Essays about: "importance of phenomenology"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 29 essays containing the words importance of phenomenology.

  1. 21. The self-described meaning making of Icelandic elderly in rehabilitation : A phenomenological study

    University essay from Religionspsykologi

    Author : Maria Gunnlaugsdottir; [2013]
    Keywords : meaning making; gerontology; rehabilitation; sense of coherence; qualitative research.;

    Abstract : Purpose: In the present study factors that influence meaning making of elderly people were explored from the perspective of elderly people themselves. Design and methods: The Vancouver School of doing phenomenology was the methodological approach of the study. The sample consisted of eight elderly people, ages 65-72, with mean age 67 years. READ MORE

  3. 22. Investigation of Genius Loci Theory on Historic Commercial Blocks in China

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Wei Qian; [2012]
    Keywords : Historic Commercial block; Genius Loci;

    Abstract : As a result of economic development and globalization, cities, especially their commercial blocks, are becoming highly similar because their local culture is crashed by foreign ones. As an essential component of a city, commercial blocks represent the image of the city and have a positive value of local culture. READ MORE

  4. 23. Conflicts over place between indigenous communities and modern capitalism. The case of the Niyamgiri hills, Orissa.

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

    Author : Tove Stenius; [2012]
    Keywords : place; space; economic development; indigenous; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This literature case study focus on a contemporary conflict between the mining company Vedanta Resources and the indigenous tribe of the Dongria Kondh within the Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa, India. The analysis is grounded in phenomenology, as humanistic geographical concepts of space and place are used in order to interpret the different meanings of space and place as they are expressed within the literature by the two conflicting parties. READ MORE

  5. 24. The formations of identities in a multicultural world

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Hawine Merdasa; [2012]
    Keywords : identities formations; socio-cultural context; culture; the Oromo people; Dialogical Self Theory; phenomenology.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this explorative study is to gain knowledge about the question of identities formations in different socio-cultural contexts. This is done by looking at the specific case of the Oromo people living in a larger community (Minneapolis, USA) as compared to living in a smaller group (Stockholm, Sweden). READ MORE

  6. 25. In search for natural health

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Felicia Frimodig; Alexandra Johansson Barrionuevo; [2011]
    Keywords : Ayurveda; India; Phenomenology; Health tourism; Allopathic medicine; Treatments; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This phenomenological study focuses upon the phenomenon of health tourism and Swedes going to India for Ayurvedic treatments. An emergent design was used in attempt to discover the underlying motive forces for seeking Ayurvedic health-care in India. READ MORE