Essays about: "the Anthropocene"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 87 essays containing the words the Anthropocene.

  1. 11. BUILDING RELATIONS WITH NATURE BY DESIGN METHODS

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

    Author : Matt Christoph; [2022-06-03]
    Keywords : Kinship; More-than-human; Posthumanism; Anthropocene; Design Camp; Design Workshop; Design toolkit; Participatory Design; Embedded design; Sustainability;

    Abstract : Culture, art, and design can help us as a society and for each earthling to reflect on the ambivalent relationship between nature and humans in the Anthropocene by raising the critical question of how we can build more sustainable relations with nature through design. Respectively, this project documentation informs about my graduation project within the MFA embedded design program at HDK-Valand, focusing on design, organization, and sustainability. READ MORE

  3. 12. Det artificiella ljusets inflytande i staden : hur ljuset påverkar människan och biodiversiteten i det urbana samhället

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Fina Johansson; Felizia Lindqvist; [2022]
    Keywords : ljusföroreningar; biodiversitet; ekologiska konsekvenser; urban miljö;

    Abstract : Vi människor, likt allt liv på jorden, är beroende av solljuset. Det påverkar vår dygnsrytm och vår hälsa. Hos djuren indikerar solljuset bland annat när det är dags att börja samla föda inför vinterhalvåret, för växterna berättar solen när det är dags att fälla löv och när det är dags att börja spricka upp i blom. READ MORE

  4. 13. Animal Protection in the Anthropocene

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nanna Friman; [2022]
    Keywords : animal protection; animal welfarism; animal rights; idea analysis; debate; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Increasing knowledge of animals’ physical and emotional needs calls for a constant revision of how to best protect them through legislation – a contentious issue with two main perspectives: animal rights and animal welfarism. The two perspectives represent an anthropocentric and a post-anthropocentric ethical approach to animal protection, making the subject interesting also as a case of balancing human and non-human interests in politics. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Habitat : A Posthumanist Design Project for Making Kin with Nonhuman

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

    Author : Betyul Hafazoglu; [2022]
    Keywords : climate emergency; nonhuman; agency; posthumanism; multispecies design; human exceptionalism;

    Abstract : ‘the habitat’ is a Design+Change project which originates from the will to create positive change in the current situation of climate and ecological emergency. The design project takes the Anthropocene and the materialization of nonhumans as starting point and develops further around the possibilities of forming non-anthropocentric and nonhuman-centered mentalities and world-making processes. READ MORE

  6. 15. Living (with) Waste : Augmented Reality, Public Spaces, and Participation in Maputo city, Mozambique.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Anselmo Matusse; [2022]
    Keywords : Augmented Reality AR ; Extended Reality; Public Spaces; Public Participation; Anthropocene; Solid Waste; Lix.AR_Maputo; Mozambique; Africa;

    Abstract : Background: Cities worldwide are growing fast, and so is solid waste production, which calls for different stakeholders to come together and find creative ways to deal with urban growth and waste. This study explores how Augmented Reality (AR) could enhance public participation in public spaces and deal with solid wastein Mozambique’s capital city, Maputo. READ MORE