Essays about: "sense of agency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 123 essays containing the words sense of agency.

1. 1. Movement towards socioecological change: The case of Ecosomatics

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Wilma Lagerman; [2024-03-19]
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   Abstract : Several scholars both within and outside the field of human ecology argue that the perceptual human-nature divide contributes profoundly to patterns of unsustainability and weak sustainability visible in the world today. Deliberately engaging in conscious bodily-felt contact with the natural environment is suggested to uncover appropriate, embodied angles to approaching ecology and the environmental crisis. READ MORE

3. 2. Writing Your Way out of a Cage : Agency and Dehumanization in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Alberto Ramos Vicario; [2024]
   Keywords : antiracism; slavery; American history; assimilationism; agency; discourse; antirasism; slaveri; amerikansk historia; assimilationism; agency; diskurs;

   Abstract : This thesis analyzes the conceptualization of agency as a form of resistance against dehumanizing slavery discourses present in the narrative The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead. For the historical contextualization and the theoretical background, the scholarly work Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi is used. READ MORE

4. 3. Empowering resettled middle Eastern refugees: Exploring information and communication technology for social inclusion, agency and well-being.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Elham Salesi; [2023-10-31]
   Keywords : information and communication technology; social inclusion; refugees; capability approach; well-being; agency;

   Abstract : Aim: This study aims to investigate the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in facilitating the social inclusion of resettled Middle Eastern refugees in Sweden. Through a capability approach lens, the research delves into the ways in which refugees utilize ICTs to enhance their agency, self-reliance, and overall well-being within their new societal context. READ MORE

5. 4. Delivering Difficult Decisions - Exploring organizational justice in the Swedish Social Insurance Agency’s communication

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Förvaltningshögskolan

   Author : Astrid Kihl; [2023-06-14]
   Keywords : Negative decisions; Interactional justice; Procedural justice; Social insurance; Sickness benefit;

   Abstract : Aim: The aim of this thesis is to deepen our understanding of how public authorities enact justice when communicating negative decisions to citizens. Specifically, the study examines withdrawal letters sent by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (SIA) to claimants regarding the withdrawal of sickness benefits. READ MORE

6. 5. Collaborative virtual instrument design : Exploring resonance, agency and affordance through a cooperative virtual instrument

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Paul Joseph Richard Evans; [2023]
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   Abstract : In this paper, through the process of designing and building a collaborative virtual musical instrument I explore users' sense of resonance and agency in relation to technology. With technology’s constant acceleration leaving many feeling alienated, this paper attempts to investigate technology’s potential for creating more meaningful resonant relationships. READ MORE