Essays about: "bodies"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 1133 essays containing the word bodies.

  1. 26. Bathing into Belonging: An Exploration of International Students' encounters at the Swedish Sauna

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Kara Stein; [2023]
    Keywords : sauna; body; autoethnography; home; affects; Sweden; Sara Ahmed; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is an ethnographic exploration of Swedish sauna practices as experienced by international students at Lund University. The research objective is to navigate experiences of belonging and community formation that occur in the sauna, but also highlights how experiences of outsiderness and exclusion come to the fore in this highly sensorial environment. READ MORE

  3. 27. Modelling Proxy Credit Cruves Using Recurrent Neural Networks

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Lucas Fageräng; Hugo Thoursie; [2023]
    Keywords : Deep Neural Networks; Credit Risk; Financial Modelling; LSTM; Credit Default Swaps; Credit Valuation Adjustment; Djupa Neurala Nätverk; Kreditrisk; Finansiell Modellering; LSTM; Kreditswappar; Kreditvärderingsjustering;

    Abstract : Since the global financial crisis of 2008, regulatory bodies worldwide have implementedincreasingly stringent requirements for measuring and pricing default risk in financialderivatives. Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) serves as the measure for default risk infinancial derivatives, and Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) is the pricing method used toincorporate this default risk into derivatives prices. READ MORE

  4. 28. How has US policy planning bodies framed Greenland since 2013

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nilsson August; [2023]
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  5. 29. A Heavy Burden - Coloniality and Exploitation of the Subaltern in Nepal’s Mountain Tourism Industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Sara Frenning; [2023]
    Keywords : tourism; trekking; climbing; Subaltern; workforce equity; coloniality; Nepal; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the effects of mountain tourism on local people and communities in Nepal with a focus on three main questions: the equity of mountain jobs, the impacts of Western mountaineering’s dominance on local cultures, and the respect and lack of respect for local workers' lives. Despite repeated accounts of precarious and dangerous working conditions the adventure and mountain tourism industry continue to exploit some bodies on behalf of others. READ MORE

  6. 30. Menstrual health : Design tensions in raising awareness of the impacts of environmental pollution

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Xuni Huang; [2023]
    Keywords : menstrual health; pollution; awareness; first-person experiments; cultural probes; menstruationshälsa; föroreningar; medvetenhet; självbiografisk design; kultursonder;

    Abstract : Pollutants can harm menstrual health, and raising awareness of this is vital. This study is a research-through-design project that aims to investigate the design qualities of interactive technologies that aim to raise this kind of awareness. This study used first-person experiment method to design and develop cultural probes. READ MORE