Essays about: "subjectivity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 258 essays containing the word subjectivity.

  1. 1. Holistic Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Resilience during Disasters (HACIRD) - A case study of the 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquakes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Erik Kimblad; [2024]
    Keywords : Critical infrastructure; Lifeline; Resilience; Interdependencies; Earthquake; Natural hazards; Turkey; Holistic; Disaster; Framework; Assessment; Empirical; Case study; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : On February 6, 2023, two earthquakes (7.8MW and 7.7MW) struck Turkey within nine hours, resulting in over 50,000 fatalities and significant damage to critical infrastructures (CI) which provide services essential for the functioning of society. READ MORE

  3. 2. The suffocating enjoyment of the Other: An ideology critique of enjoyment in the mediatisation of the climate crisis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Gabriel Bintley; [2024]
    Keywords : Enjoyment; Jouissance; the Other; Climate Crisis; Lacan; Žižek; Environmental Politics; Ideology Critique; Njutning; Jouissance; Den Andre; Klimatkrisen; Lacan; Žižek; Miljöpolitik; Ideologikritik;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how the Lacanian concept of ‘the enjoyment of the Other’ (la jouissance de l’Autre) can be applied to break open normative understandings of the political factors shaping the climate crisis deadlock. The principal aim is to investigate how ostensibly disconnected environmental debates may be regarded as linked by an economy of enjoyment, more precisely by the promise of enjoyment by which the subject is libidinally attached to an ideology. READ MORE

  4. 3. AI vs. Humans: Who do we trust?: Examining trust in AI among Swedish adults

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Rebecka Berg; Gustav Linder; [2024]
    Keywords : Trust in AI; Cognitive trust; Emotional trust; Subjectivity in AI; Decision-making;

    Abstract : This study investigates trust in Artificial Intelligence (AI) among Swedish adults, focusing on how different factors influence this trust and the nuances of AI-human decision-making. A quantitative survey, distributed mainly on Swedish university campuses, centered around four scenarios: Dating, Math, Doctor and Career, aimed at gauging emotional and cognitive trust in AI and the preference for AI or human recommendations across various contexts. READ MORE

  5. 4. Planning neighbourhoods for local living. New Urbanism ideas in practice

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Vejuna Zalalyte; [2023-11-20]
    Keywords : neighbourhood; urban planning; density; mixed-use; walkability; access to services; local living; travel behaviour; behaviourism; New Urbanism;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the effect of New Urbanist planning theory on facilitating sustainable local living behaviours in inner city neighbourhoods. Drawing on the empirical evidence of two New Urbanist neighbourhoods in Lithuania and Sweden, the residents’ everyday lived experiences of the key guiding New Urbanist principles of density, mixed land use and walkability are explored. READ MORE

  6. 5. THE TINY WEIGHT OF EMPTY SPACE

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Maria do Carmo Salgueiro Pinto Antunes; [2023-10-10]
    Keywords : Death; Grief; Digitalization; Professional practice; Multimodal literacies;

    Abstract : Purpose: The primary purpose of this study is to display the multimodal literacies embedded in how professionals deal with death and grief within two digitalized professional environments. One is a center for palliative care, in which death is at the center of professional practice. READ MORE