Essays about: "more-than-human perspective"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words more-than-human perspective.

  1. 1. Designing for Interconnectedness : Strategies for More-Than-Human Experiences

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Anton Fischer; Flora Jameson; [2023]
    Keywords : Research through design; interconnectedness; more-than-human design; design strategies; noticing; sustainable HCI; 3D-printing; circular material flow;

    Abstract : More-than-human design represents a paradigm shift that decentralises the human in relation to the rest of the living world. As part of this movement, scholars call for a new worldview that recognizes the interconnectedness between human and non-human beings. READ MORE

  3. 2. “It’s the machine’s fault” : An ethnographic study of the domestication of Swedish production forests

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Albin Arleskär; [2022]
    Keywords : Anthropology; domestication; forestry; nature’s work; reforestation; assemblage;

    Abstract : This thesis explores different ways of relating to forests, and thus also different types of forestry. Starting with the Swedish forest industry one which is characterized by the planting of forests at the expense of natural regeneration, thus making Sweden the fifth country in the world in terms of planted area the study then examines different forests. READ MORE

  4. 3. Dialogues with the unwell body : Rethinking the notion of wellbeing in HCI from feminist and somaesthetic perspectives

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

    Author : Eirini Kaklopoulou; [2022]
    Keywords : wellbeing; biodata; first-person perspective methods; soma design; digital wellbeing; välbefinnande; biodata; first-person perspective metoder; soma design; digitalt välbefinnande;

    Abstract : With the emergence of ubiquitous computing and biosensing technologies, there is a growing interest to explore wellbeing within design research. This paper unpacks the notion of wellbeing from somaesthetic and feminist perspectives. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bugs in the system: Re-grounding planning and environmental assessment practice : The case of Blodstensskogen, Uppsala

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling; Uppsala universitet/CEMUS

    Author : Eva Maria Kottkamp; [2021]
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    Abstract : This case study focuses on the planning practice for the building project in Blodstensskogen, Uppsala (SE), that started in 2010. I put together a creative framework of more-than-human theory and methodology, addressing the case as a material-semiotic practice within a natureculture. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Anthropocene: An Intersectional Critique. Uncovering Narratives and Forming New Subjects in a Time of Environmental Change.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Sanna Thöresson; [2021]
    Keywords : the Anthropocene; historiography; intersectionality; posthumanism; subject formation; coloniality; class; gender; race;

    Abstract : In this theoretical study, I apply a historiographical approach to examine the development of the Anthropocene as a concept and its use across disciplines and through time. Using a synthesis of the literature of the Anthropocene, I uncover eight “hidden” narratives that are embedded within its discourse, and further link these to European humanist thought and the creation of subject and Other. READ MORE