Essays about: "transformative encounters"

Found 5 essays containing the words transformative encounters.

1. 1. Volunteer tourism as a transformative journey - “ It's something that they still have, that many have lost at home”

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

   Author : Nathalie Regestad; Isabella Axelsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Voluntourism; existential authenticity; moral grandstanding; moral superiority; self-identity; the Other; exoticism; epiphany; epiphanic experiences.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Volunteer tourism is an alternative form of tourism that is constantly increasing. The increase can be considered related to trends about social participation, environmental awareness and moral demands. READ MORE

3. 2. Assessing the suitability of artificial intelligence to accomplish organizational finance tasks - Master Thesis

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

   Author : Gabriel Frank Smith; [2023]
   Keywords : Artificial Intelligence AI ; AI Readiness Task Assessment AIRTA ; AI Implementation; Organizational Finance; Task Suitability; AI Adoption; AI Education;

   Abstract : Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds transformative potential for many fields including the finance sector. However, identifying suitable tasks for artificial intelligence implementation remains a challenge. READ MORE

4. 3. '...and just set that body on fire!'. Posthuman perspectives on the body, becomings, and sticky encounters in vogue femme.

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

   Author : Christina Tente; [2020]
   Keywords : voguing; vogue femme; posthuman theory; affect theory; becoming; stickiness; Performing Arts;

   Abstract : This thesis explores aspects of vogue femme as a highly aestheticised, performative, and radically subversive visual phenomenon. The focus lies on the posthuman characteristics of this dance and the possibilities it opens up for becoming-other. Vogue femme first appeared as a competition category at balls during the 1990s. READ MORE

5. 4. New Media Travel Writing and the Renegotiation of Postcolonial Discourses - A Critical Discourse Analysis of Representations of the ‘Middle East’ on Travel Blogs

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

   Author : Nadine Keller; [2018]
   Keywords : travel blogs; travel writing; new media; Middle East; postcolonialism; affordances; critical discourse analysis; Fairclough; media representations;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the potential of travel blogs, as a form of popular new media travel writing, to renegotiate conventional discourses about the ‘Middle East’. By conducting a critical discourse analysis on six travel blogs authored by female writers from both the US and the ‘Middle East’, this thesis examines representational practices found in travel narratives, discloses their discursive tendencies, and interprets those in a sociocultural context. READ MORE

6. 5. "A Mysterious and Wonderful Thing": Transformative Encounters in Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Secret Garden"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Anna Karlsson; [2013-06-26]
   Keywords : The Secret Garden; Frances Hodgson Burnett; I and Thou; Martin Buber; dialogic philosophy; transformative encounters;

   Abstract : "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a story about a young girl's encounters with nature, animals, people, and ultimately God, in a rural Yorkshire setting - it is a story about coming alive with the world on a spiritual journey in the midst of springtime. This essay will explore the encounters in "The Secret Garden" and their transformative impact on the characters and events in the novel, through the dialogic philosophy of Martin Buber, which is centred around the twofold nature of the I-You- and the I-It-encounter presented in his work "I and Thou". READ MORE