Essays about: "thesis about happiness"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 essays containing the words thesis about happiness.

  1. 6. Embracing Precarity: Attending to Vulnerability and Negative Affects in E J-yong’s The Bacchus Lady

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Joanne Lamming; [2022]
    Keywords : Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis attends to vulnerability and precarity within visual representation by analysing the negative affects bound to the experience of social exclusion. The study explores what it might mean to embrace and not overcome 'bad feelings' like shame and alienation using the visual example of an elderly prostitute–a ‘Bacchus Lady’– in E J-yong's 2016 film The Bacchus Lady. READ MORE

  3. 7. Urban Dark Acupuncture for Darkness: Value of Darkness in Pedestrian Experience of Sudirman Street, Jakarta

    University essay from KTH/Ljusdesign

    Author : Dane Amilawangi; [2020]
    Keywords : Urban Lighting; Urban Acupuncture; Light Pollution; Darkness;

    Abstract : As much as we thought about artificial lighting in planning of our urban nightscape, it is necessary to balance it with consideration regarding darkness. In response to the problems caused by artificial lighting; such as light pollution and disruption to human circadian rhythm, darkness should be seen as a value that brings balance for the environment. READ MORE

  4. 8. “It’s not necessarily the app, the app can be a positive thing” : children’s perspectives on their own social media use.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Anna Grabowski; [2020]
    Keywords : Children’s perspectives on social media; thematic analysis; social media; children and social media; children’s voices;

    Abstract : This thesis was motivated by the widespread use of social media by children, and the lack of research on perceptions of their own use. It expands on previous research which, while sometimes including children’s voices, largely focuses on the negative impact that social media has on well-being. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Perceptions of Gambian Basic and Secondary School Teachers About Outdoor Education

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Musa Baldeh; [2020]
    Keywords : Outdoor education; Gambian Basic and Secondary school teachers; Perceptions; Potentials; Barriers; The Gambia; Curriculum; Teaching approach; Place-based education; Experiential learning;

    Abstract : Outdoor education is believed to be a new teaching approach and method in the education framework which relates to learning through natural places using direct experience. However, the teaching approach that is mostly used in the Gambian schools is based on the traditional approach of teachings as well as many African countries. READ MORE

  6. 10. Under What Conditions, If at All, Can (Psychological) Strategic Behavioural Influences Be Justifiably Used to Shape People's Choices?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Eleanor Whitehead; [2019]
    Keywords : Nudging; Boosting; Advertising; Transparency; Autonomy; Influences; Decision Making; Choice Architecture;

    Abstract : The publication and mass appeal of Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein's book Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness (Nudge), in 2008, illuminated behavioural economics, in the public and political domain. Nudging, a technique derived from behavioural economics, offers a fresh element to the long-time debate between paternalism and freedom, since proponents believe it can simultaneously preserve freedom of choice and serve as a means to influence behaviour. READ MORE