Essays about: "personal meaning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 210 essays containing the words personal meaning.

1. 1. Messages from the deep: A reception study of Denis Villeneuve's Dune

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Sarah R. Kern; [2024-02-06]
   Keywords : Hegemony; Production Reception; Discourse; Dominant Negotiated Oppositional; Dune; Representation; Reception study; convergence culture; science fiction; participation culture; fandom;

   Abstract : This essay uses Pierre Bourdieus habitus, symbolic capital, Social fields, Stuart Halls representation theory and Encoding/Decoding system, as well as Henry Jenkins concept of convergence culture and media convergence, to conduct a reception study of Denis Villeneuves 2021 adaption of the science fiction movie Dune. The material collected for the reception study is collected in the form of reviews and features from experts in cinema, juxtaposed against material collected from YouTube in the form of reviews, reaction videos and video essays from social groups sectioned around cinephiles and science fiction fandom. READ MORE

3. 2. "Not your darlings – but their mother's!" : Interpretative Difficulties with "Love" in Euripides' Medea 

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för litteraturvetenskap och retorik

   Author : Felicia Green; [2024]
   Keywords : Medea; love; Stanley Cavell; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Toril Moi; Cora Diamond; Søren Kierkegaard; ordinary language philosophy; ordinary language criticism; best case of acknowledgment; lived scepticism; the difficulty of reality; Fear and Trembling; avoidance of love; meaning; Medea; kärlek; Stanley Cavell; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Toril Moi; Cora Diamond; Søren Kierkegaard; vardagsspråkfilosofi; litteraturteori; Fruktan och bävan; levd skepticism; verklighetens svårigheter; mening;

   Abstract : The aim of this Master’s thesis is to achieve philosophical clarity on an interpretative problem I have been struggle with in Euripides’ Medea: That Medea murders her own children, while claimingto love them. Situated within the philosophical and literary tradition of ordinary language philosophy and ordinary language criticism, the thesis draws on ideas, theoretical discussions, and concepts from Ludwig Wittgenstein, Toril Moi, Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond, and Niklas Forsberg – but also Søren Kierkegaard. READ MORE

4. 3. Analyzing Toxicity in YouTube Comments with the Help of Machine Learning

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

   Author : Sasan Dehkhoda; Jasmyn Ali Gunica; [2023]
   Keywords : Toxic comments; YouTube; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing;

   Abstract : Toxic comments are overall likely to make someone feel uncomfortable and leave a discussion and are therefore potentially problematic. Toxic comments occur online on various social media, and depending on the site, get detected manually or via machine learning algorithms (or both), and removed depending on the severity and other factors. READ MORE

5. 4. Endless Moonlight

   University essay from Konstfack/Grafisk design & illustration

   Author : Yueming Li; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The research and visual works delve into the significance of the moon in Chinese culture and my personal life. By exploring both cultural and personal perspectives, I aim to create a multi-layered representation of the moon's meaning that resonates with the audience, regardless of their cultural background.     .. READ MORE

6. 5. A narration of landscape identity with focus on people’s activities in Uppsala : case study: Luthagen, Uppsala

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

   Author : Hadis D. Heirati; [2023]
   Keywords : landscape identity; Uppsala; urban environments; machine learning; conceptual framework; landscape architecture; landscape elements; landscape attachment; Identity Weight Matrix;

   Abstract : Understanding landscape identity. Through understanding the landscape identities and how residents identify their landscape, future plans can be considerably sustainable by preserving and promoting the characteristics of identity of the landscape and conducting the planned changes towards sustaining those values, meanings, and identities that are important for an integrated society. READ MORE