Essays about: "figuration"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word figuration.

1. 1. Covered Call on an Index - A Comparative Study of Two Strategies

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Karin Carlsson; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : Index Options; Covered Calls; Monte Carlo; Utility;

   Abstract : This thesis undertakes a comparative analysis of two ways of performing a covered call strategy on a dual asset index. The distinguishing factor between the two approaches pertains to the writing of the call options, where one approach involves writing the call option on the entire index, while the other involves writing options on each asset within the index separately. READ MORE

3. 2. Discovering Zimbabwean Digital Literature : An Exploratory Study of the Typologies and Properties of Online Audiences of Ephemeral Literature

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Earl Dube; [2023]
   Keywords : Zimbabwe; digital literature; online audience; ephemeral literature; community; frame of relevance; Afrocentricity; Communicative Figuration;

   Abstract : Cathrine Phiri's novel ‘Never Mine’ on Facebook, highlights the liberating potential of online literary engagement, particularly for female readers, amid creative restrictions in Zimbabwe. Utilising both the Afrocentric and Communicative Figuration concepts, the study examines how digital ephemeral literature fosters connection and conversation. READ MORE

4. 3. Gut Feeling : Art and Food Digested: Figuring a Post-Human Intestinal Turn

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Sarah Guarino Werner; [2023]
   Keywords : Post-Humanism; Post-Human Subjectivity; Figuration; Vital Matter; Vibrant Matter; Trans- Corporeality; Bodies of Water; Gut Feminism; Gut Feeling; Feminism; Posthuman Food; The Intestinal System; Stacy Alaimo; Rosi Braidotti; Astrida Neimanis Jane Bennett; Elizabeth A. Wilson; Cooking Sections; Climavore; Non-Bar; Sean Raspet;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to develop a new methodological concept better to understand art and curating in a post-human setting. Departing from a post-humanist ontology, my initial idea was to analyse contemporary artworks dealing with food and trace and substantiate a figuration of the gut/intestinal system (connected to post-human notions as the ideas of trans- corporeality, vibrant matter, etc. READ MORE

5. 4. The Sublime as an Aesthetic Experience of Art : The Aesthetic Experience of Mark Rothko's Abstract Paintings

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Vendela Haviland; [2022]
   Keywords : Mark Rothko; Aesthetics; Philosophy of Art; Sublime; Kant; Kantian Sublime; Philosophy of Painting; Art and the Sublime; Aesthetic Experience of Art; Abstract Painting; Abstract Expressionism; Philosophy of Abstract Art; Aesthetic Experience of Abstract Art; Mark Rothko; Abstrakt konst; estetisk upplevelse; sublim; Kant;

   Abstract : The following work investigates the nature of the aesthetic experience of the abstract expressionist paintings of Mark Rothko. I suggest that the aesthetic experience in relation to his paintings best is understood in terms of the sublime. READ MORE

6. 5. Performance evaluation of Java garbage collectors for large heap transaction based applications

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

   Author : Nicole Jagelid; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The automated memory management mechanism known as garbage collection is a vital part of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and has considerable influence on the overall performance of a running application. Java Development Kit 13 (JDK13) offers several garbage collectors for the developer to choose from when configuring the environment. READ MORE