Essays about: "post materialism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words post materialism.

  1. 1. Learning with fire, water and sun: A post-qualitative inquiry into Swedish friluftsliv education

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Author : Karin Isaksson; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : Swedish friluftsliv education; new materialism; material-discursive entanglements; sustainability education; embodied learning; post-qualitative inquiry;

    Abstract : Aim: The aim of this study was to empirically investigate the emerging material-discursive entanglements between humans and more-than-humans within Swedish friluftsliv education, and argue for the ways in which these create didactical and pedagogical opportunities for teachers and students to contribute to a more sustainable world. Theory: The research was theoretically framed within a new materialist ontology focusing on the entanglement between matter and meaning and the configuration of phenomena as material-discursive (Barad, 2007). READ MORE

  3. 2. Post-material green parties? An evaluation of the green parties of Finland and Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linnéa Landegren; [2022]
    Keywords : Green League; Miljöpartiet; green parties; post-materialism; GAL-TAN; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis evaluates the political focus of the Swedish and Finnish green parties by examining their election manifestoes since year 2000. This is investigated through a content analysis with a coding scheme based on theories and previous research about post-materialism and post-material political issues. READ MORE

  4. 3. Land of the (Un)Free : The Black Lives Matter Movement’s Objectives and Achievements

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Nicole Bertilsson; [2021]
    Keywords : BLM Movement; New Social Movement Theory; Goal Setting Theory; Post Materialism;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement and what achievements it has been able to accomplish related to its objectives, in order to create a better under- standing of how new social movements work and what they can accomplish. The objectives and achievements were divided into different categories: cultural recognition, physical security, socio-economic, and other. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bugs in the system: Re-grounding planning and environmental assessment practice : The case of Blodstensskogen, Uppsala

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling; Uppsala universitet/CEMUS

    Author : Eva Maria Kottkamp; [2021]
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    Abstract : This case study focuses on the planning practice for the building project in Blodstensskogen, Uppsala (SE), that started in 2010. I put together a creative framework of more-than-human theory and methodology, addressing the case as a material-semiotic practice within a natureculture. READ MORE

  6. 5. Computation as Strange Material : Excursions into Critical Accidents

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Love Lagerkvist; [2021]
    Keywords : machine learning; artificial intelligence; ml; ai; interaction design; computation; strange material; LinkedIn; smart reply; artificial artificial intelligence; neo-rationalism; materialism; marxism; computers; iot; material; method; ubicomp; labor; labour; affective labour; affective labor; post-operaism; excursion; critical accident; strange loop; strange attractors; Linux; Linux kernel mailing list; Turing test; imitation game;

    Abstract : Waking up in a world where everyone carries a miniature supercomputer, interaction designers find themselves in their forerunners dreams. Faced with the reality of planetary-scale we have to confront the task of articulating approaches responsive this accidental ubiquity of computation. READ MORE