Essays about: "stand-up"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 49 essays containing the word stand-up.

  1. 16. How feminist comedians in Spain use stand-up comedy as a contestation communicative tool?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Irene Menéndez Fuente; [2019]
    Keywords : Feminism; Comedy; Communication; Social change;

    Abstract : This research project aims to contribute to the field of communication and social change through the analysis of different humoristic subversive mechanisms used by feminist comedians in Spanish society and their potential as a transformative tool in the country’s socio-political context.The personal stories of three feminist comedians interviewed for this research are analysed through the feminist standpoint theory, valuing the epistemic knowledge of women’s experiences and the potential of their communication through comedy as a contestation tool. READ MORE

  3. 17. DOES HUMOR WORK? The influence of humor on cognitive executive function

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Cecilia Modigh; Mariyana Dicheva; [2018-07-04]
    Keywords : Humor; executive functioning; ; cognitive performance; Stroop color-word task; incongruity resolution; attentional resources;

    Abstract : Contrasting predictions have been made about the impact of positive affect and humor on cognitive processing. It has been argued that positive mood is likely to improve some cogni-tive processes, but there is also evidence that claims the opposite. READ MORE

  4. 18. Human rights activism in Mexico City – A case study on young people’s strategies for enacting citizenship

    University essay from Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola/Institutionen för socialvetenskap

    Author : Michal Viksten; [2018]
    Keywords : Human Rights Education; Social Movements; Civic Participation; Mexico; Critical Pedagogy;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of the strategies used by young people in Mexico City to exercise civic participation in the form of human rights activism. Mexican society is currently markedby an increased amount of human rights violations, together with high levels of corruption, violence and severe flaws within the democratic system. READ MORE

  5. 19. Rejecting Fate : The challenge of a subaltern community to the creation of a sacrifice zone in Can Sant Joan, Catalonia

    University essay from KTH/Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö

    Author : Sergio Ruiz Cayuela; [2018]
    Keywords : political ecology; environmental justice; environmental humanities; subaltern environmentalism; slow violence; sacrifice zones; environmental humanities;

    Abstract : It was my first visit ever to the neighborhood association – in February 2017 – and the phone rang again in the contiguous room. “I’m sorry” apologized José Luis “but our colleagues are not here yet and I need to answer the phone”. READ MORE

  6. 20. Skillnader i farmakologiska egenskaper mellan ketamins enantiomerer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Minerva Löwgren; [2018]
    Keywords : ketamin; enantiomer; farmakokinetik; farmakodynamik;

    Abstract : Ketamin är ett anestetikum som används inom veterinärmedicinen på en rad djurslag. Den har sin huvudsakliga verkningsmekanism som icke-komepetetiv anatgonist på NMDA-receptorer och producerar en dissociativ anestesi. READ MORE