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  1. 1. Re-picturing Afro People and Bodies Beyond Institutional Practices : Uncovering Meaning in Visual Counter-Narratives

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

    Author : Chloé Rigélo; [2023]
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    Abstract : The legacy of colonial representational logics and the increasing role of visual media cemented,on a wide scale, the image of Afro people in the visual now the discourse and underlyingassumptions of poverty, lack, need and helplessness. The thesis investigates the modes of visualcounter-narratives outside of International Development institutional practices. READ MORE

  3. 2. Chimeric Mimicry : Reflection and Animality in Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy of Nature

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Filosofi

    Author : Oscar Amcoff; [2023]
    Keywords : animal-studies; human-animal relation; merleau-ponty; merleau-ponty nature; chimera; chimerical; animal reflection; reflection of nature; human-animal divide; carnologocentrism; animal philosophy; animal phenomenology; phenomenology of nature; merleau-ponty and the animal; ineinander; animal embodiment;

    Abstract : In this paper, I attempt to understand how Merleau-Ponty views the relation between nature and reflection, as well as the meaning behind the terms “human” and “animal” and the relations between them. I approach this by outlining the transition from Merleau-Ponty’s early philosophy (SB, PP) to his late philosophy (N, VI). READ MORE

  4. 3. The Role of Narratives in Organisational Change

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Elin Oskarsson; Malin Dierkes; [2022-06-21]
    Keywords : Organisational Change; Narratives; Sensemaking; Identity; Political Motives;

    Abstract : Organisational change has been studied for many years generating classical management literature of how to view and handle change, but contrasting the more classical theories, narratives, or stories, can be used to study change. In human sciences, narratives are referred to as a family of concepts that have in common a storied form. READ MORE

  5. 4. ANIMAL QUALIA AND NON-ANTHROPOCENTRIC NARRATION IN BARBARA GOWDY’S THE WHITE BONE : PROBLEMATIZING NONHUMAN EXPERIENTIALITY THROUGH ENVISIONMENTS IN THE EFL CLASSROOM

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Niklas Erlandsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Cognition; multimodality; cognitive ecocriticism; synaesthesia; cross-modality; sensorial aesthetics; phenomenology; immersion; animal subjectivity; animal sentience; animal alterity; extended mind theory; social mind; upper secondary school; high school; EFL context.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines nonhuman phenomenological experiences, communication, and sensory perception in Barbara Gowdy’s The White Bone. Drawing on literary and pedagogical theories by Roman Bartosch, Monika Fludernik, Marco Caracciolo, David Herman, and Judith Langer, the thesis argues that Gowdy’s novel employs narrative strategies and devices that involve nonhuman experientiality evoked from sensorial configurations, narration, and textual cognitive and embodied experiences. READ MORE

  6. 5. ⏁⊑⊬⟊, ⏁⎎⎅☌⊬⍜⍀: Alien Languages In Science Fiction

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Maya Shaw; [2021]
    Keywords : Science fiction; aliens; alterity; language; constructed languages;

    Abstract : Language is a central concern of science fiction. From first contact to interstellar warfare, stories about aliens inevitably raise questions of communication. READ MORE