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  1. 1. Reflections on One’s Own Body : An Approach to the Potential of Self-Image in HCI

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

    Author : Rebeca Blanco Cardozo; [2023]
    Keywords : soma design; first-person perspective; self-image; embodied interaction; self-fashioning technologies; soma design; förstapersonsperspektiv; självbild; förkroppsligad interaktion; self-fashioning teknik;

    Abstract : Self-image and the way we present ourselves to the world are highly relevant in today’s society, fostered to some extent by the ubiquitous use of technology. For example, the idealized body image that is disseminated in the media and on social networks can affect the relationship we have with ourselves. READ MORE

  3. 2. Are you fitting in? A study on the effects of fitness influencers on male body image

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Marketing and Logistics

    Author : Anne Heinicke; Zoe Vagic; [2023]
    Keywords : body image; fitness influencer; body dissatisfaction; social comparison theory;

    Abstract : Background: The ideals of beauty standards had been under constant change throughout history, and quite often would remain out of reach to the determent of many. The application of an idealized image of oneself remains a powerful tool when it comes to persuasion in social media and marketing. READ MORE

  4. 3. Going To Bed Now: Dissociation Feminism and Implicit Critique in My Year of Rest and Relaxation

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Bäckström; [2023]
    Keywords : Docile body; The Culture Industry; Dissociation Feminism; Femcel; Sedation; My Year of Rest and Relaxation; Ottessa Moshfegh;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine how the novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018 / 2019) by Ottessa Moshfegh, through the lens of dissociative feminism, can be interpreted as a critique regarding commodification of the body. To explore this claim, I discuss the protagonist’s dissociative feminist behaviour in contrast to her friend Reva’s femcel-behaviour. READ MORE

  5. 4. Powering homemaking : everyday domestic life in times of rising energy prices

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Herman Sjörén; [2023]
    Keywords : Home; Energy; Atmosphere; Senses; Body-subject;

    Abstract : Recent research in both geography and in neighbouring disciplines argues that we need to pay more attention to the cultural and symbolic significance of home in order to understand domestic energy consumption. In this thesis I consider how ideals of home are renegotiated in times of increase energy prices. READ MORE

  6. 5. "Be fit, my age, big c**k": Engagements with Hegemonic Masculinity, Hetero(homo)normativity and Discrimination among Queer Male Dating App Users in Malmö and Copenhagen - A Thematic and Summative Content Analysis

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

    Author : Aaron West; [2023]
    Keywords : MSM dating apps; hegemonic masculinity; heteronormative; homonormative; misogyny; body shaming; racism; queer digital geographies; self- re presentation; online disinhibition.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This exploratory research addresses a significant gap in feminist, cultural, and digital geographies by examining the geographic variations of how hegemonic masculinity, hetero(homo)normativity and discrimination is exhibited by MSM dating apps users in two distinct city contexts. Drawing from a post-structuralist humanistic perspective, the study explores how dominant ideologies shape exclusionary online queer spaces made unique by digital placemaking. READ MORE