integrated in the Ecuadorian constitution. READ MORE

5. 14. Be beautiful and speak up : Africana beauty at the forefront of an inclusive Internet beauty culture.

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

   Author : KENZA ALOUI; [2022]
   Keywords : Acceptance; African; Africana; autoethnography; beauty; beauty industry; change; community; culture; decoloniality; diaspora; empowerment; existentialism; exoticization; feminist studies; heritage; inclusivity; Internet; intersectionality; interviews; norms; performativity; phenomenology; policing; race; racism; radical; self-love; utopia; women of color.;

   Abstract : The beauty industry has been booming in the last few years, generating immense profits as it now translates into an Internet global beauty culture in its own right that finally made room for women of color. As research barely mentions African women and their diasporas, this study aims to critically analyze the dynamic of this North American-dominated Internet beauty culture celebrating non-white women, looking at how it impacts African women and their diasporas and participates in affirming a global woman of color through commodity capitalism. READ MORE

6. 15. Mass Effect: A utopia free from queer people?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

   Author : Jasper Falk; Theo Flejmer; [2022]
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   Abstract : A small set of qualitative interviews were held to explore the thoughts and choices of queer players of the Mass Effect trilogy. The participants‘ discussions and answers were transcribed and analyzed with the support of texts about compulsory heteronormativity, queer theory, Huizinga’s magic circle, as well as the charmed circle. READ MORE