Essays about: "non-human actors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 essays containing the words non-human actors.

1. 1. NEGOTIATING STUDENTS’ SOCIAL MEDIA AND PERSONAL DATA PRACTICES IN SCHOOL

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

   Author : I Wayan Heka Arcana Putra; [2023-07-05]
   Keywords : Social media practices; ; Personal data; ; School contexts; ; Negotiation; ; Human and non-human actors;

   Abstract : Purpose: This study aims to contribute to the existing knowledge by focusing on the translation process. In this context, the translation process refers to the negotiation and integration of students' social media and personal data practices from problematization to mobilization into the school setting. READ MORE

3. 2. The Cost of Convenience: An Exploration of the Privacy Aspects in Period-Tracking Applications : A mixed-method study of perceived privacy by users in period-tracking applications

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)

   Author : Linnéa Beramand; [2023]
   Keywords : Femtech; Period-tracking; Actor-Network Theory; Privacy; Sceptical Design;

   Abstract : The increasing demand for female-centred services and devices in the digital era has challenged traditional notions of privacy. This thesis explores how users perceive privacy issues in period- tracking applications provided by various developers. READ MORE

4. 3. Flexible Organizational Structures of the Digitally Mediated Collective Actor - A Case of the Shame Movement in Georgia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Darejan Tsurtsumia; [2023]
   Keywords : Communication Constitutes Organization; CCO; Collective Action; Structures; Digital Media; Georgia; Shame Movement; Social Movements; Logic of Connective Action; Flexible Organisational Structures; Protest Transformation; Gavrilov s Night; Georgian Dream; Private Facebook Group; Rallies; Non-human agency; Four Flows Framework; Solidarity; Citizenism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Recent scholarship has challenged the notion that digital tools alone can sustain a social movement, emphasizing instead the importance of collective identity and organizational structures. However, there is still limited understanding of how organizational structures emerge and transform in a social movement. READ MORE

5. 4. Vaccine development during a pandemic : A case study of an academic research group in Sweden and their vaccine(s) against SARS-CoV-2

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Anna Tarnovskaya; [2023]
   Keywords : vaccine development; COVID-19; discursive practices; situational analysis; grounded theory; DNA vaccine;

   Abstract : This ethnographic study examines the multiple ways in which a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 disease and infection is known in an academic research group in Sweden. This academic research group has been working to develop a vaccine since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. READ MORE

6. 5. Quarry Stories - Architecture through Narrative Exploration

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Anastasia Bos; Lycke Förell; [2023]
   Keywords : Book; Exhibition; Post-humanism; Limestone; Quarry; Storytelling; Narrative; Landscape; Exploration; Non-human;

   Abstract : This book, Quarry Stories - Architecture through Narrative Exploration, collects the process and proposals of our thesis, responding to the question: How can critical post-humanist philosophy, using stories as a tool, enhance our understanding of architecture and activate narratives in limestone quarries? We view the limestone quarries on Gotland as an example of humans’ relationship with nature: we take what we want and leave. Although significant for the industry, the quarries are troublesome from an ecological perspective. READ MORE