Essays about: "metafor"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the word metafor.
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6. Defining Thresholds for Enterprise Architecture Debt
University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)Abstract : A common challenge in organizations is a perception of that different languages are spoken among IT and other departments. Co-workers come from different background, have different knowledge base and sometimes even different objectives which can make an alignment more challenging. READ MORE
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7. Debugging in a World Full of Bugs : Designing an educational game to teach debugging and error detection with the help of a teachable agent
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskapAbstract : This study used the Magical Garden software and earlier research into computational thinking as a point of departure to explore what metaphors could be used and how a teachable agent could be utilised to introduce debugging and error detection to preschool children between four and six years old. A research through design methodology allowed the researcher to iteratively work divergently and convergently through sketching, creating a Pugh matrix, conducting six formative interviews, and finally creating two hybrid-concepts as paths to teaching debugging in the form of concepts. READ MORE
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8. Visionary Philosophy
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för estetikAbstract : In this thesis I look at possible implications of the philosophical use of sight metaphors as rendered visible in the philosophy of Iris Murdoch. Through Murdoch’s reading of Plato, and together with the perspectives added by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Paul de Man, Carolyn Korsmeyer, and Mats Persson, I argue that some contemporary philosophy as shaped by science and logic might be partially blind to essential aspects of human life and human awareness. READ MORE
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9. Retaining or losing the conceptual metaphor : A study on institutional translation of metaphors in political discourse from English into Swedish and Spanish
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Tolk- och översättarinstitutetAbstract : The translation of metaphors has been analyzed and discussed for several decades, but there are not many multilingual studies that examine how metaphors are translated. The present study takes a cognitive approach to metaphor and investigates how translators at the European Commission handle metaphorical expressions and the underlying conceptual metaphors in political discourse. READ MORE
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10. Designing smart call forwarding: creating a new type of product
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ergonomi och aerosolteknologiAbstract : One of the difficulties in designing new products is the absence of already tried metaphors, designs or ways to talk about the system. This thesis focuses on methods and practises one could potentially use when designing something new - and if there are any challenges one need to aware of as a designer of such a system. READ MORE