Essays about: "object oriented ontology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words object oriented ontology.

  1. 1. Dark Ecology: Obscurities Illuminated

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nadja Gollbo; [2024]
    Keywords : dark ecology; object-oriented ontology; internal critique; political theory; speculative realism; ecological philosophy; environmental issues;

    Abstract : This study investigates “dark ecology” – an ecological theory formulated by Timothy Morton, based on an object-oriented ontology and claimed to offer a new perspective on how humans can and should coexist with other “objects” in the world in a better, less hostile way. Dark ecology is a critique of both an anthropocentric and a biocentric worldview, aiming to erase the dichotomy between human/nature and subject/object. READ MORE

  3. 2. Towards a new aesthetics of care : a critical reading of Nassauer’s cues to care

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Jack Richold; [2023]
    Keywords : cues to care; Joan Nassauer; Timothy Morton; strange stranger; sublime; scenic; broken windows; ecological function; aesthetics of care; design through maintenance;

    Abstract : Joan Nassauer’s concept of cues to care has been influential within landscape design since her seminal essay Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames was published in 1995 and her research is often used to justify the need for marking landscapes as owned, although there have been critical voices too. The enduring popularity of cues to care as a design method is due to how open it is to interpretation, and this thesis examines various landscape interventions that can be classed as cues to care, both explicitly and implicitly. READ MORE

  4. 3. Whispering Bodies : The Textual Brain

    University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för scenkonst

    Author : Siri Bertling Wiik; [2021]
    Keywords : performance; object oriented ontology; video; participatory; poetry; language; scenography; sculpture; visual art; fine art; interactive; fluid; fluidity; melting; inner spaces; introspective; workshop; objects; things; tactility; relations; translation; transformation; interspecies communication; communication; agency; immersive; performative; body; bodies; meditation; språklighet; kommunikation; meditation; kropp; workshop; performance; konst; fri konst; scenkonst; tolkning; översätta; förändra; videokonst; skulptur; poesi; scenografi; allomslutande; interaktivt; performativt; deltagande;

    Abstract : During this project I’ve been exploring how we can work with things within art to change our way of relating to ourselves, other humans and our surrounding. I want to see if finding inner spaces within us can make us feel more connected to our external surrounding. READ MORE

  5. 4. Speculating Relationships

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Lennart Czienskowski; [2020]
    Keywords : Speculative Design; Post-Humanism; Post-Anthropocentrism; Human-Artifact Relationship; Object Character; Interaction Attributes; Phenomenology; Research Through Design; Aesthetics; Materiality; Object Behaviour; Relationship-centered Design;

    Abstract : In this thesis the idea of relationship-centered design is proposed based on a speculative design project which is grounded in an understanding of post-anthropocentrism. To facilitate post-anthropocentric human-artifact relationships, that don’t favor living actors over non-living actor, objects may appear to have a life-like agency based on needs and therefore must be empathized with which can be achieved through object characters. READ MORE

  6. 5. Retired Objects : An exploration of our complex relationship to everyday things.

    University essay from Konstfack/Industridesign

    Author : Fann Xu; [2020]
    Keywords : emotional design; speculative design; everyday objects; home; material culture; furniture design; object oriented ontology; phenomenology; function; effort;

    Abstract : Retired Objects is a project that explores the intimate relationship we humans form with everyday things. My investigation centers around the questions Can we begin to value objects as our equals, rather than as our servants? and What roles do objects play in our daily lives other than fulfilling a practical function?  As a theoretical framework I investigate different facets of our material culture and how we relate to objects, focusing on our emotional connection to them, how we use them as mirror and tools for self-creation, and how being a maker is an integral part of our human identity. READ MORE