Essays about: "academic world"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 453 essays containing the words academic world.

1. 26. Seeing Lithium Extraction : Countering the Myth of ‘Green’ Transition through Contemporary Art

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Victoria McCarthy; [2023]
   Keywords : Lithium extraction; contemporary art; extractivism; ‘green’ transition; myth; green sacrifice zones; visibility; countervisuality; Unknown Fields; Marcela Magno; Julian Charrière; Extracción de litio; arte contemporaneo; extractivismo; trancisión verde ; zonas de sacrificio verdes; visibilización; contra-visualidad;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the intersection between lithium extraction and contemporary art through a visual semiotic analysis of three contemporary artworks: Unknown Fields’ We Power Our Future With the Breast Milk of Volcanoes, Marcela Magno’s Land [2] Litio, and Julian Charrière’s Future Fossil Spaces. It explores how lithium extraction is visualised in the selected artworks, what connotations can be extracted from them, the geopolitical dimension expressed in them, and how they relate to the myth of ‘green’ transition. READ MORE

3. 27. A Game of Fraud: : Uncovering Corruption Within FIFA's Decision to Award Qatar the World Cup 2022

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Eliona Qira; [2023]
   Keywords : FIFA; Sports Governance; Trancparency; Institutional Corruption;

   Abstract : An investigation into FIFA's corruption is conducted in this thesis, with a particular emphasis on the organization's awarding of the 2022 World Cup hosting rights to Qatar. Using institutional corruption, power dynamics, and lack of transparency as a lens into FIFA's decision-making process, this study attempts to understand the factors influencing international sports governance generally. READ MORE

4. 28. Living in an Immaterial World: An exploratory study on consumer value perceptions in metaverse settings

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

   Author : Linn Henriksson; Ellen Svärdh; [2023]
   Keywords : metaverse; consumption-value theory; value perceptions; virtual consumption;

   Abstract : As sung by Madonna, "we are living in a material world" underscored by the consumption of physical goods. Beyond the glitz of materialism lies the grand problem of overconsumption, and correspondingly overproduction, of the world's finite resources. READ MORE

5. 29. Ranking Software Reliability Measures using Best Worst Multicriteria DecisionMaking Method

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för programvaruteknik

   Author : Venkat Puneeth Reddy Mereddy; [2023]
   Keywords : Ranking Software measures; Software reliability; Multi-criteria Decision making; Best Worst Method. ii;

   Abstract : Background: The production of high-quality software products has been a long-standing challenge for the software industry. The advent of agile software development methodologies has resulted in a significant acceleration in the development pace. READ MORE

6. 30. Moving Cities of the Future : The Power of Anticipation Fiction Over Our Modern Social Imaginaries

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

   Author : Laurine Avice; [2023]
   Keywords : social imaginaries; fiction; moving cities; future;

   Abstract : The future is constantly growing as a more and more significant matter of interest, both in the academic fields and in everyday conversations. This thesis focuses on a specific perspective of the future: what if cities were no longer static by nature, but cruising across the world? By analysing three works of literary fiction, the aim is to illustrate how fiction, and more specifically ‘anticipation fiction’, can participate in shaping our social imaginaries, the understanding we have of the world, both when it comes to our present and our future. READ MORE