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  1. 1. The Art of Quitting : A Dissection in six Acts

    University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för cirkus

    Author : Petra Lange; [2022]
    Keywords : Circus; transition; phenomenology; psychology; vulnerability; storytelling; deconstruction; space; authenticity; healing;

    Abstract : This study offers insight into the process and frst-hand experience of quitting circus. The focus lies in the defning of acts of stopping as a consciouschoice. Stopping is generally seen as negative and unproductive as it caneasily be associated with giving up or failing, and therefore seems to be anunlikely and unworthy subject to be researched. READ MORE

  3. 2. Making the choice to split sectors or not in a complex Air Traffic Control environment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Carsten Bie; [2021]
    Keywords : Air Traffic Control; decision making; storytelling; tribal knowledge; professional identity; resilience; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) are essential sharp-end workers in the increasingly complex Air Traffic Management (ATM) system that the European ATM network has become. This research is based on an event that occurs many times daily in the Copenhagen Area Control Center (ACC). ATCOs choose whether or not to split sectors. READ MORE

  4. 3. On the Subject of Retroactive Characterisation in Games

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Santino Cimino; Linus Persson Lundh; [2020]
    Keywords : Retroactive characterisation; narrative devices; game studies; interactive storytelling;

    Abstract : This paper will create, define & develop the concept of retroactive characterisation as a narrative device for games. In doing so, it will investigate a method of conveying character and narrative to a player after a given event has already taken place, hence, retroactively. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Good, The Bad, The Guilty : A character analysis of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Madelene Sjödén; [2020]
    Keywords : character analysis; storytelling; redemption; ethnicity; forgiveness; atonement; Afghanistan; karaktärsanalys; historieberättande; försoning; etnicitet; förlåtelse; gottgörelse; Afghanistan;

    Abstract : In Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner (2003) the reader follows the narrator and protagonist Amir’s as he embarks on his journey towards redemption. Amir’s need for redemption is based on the tragic childhood event where Amir’s friend and servant Hassan were assaulted by their nemesis Assef as Amir can, but fails to intervene. READ MORE

  6. 5. Storytime at Irish Libraries : How public libraries can boostearly literacy through reading promotion events

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    Author : Mariana O'Driscoll; [2019]
    Keywords : library and information science; reading promotion; early literacy; storytime; children’s library; sociocultural perspective; digital technologies; multimodal learning;

    Abstract : The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to explore how libraries’ storytime for babies and toddlers can be construedas a reading promotion event which boosts early literacy, by ways of a multiple-case study of storytime at four public libraries in western Ireland. The study will also explore how the different libraries design these events and include different elements of traditional reading and storytelling, multimodal reading and technology, participation, and accessibility and inclusion through a sociocultural lens. READ MORE