Essays about: "metaphors"
Showing result 31 - 35 of 234 essays containing the word metaphors.
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31. Towards Understanding Knowledge Interchange In Cross-Functional Teams : A case study on organizational learning
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknikAbstract : Today, many organizations are facing an increased necessity to employ cross-functional teams. Its growing popularity is rooted in its positive impacts on innovation. Additionally, these teams are an excellent way of managing complex organizational tasks without the need for a significant modification of the existing organizational structure. READ MORE
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32. This is our rule of law! An ethnography of the rule of law among the “No Green Pass” activists in Italy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this thesis focuses on the bottom-up conceptualisation of the notion of rule of law, developed by a group of activists against a COVID vaccine passport enforced in Italy (so-called Green Pass), and their subsequent everyday acts of resistance. By using a multimodal digital ethnography methodology, centred on both in-person and digital informal encounters, this explorative case study conducts a thematic analysis of how the concept of the rule of law, usually the prerogative of legal professionals, legal scholars and politicians, is understood and by a group of “No Green Pass activists” in Italy and subsequently used as a cultural underpinning to develop silent resistant strategies against the Green Pass itself. READ MORE
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33. The Art of the Political Metaphor : Examining Boris Johnson's use of conceptual metaphors in a speech on Brexit
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudierAbstract : As the 2016 Brexit referendum was an election largely decided by the use of language, there was merit in examining how the Leave campaign had managed to be successful. Therefore, this study asks how one of the leave campaign's main figure heads, Boris Johnson, used metaphors to frame the relationship between Britain and the EU. READ MORE
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34. Extinction, or the Extension of Life : Biology and History as Representation and Metaphor in Ted Chiang's "Seventy-Two Letters"
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This paper explores Ted Chiang's novella "Seventy-Two Letters" and the way in which it combines genres, scientific and historical ideas in an effort to examine topics about life and creation. The combinations result in an intriguing representation of a history which is then made different and where Chiang can creatively challenge past ideas. READ MORE
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35. Consumer Interpretation of Social Media Campaigns : A Qualitative Research on Millennials' Interpretation of SMM Campaigns
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknikAbstract : Consumers had either positive or negative interpretations based on multiple factors. However, the factors we were able to spot were the following: 1. Content 2. Timing 3. READ MORE
