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  1. 1. The Illumination of Money : An Ethnography of Bitcoin in El Salvador

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Anton Angwald; [2023]
    Keywords : infrastructure; payment; bitcoin; financial inclusion; el salvador; future imaginaries; speculation; infrastruktur; betalning; bitcoin; finans; el salvador; framtidsstudier; spekulation; pengar;

    Abstract : Money can be understood as a disembedding mechanism, detaching social relations from a spatiotemporal context. However, different infrastructural instantiations of money make visible–and invisible–different qualities of money. READ MORE

  3. 2. Electronic Court Records & Online Dating: The Swedish Case

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Daniela Silipigni; [2022]
    Keywords : Court records; criminal background checks; online dating; privacy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This socio-legal research investigates the online dating outcomes of individuals with a Swedish criminal history. By utilising a self-administered questionnaire, this research has asked respondents several questions which helped to paint a picture of what kind of impact the online availability of court records has within the online dating realm in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. Design of fish feeding mechanism for Recirculation Aquaculture System (RAS)

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : NITHIN SIVAKUMAR; [2020]
    Keywords : Aquaculture; Hopper; Discrete elements; Mechanical design; Vattenbruk; Hopper; Diskreta element; Mekanisk design;

    Abstract : Fish farming or Aquaculture is a growing food-producing industry to culture the fish in artificially constructed tanks. A large number of fishes are reared in tanks for 100-150 days and produce food for the population. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Underdogs Strike Back : Usage of socialmedia platforms by female body activists to resist stigmatization

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Cansu Elmadagli; [2016]
    Keywords : body activism; social media; disciplinary practices; stigma; online movements; resistance; body hair; body fat; female body activists; exposure;

    Abstract : This study explores what female body activists aim to achieve by initiating and carrying out their movements on social media platforms. It also explores how female body activists make use of social media in their favor to challenge normative ideals of femininity and resist stigmatization of female body fat and hair. READ MORE

  6. 5. Disciplining the Japanese Body: Gender, Power and Skin Color in Japan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Evdokia Angelaka; [2013]
    Keywords : Japan; Whiteness; Power; Gender; Foucault; Beauty norms; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to explore gender norms, beauty ideals and social practices and the way these become ‘visible’ on the Japanese female body as (re)producing the ideal Japanese femininity and skin color in particular. In order to achieve that, I investigate and identify these norms, the mechanisms that implement them on the body and the attitudes and expression of resistance against them. READ MORE