Essays about: "agens"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 73 essays containing the word agens.
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1. Writing Your Way out of a Cage : Agency and Dehumanization in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Abstract : This thesis analyzes the conceptualization of agency as a form of resistance against dehumanizing slavery discourses present in the narrative The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead. For the historical contextualization and the theoretical background, the scholarly work Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi is used. READ MORE
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2. Voice, Agency, and Urgency : Three Ecocritical Readings of Nature and the Protagonist in Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Abstract : The female protagonist Catherine Danielle Clark (Kya) in Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing is abandoned by her family at a young age and grows up alone in a marshland environment in 1950s North Carolina. Shunned by the local community, Kya relies on nature to help her survive and to teach her about life and love—until one day she finds herself accused of murder. READ MORE
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3. The Game Of Nudity on Instagram: Four case studies about art and censorship
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The aim for this essay is, along with the four included case studies, is to examine the social media platform, Instagram's strict guidelines when it comes to showing nudity. On the platform there is a certain double standard, artists as well as art institutions are censored, that is, they get pictures removed or their accounts blocked when they try to show works that have nudity depicted, but at the same time nudity exists on the platform, this essay wants to highlight the double standard by setting the example that images from accounts of celebrities, which show as much nudity as a work of art, if not more, are allowed to be available on the social platform. READ MORE
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4. Generative AI as a co-creator in the conception of images
University essay from Södertörns högskola/MedieteknikAbstract : Generative AI systems for image-creation have taken a giant leap technologically in the last few years, creating opportunities for users and introducing new areas of research for the scientific community. New implementations for these technologies are discovered regularly and due to the complex nature of AI, there is an ongoing discussion among researchers on whether generative AI is yet another tool, or if there is potential for the technology to be something more. READ MORE
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5. Spatiotemporal Selves on a Location-Based Social Network : A Postphenomenological Autoethnography of Snap Map
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : The location-based social network (LBSN) Snapchat allows millions of users to share their locations to others through Snap Map: a digital map that updates their position each time they open the app. While social science studies have explored sentiments, behaviors and norms among Snap Map users, there is limited research on this type of location-based social network in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), indicating a need for expanding the understanding of the roles that this technology and its design play in shaping the experiences and interactions among users. READ MORE
