Essays about: "context collapse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words context collapse.

  1. 1. Violence Against the Elite : A Comparative Analysis of two Terminal Classic Mass Graves in Cancuén

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Nayelli Wallbing Kenney; [2023]
    Keywords : Mass graves; violence against elite; collapse; power; socio-politics; socio-economy; osteological analysis; Cancuén; Massgravar; våld mot elit; kollaps; makt; socialpolitik; socioekonomi; osteologisk analys; Cancuén;

    Abstract : In this essay a comparative analysis will be conducted on two mass graves from the terminal classics in the Maya lowlands. This will be done by analysing interpretations of the Cancuén site in Guatemala. Cancuén was a major trading port city in the terminal classics’ southern lowlands. It flourished until its decline in the late 700’s CE. READ MORE

  3. 2. Exploring the Future in a What-if Mode - A Philosophical and Critical Investigation into the Use of Scenarios in Climate Science

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

    Author : Franciszek Wieslaw Korbanski; [2023]
    Keywords : scenario; future; the IPCC; Synthesis Report; Mark Fisher; hauntology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The figure of scenarios is frequently used in present-day climate science and plays a prominent role in the architecture of the IPCC Reports. In this work, I undertake a philosophical and critical investigation into the ontological, epistemological and temporal modalities of the figure of scenario. READ MORE

  4. 3. Body-Safe Apocalypse : Sexual Materiality and Frameworks for Design During and Beyond Collapse

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

    Author : Joshua (Ev) Carr; [2023]
    Keywords : collapse; sexual practices; materiality; design theory; philosophy of design; meta;

    Abstract : Following the Covid-19 pandemic, a relatively mild global disruption, our global society experienced large-scale shortages of high-tech materials, the increasing cost or absence of many commodities usually taken for granted, and the floundering of industries that facilitate our global industrial civilisation such as shipping and aviation. By comparison, catastrophic climate change stands to be far more devastating. READ MORE

  5. 4. Help! My mother wants to follow me on Instagram! : Which strategies do young adults in Sweden use, when facing context and time collapse.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)

    Author : Malou Andersson; Emma Heed; [2023]
    Keywords : : Context Collapse; Time Collapse; Social Media; Self-presentation; Privacy; Kontext kollaps; Tids Kollaps; Sociala Medier; Självpresentation; Integritet;

    Abstract : Young adults spend a lot of their time on social media where they share their lives with friends, family, colleagues, acquaintances, ect. Wesch (2009) explains that things posted on social media such as YouTube can be viewed by anybody, everybody, and nobody, anywhere in the world all at once. READ MORE

  6. 5. On Collapse

    University essay from Konstfack/Textil

    Author : Lea Constan; [2021]
    Keywords : weaving; feminism; quantum physics; post-colonialism; immigration; globalism; power structures; asymmetry; light; darkness; collapse; haptic;

    Abstract : This project is an active exploration of subjectivities through the medium of weaving. In a narrative illustrated with woven works, the emotional trajectory of this person of mixed cultural background through Swedish society is described. READ MORE