Essays about: "collective motion"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words collective motion.
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1. INTERWEAVE - Food production interweaving with cultural programs, housing, and public places in Slakthusområdet, Stockholm.
University essay from KTH/StadsbyggnadAbstract : Slakthusområdet, a historically significant slaughterhouse district in Stockholm, stands as a testament to the dynamic nature of urban landscapes, characterized by the relentless tide of rapid urban change. Over the years, this district has undergone multiple transformations, mirroring the shifting needs and aspirations of the city. READ MORE
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2. An alternative explanation for scale-free speed correlations in starling flocks: coarse-graining in time
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för fysik och elektroteknik (IFE)Abstract : In a celebrated series of experimental observations, starling flocks have been shown to be characterized by scale-free, long-ranged spatial correlations in their velocity fluctuations. While this is expected for velocity orientation correlations on the basis of simple symmetry-breaking arguments, the same scaling-free behaviour for speed (i.e. READ MORE
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3. Topologica linteractions in a multi-layered flocking system
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : With the multi-layered flocking system it is possible to simulate flocks that contain different types of agents that can be of various different sizes (variations in bounding radius and height). In the original implementation, the multi-layered flocking system uses a metric distance to find the nearest-neighbours of agents. READ MORE
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4. Protracted refugee humanitarian response as a context in the discourse on Localization: The case study of refugee protection in Uganda
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Around 2015, the humanitarian aid sector set out the localization agenda in motion. Embedded within The Grand Bargain, the localization agenda elevated the propensity for systems change within the humanitarian sector and calls for a greater inclusion of local actors have featured for some time in debates on how to make humanitarian action more efficient and address unequal power relations within the humanitarian system. READ MORE
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5. Power Asymmetries in Humanitarian Aid : A Discourse Analysis of Power Hierarchies between European Citizen Aid Groups and Non-Western People on the Move
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate how three European citizen aid groups (Collective Aid, Refugee Women’s Centre, and No Name Kitchen) handle the asymmetrical power relationships between Western volunteers and non-Western people on the move. Inspired by postcolonial international relations literature and previous research on power asymmetries in humanitarian aid, I conduct a discourse analysis guided by the four categories “assuming equality through horizontal discourses”, “reconstituting social subjects”, “putting minds into motion”, and “civil disobedience”. READ MORE