Essays about: "cultural theory critique"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 22 essays containing the words cultural theory critique.

  1. 6. Social Construction of Nature - A Case Study in Kronoberg: Understanding Cultural Perspectives for Nature-Based Integration. 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Siobhán Byrne; Beatriz García Lázaro; [2023]
    Keywords : Integration; Immigration; Nature-Based Integration; NBI; Social Constructivism; Integration; Immigration; Naturbaserad integration; NBI; Socialkonstruktivism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this research is to create opportunities to promote social inclusion through Nature-Based Integration (NBI), aiming to understand the social construction of nature from a sociocultural perspective. Social constructivist theories have been employed in the field of migrant integration, however, a social constructivist standpoint has not yet been applied in the emerging sub-field of NBI. READ MORE

  2. 7. The Atlas of Two Women: A Methodological Exploration for Seeing and Interpreting the Symptomatic Visual Motif

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Tatuli Japoshvili; [2022]
    Keywords : two women; female subjectivity; Irigaray; Benjamin; Warburg; Didi-Huberman; Arts and Architecture; Philosophy and Religion; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the under-recognised yet symptomatic visual motif of two women, a recurring theme within a vast array of pictorial examples. Its primary objective is to construct a theoretical and methodological framework capable of comprehending the multiplicity of images in the form of an image collection: The Atlas of Two Women. READ MORE

  3. 8. Aesthetic experiences and their theoretical and neuroaesthetic context: An integrate literature review of the theoretical concept of Einfühlung and its relation to neuroaesthetics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Amanda Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Empathy; Einfühlung; Empathy theory; Embodied simulation; Mirror neurons; Neuroaesthetics; Aesthetic experiences; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : How we as viewers emotionally connect and interact with art and other aesthetic experiences is a widely debated topic in the art historical discourse. Following German aesthetician and philosopher Robert Vischer’s theorisation of the concept of Einfühlung during the 1870s, the empathic discourse has intrigued and engaged thinkers throughout centuries. READ MORE

  4. 9. Disease knows no borders : an online ethnographic case study during the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Maja Klinga; [2020]
    Keywords : gender; inequality; biopolitics; pandemics; intersectionality;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyze the reactions and expressions towards the governmental regulations amongst  Swedes in Spain during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a qualitative online ethnographic case study where a online forum is analysed through a content analysis. READ MORE

  5. 10. Discovering the understanding of host society's role in sociocultural integration with refugees in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Ala Sivets; [2020]
    Keywords : refugee integration; policymaking; power discourse; sociocultural integration; інтэграцыя бежанцаў; фарміраванне палітыкі; дыскурс улады; сацыякультурная інтэграцыя; интеграция беженцев; формирование политики; дискурс власти; социокультурная интеграция; flyktingintegration; beslutsfattande; maktdiskurs; sociokulturell integration;

    Abstract : In 2015, Sweden was one of the exemplary member states of the European Union that took in a disproportionate number of refugees. Five years later, Sweden has adopted much stricter migration policies restricting access to residence permits and citizenship. The focus has shifted to integration policies aimed at including refugees in the host society. READ MORE