Essays about: "actants"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word actants.

  1. 1. Spår i jorden : en studie av ett extraktionslandskap

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Sebastian Hahn; [2023]
    Keywords : extraktionslandskap; nymaterialism; landskapshistoria; mosse; torv; torvtäkt; postindustriellt landskap; spårande; rumslighet;

    Abstract : Detta examensarbete utforskar torvtäkten som landsakap. Torvindustrin har en långtgående historia i Sverige, och de utdikade torvmossarna utgör några av de största landskapssåren i landet. Under påtryckningar från politik och samhälle har industrin minskat kraftigt, och många torvtäkter hotas nu av nedläggning. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reconciling Material & Social Through Waste : The Case of Överskottet as an Alternative Way of Organizing Waste

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : ADEL MIFTAKHOVA; Chaïma Ben Mahmoud; [2023]
    Keywords : social services; waste management; Actor-Network Theory; actors; actants; network; nonhuman; human; collaboration; connections; policies;

    Abstract : The problematization of waste surplus informed numerous decisions on local, national and international levels. However, the waste pollution problem is far from being solved. This paper attempts to explore an alternative way of organizing waste using the Actor-Network Theory, which argues for equality between humans and nonhumans. READ MORE

  4. 3. Team Leadership in remote settings An Actor-Network Theory Analysis

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Maria Gordou; Elisa Moreira Carqueijó; [2022-06-23]
    Keywords : team leadership; remote setting; practice; Actor-Network Theory; networks; actants; hybrid collectifs; translation; blackbox; presence;

    Abstract : Team Leadership (TL) is a topic that has been widely studied throughout the years. Previous studies on TL were focused on the individual and collective perspective. In recent years, technologies were included in the collective perspectives of TL under a remote setting by with the formation of Virtual Teams (VTs). READ MORE

  5. 4. Historical ecology of the Greater Burgan oilfield : economy, technology, politics, and workers

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Saleh Youssef; [2022]
    Keywords : Oil extraction; The Greater Burgan Oilfield; Petrocultures; Assemblage thinking; Kuwait econ-omy; Oil peak; Migrant labour; Environmental History;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the current state of crude oil extraction and production in the Greater Burgan oilfield, Kuwait's largest and oldest oilfield. This thesis is based on interviews with oilfield workers, analyses of official documents from the Kuwaiti government and the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), and my own experience as an oilfield worker in Kuwait. READ MORE

  6. 5. Framing “contemporaneity” in public museums of art and visual culture in the 21st Century : A study of the impact of acquisition policies of the Moderna Museet and M+ through the lens of actor-network theories

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Chi Hang Lam; [2021]
    Keywords : ANT; Contemporaneity; museology; late-capitalism; postmodernity; acquisition policies; contemporary art;

    Abstract : In the 21st century, public museums who are collecting contemporary art has simultaneously begun to reframe the role of museums in society. Two museums – the Moderna Museet of Stockholm and M+ of Hong Kong that have completely different historic and geographic backgrounds, as well as operating models are now working closely with their acquisitions and collections to draw audience of old and new closer to them. READ MORE