Essays about: "science fiction"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 116 essays containing the words science fiction.

  1. 16. Can Video Game's Invincible Protagonist Beat Capitalism? : A political genealogy through Cyberpunk 2077, Death Stranding, and Disco Elysium

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Leo Springfield; [2022]
    Keywords : Video Games; Capitalism; Capitalist Realism; Science Fiction; Marxism; Politics; Deconstructionism; Post-Humanism; Creativity; Nietzsche;

    Abstract : The thesis is a meta-narrative discourse regarding the subversion in the representation of late capitalist realism. Through a post-humanist Marxist perspective, it connects three video game industry’s favorites with the ultimate question of capitalism: Cyberpunk 2077, Death Stranding, and Disco Elysium‪‬. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Irony

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Simon Torffvit; [2022]
    Keywords : irony; humor; principle of relevance; literature teaching; English as a Foreign Language; EFL; maxims of conversation; close reading; The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this paper, I explore how Douglas Adams’ comedic 1979 science-fiction novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy could be used to improve English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ understanding of irony. Specifically, the study is based on criteria for the English 5 course in Swedish upper secondary school and is performed using a combined theoretical framework of Dan Sperber and Deidre Wilson’s principle of relevance and Paul Grice’s maxims of conversation. READ MORE

  4. 18. Urban Arcological Infill

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Andrée Stööp; [2022]
    Keywords : Wood; Highrise; Residential; Stockholm; Nytorget; Arcology; Urban; Infill;

    Abstract : The project explores two Architectural strategies, Urban infill and Arcology, in an attempt to present a possible building for the future of Stockholm. The goal with Urban infill is to not expand but to densify the city by using already existing sites for the proposed structures. READ MORE

  5. 19. Radar Detection Using Deep Learning

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik LTH

    Author : Ziliang Xiong; Leonardo Carrera; [2022]
    Keywords : Deep Learning; Autonomous Driving; Radar; Point Cloud; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to reproduce and improve a paper about dynamic road user detection on 2D bird's-eye-view radar point cloud in the context of autonomous driving. We choose RadarScenes, a recent large public dataset, to train and test deep neural networks. READ MORE

  6. 20. Kiruna Spaceport

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Lukas Kvist Wiberg; [2022]
    Keywords : architecture; space; airport; science fiction; sci-fi; speculation; fantasy; Kiruna; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis project builds upon one of the really big questions; are we alone in the universe?By research, references and studies I have throughout this project tried to imagine a future that with the help of architectural speculation and imagination is a bit more prepared to answer that question. The project in itself was intended as an exploration of the world of science, science fiction and conspiracies, as well as typology, in order to produce architecture that represented the very notion of the longing for an answer to that question. READ MORE