Essays about: "bodily experience"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 essays containing the words bodily experience.
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1. Movement towards socioecological change: The case of Ecosomatics
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Several scholars both within and outside the field of human ecology argue that the perceptual human-nature divide contributes profoundly to patterns of unsustainability and weak sustainability visible in the world today. Deliberately engaging in conscious bodily-felt contact with the natural environment is suggested to uncover appropriate, embodied angles to approaching ecology and the environmental crisis. READ MORE
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2. 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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3. When second time’s a charm - Exploring consumers’ temporal experiences within second-hand fashion shopping
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Second-hand fashion has emerged as a more sustainable way of shopping, promoting the circular economy while offering unique styles for a cheaper price. Although consumers generally express a willingness to adopt a more sustainable fashion consumption, this is not mirrored in their actual engagement in second-hand fashion shopping. READ MORE
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4. Bathing into Belonging: An Exploration of International Students' encounters at the Swedish Sauna
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : 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
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5. Att känna in platsen : kroppslig närvaro, strategier och förståelse för landskap
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Den här uppsatsen undersöker kroppslig närvaro över tid och hur detta påverkar landskapsarkitektstudenters förståelse för landskap samt vilka strategier landskapsarkitektstudenter använder sig av för att närma sig landskap. Målet med arbetet är att genom kroppsliga undersökningar av landskap i form av platsbesök utröna ett antal begrepp och strategier som kan vägleda landskapsarkitektstudenter som använder platsbesök som en del i sin praktik. READ MORE
