Essays about: "veil"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 43 essays containing the word veil.

  1. 6. Towards a new aesthetics of care : a critical reading of Nassauer’s cues to care

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

    Author : Jack Richold; [2023]
    Keywords : cues to care; Joan Nassauer; Timothy Morton; strange stranger; sublime; scenic; broken windows; ecological function; aesthetics of care; design through maintenance;

    Abstract : Joan Nassauer’s concept of cues to care has been influential within landscape design since her seminal essay Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames was published in 1995 and her research is often used to justify the need for marking landscapes as owned, although there have been critical voices too. The enduring popularity of cues to care as a design method is due to how open it is to interpretation, and this thesis examines various landscape interventions that can be classed as cues to care, both explicitly and implicitly. READ MORE

  3. 7. Problems With the Veil of Ignorance, And How We Might Solve Them

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för filosofi, historia, konst och religion

    Author : Anthony Persson; [2022]
    Keywords : Veil of Ignorance; VoI; John Rawls; Limited Veil of Ignorance; Limited VoI; Practical Philosophy; Equality; Unbiased decision-making; Theory of Justice;

    Abstract : Ever since Rawls published The Theory of Justice (1971/2009), the theory itself, along with many of its components, have been subject to intense debate. Both the "original position" and the "veil of ignorance" have been argued to be too unrealistic since the restriction on information makes it impossible to apply in the real world. READ MORE

  4. 8. Rawls’s distributional justice in Swedish healthcare

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Johan Sturesson; [2022]
    Keywords : Rawls theory of justice; veil of ignorance; Norman Daniels; Swedish Health Care and Medical Priorities Commission; distributional justice; Sweden; healthcare;

    Abstract : Everyone will probably be given healthcare at some point in life, and might ask themselves how and why the healthcare is distributed the way it is in Swedish society. I also believe this is a matter where one would like the distribution of healthcare to be just. READ MORE

  5. 9. Designing and evaluating an algorithm to pick out minority comments online

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Elin Liu; [2022]
    Keywords : social media; bias; mitigating bias; opinions; sentiment analysis; BERT; accuracy;

    Abstract : Social media and online discussion forums have allowed people to hide behind a veil of anonymity, which has made the platforms feel unsafe for people with a different opinion than the majority. Recent research on robots and bots have found that they are a good option when it comes to inducing cooperation or acting as a conversation partner to encourage critical thinking. READ MORE

  6. 10. Silenced Detainees in Repressive Hijab : A Marxist Analysis of the Hijab of Afghan women in Sweden, the patriarchal coercion to veil, and the responsibility of the Swedish government

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Alireza Asgari; [2022]
    Keywords : Veil; Sweden; Slöja; Afghan women; repressive Hijab; Muslim women; violations; Human Rights; multiculturalism; patriarchal structure; Marxist feminist; Swedish government;

    Abstract : This empirical research focuses on the subject of Hijab in Sweden. It demonstrates that Afghan (Muslim) women residing in Sweden do not consider the Hijab as an element of their culture/identity. READ MORE