Essays about: "performance ethnography"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the words performance ethnography.

  1. 11. Technology In Policing : An ethnographic study of the use of information and communication technology within Bedfordshire police force

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

    Author : Ganiat Omolara Kazeem; [2018]
    Keywords : Bedfordshire police; policing; technology; governance; business intelligence; operational policing; law enforcement; crime; ethnography; informatics in policing; workplace study; interviews; observation; field immersion; shadowing; focus groups; interpretivsm; relativism; subjectivism; information and communication technology; internet of things; information systems; humans and technology; social research;

    Abstract : Policing in The United Kingdom is an intricate business, balancing the enforcement of statute and other laws while dealing with public safety and security. Policing engages a diverse and complicated set of organisational structures and processes relying heavily on the skill and expertise of officers on the ground. READ MORE

  3. 12. Beyond Being Physically Active: Culturing the Ageing Body

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Yuanita Budiman; Kei Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : ageing body; active ageing; exercise; social interaction; elderly; embodiment; applied cultural analysis; medical anthropology; qualitative research; ethnography; MACA; Cultural Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how physical activity and social interaction assist in generating better performance of the ageing body. A multifaceted ethnographic material was collected from January to February 2018 at a health and training centre called Gerdahallen, located in Lund, Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 13. Revealing The Nature Of Human Characteristics Through Interaction Design

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Trieu Vy Luu; [2017]
    Keywords : interaction design; human connection; meaning making; meaning finding; human; heartbeat; fundamental; elements; performance; art; hidden figures; ethnography; anthropology; design fiction; speculative design; marina abramovic; trieuvy luu; manifesto; human design; design future; kindness; creating kindness; deep connection; reflection;

    Abstract : Everyday we come up with new solutions for our existing problems. But the solutions of today are tomorrow’s problem. The products we create as designers are often bringing more complexity in our society than it is initially intended for. This thesis aims to give a new perspective on the design practice community. READ MORE

  5. 14. Performance at the Edge of Apocalypse : An ethnographic study of collective identity construction in a neo-nationalist social movement in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Kristofer Lindh; [2017]
    Keywords : Populism; Performance; Neo-nationalism; Social movement; Identity; Democracy; Emotions;

    Abstract : In several countries of the Global North, right-wing parties are successfully mobilizing public support, influencing political debates and introducing arguments and rhetorics that draw on xenophobia, populism and ethnocentrism, ostensibly with a purpose to amplify the “national order of things” (Malkki 1992). This thesis addresses this development by providing an ethnography, based fieldwork, of the Swedish social movement Folkets Demonstration, which arranges anti-government manifestations on squares most usually in Stockholm. READ MORE

  6. 15. A Handful of Considerations : Perspectives on Left-handedness in Violin Playing and Violin Pedagogy

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för musik, pedagogik och samhälle

    Author : Krista Pyykönen; [2015]
    Keywords : violin; pedagogy; left-handedness; lateralization; instrument; music education; cultural psychology; violin; pedagogik; vänsterhänthet; lateralitet; instrument; musikpedagogik; kulturpsykologi;

    Abstract : The topic of this study is left-handedness as a phenomenon in violin playing and classical violin pedagogy. The aim of the study is to investigate what kind of knowledge and approaches are crucial for taking left-handedness into account when teaching left-handed violinists in the normatively right-handed violin pedagogy. READ MORE