Essays about: "assemblage"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 124 essays containing the word assemblage.
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1. What if…? – How AI Chatbots Could Reconfigure Grocery Shopping In-store
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : In the light of the rapid development of AI technology, this paper aims to explore how the integration of the novel application of an AI chatbot would reconfigure the practice of grocery shopping in brickand- mortar stores contributing to the trend of self-service. Based on a hypothetical scenario discussed in focus groups and drawing on practice theory, the study points out that, by adding this new element, the links between the elements of the practice would change, inducing a change in meaning from purely functional to more inspirational. READ MORE
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2. Traces of Iron Age activities at Kullen - A New Synthesis
University essay from Lunds universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : Kullen has had a huge gap in knowledge about the Iron Age period. This thesis offers a new synthesis to close this gap in knowledge of the Iron Age period in the region. The aim of this study was to gain more knowledge about the Iron Age and the activities during this period in the areas. READ MORE
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3. Bodies in Smartwatches : Embodied Data and Augmented Experiences in Self-Tracking Runners
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Abstract : This thesis investigates the relation between human and smartwatch by exploring the experiences of four Swedish long-distance runners who use digital technology to self-track their running activities. By examining the participating runners’ use of their smartwatches and smartwatch data as postphenomenological human-technology relations (Ihde, 1990), this thesis offers a perspective on the use of wearable self-tracking technology as augmenting human experience through digital data. READ MORE
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4. To Gender or Not to Gender : A critical reassessment of how gender is – and can be – approached in archaeology, exemplified in two Scandinavian burial assemblages dating to the early Medieval period
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : Gender research in archaeology is a complex topic that puzzled scholars for decades. The past 50 years of it has seen a lot of theorizing, heated discussions, and requests for new additions to the archaeological toolkit so that this type of research can get a proper launch. READ MORE
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5. Inter-Institutional Linkages and Great Power Influence : The G5 Sahel, France, and the EU in Sahelian Security Governance
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Within international security governance and crisis management practice, there has been an increase in inter-institutional cooperation and multi-actor security initiatives. While many studies have attempted to shed light on the factors that determine the emergence of these inter-institutional security governance initiatives, many have approached the subject from a liberal-institutionalist perspective, giving only scant attention to the role of hegemons and great powers in these processes. READ MORE