Essays about: "network theory and religion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words network theory and religion.

1. 1. The Self: Towards A Method for Queering Death : An Identity Testament

   University essay from Konstfack/Industridesign

   Author : Lisa Berkert Wallard; [2019]
   Keywords : Speculative; Method; Design; Master Project; Death; Burial; Ceremonies; Sculpture; Scenery; Film; Wax; Moulding; Testament;

   Abstract : “The Self: Towards A Method for Queering death” is an identity testament, a speculative method for designing the space of your own funeral before you die. It is a format to create a fair memorial of a person’s identity that does not feel welcome or fits in the current formats of burial ceremonies we have in Sweden today, usually connected to Christianity or other religious traditions. READ MORE

3. 2. Homophily and Friendship Dynamics : An analysis of friendship formation with respect to homophily principle and distinctiveness theory

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Sepehr Saeidibonab; [2017]
   Keywords : Homophily; Social network; Network structure; Distinctiveness theory;

   Abstract : People always find themselves interacting with others and forming ties with them; these ties shape an individual’s social network which helps form the self-conception and identity of a person. In discussing the essence of social networks and how they are formed the concept of homophily is of high significance. READ MORE

4. 3. Art as Infrastructure

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Author : Justas Pipinis; [2016]
   Keywords : art; infrastrukture; social cohesion; Actor-Network Theory; Alaska;

   Abstract : This paper seeks to describe and explain the social efficacy of art by addressing it as contemporary western infrastructure for social cohesion. Social cohesion refers here not to teleological status quo, but to pluralistic, yet fairly peaceful co-habitation, allowing for gradual change while preserving continuity of the group identity. READ MORE

5. 4. Healthcare Reform: A Microcosm and Exploration of New Public Management in China

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Baoyue Zhang; [2015]
   Keywords : New public management NPM ; public-private partnership PPP ; new institutional economics NIE ; cost efficiency; resource allocation.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The NPM is considered as an efficacious way to improve effectiveness and efficiency in management control of public health for its market-driven and market-driving characteristics. Theoretically, it is a hybrid of economics and business management in public management. READ MORE

6. 5. Does religious similarity influence the direction of trade? : Evidence from US bilateral trade with other 168 countries

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

   Author : Ashagrie Kefyalew Mebratu; [2012]
   Keywords : International trade; gravity model; similarity score; network theory and religion;

   Abstract : Despite interest in the influence of religion on economic activity by early economists like Adam Smith, modern economists have done little research on the subject. In light of the apparent religious fervour in many parts of the global economy, economists' seeming lack of interest in studying how religious cultures enhance or retard the globalization of economic activity is especially surprising. READ MORE