Essays about: "weight discrimination"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words weight discrimination.

  1. 1. BODY NORMATIVITY AND THE HYPER(IN)VISIBILITY OF ABJECT BODIES Living with Oppression in the Body Liberation Movement

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Kristin Binder; [2023-04-06]
    Keywords : Hyper in visibility; body normativity; oppression; intersectionality; transgender; disability; fatness; body liberation movement; resistance;

    Abstract : In feminist studies that attempt to theorize embodiment, fat bodies have largely been ignored and excluded from research even though scientific knowledge on weight-based stigma and discrimination shows the importance of studying fatphobia as a system of oppression. Hence, this thesis provides an analysis on the lived experience of fat bodies in relation to body normativity and visibility politics. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Perception of Weight in Virtual Reality When Combining Velocity Limiting and Control/Display Ratio Modification

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

    Author : Kári Steinn Aðalsteinsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Weight perception; virtual reality; velocity limiting; control display ratio modification; viktuppfattning; virtuell verklighet; hastighetsbegränsning; ändring av kontroll- visningsförhållande;

    Abstract : This study explored the perception of weight in virtual reality using the combination of limiting the velocity with which an object can be lifted and control/display ratio modification and what affordances and challenges the combination might bring. Both interaction methods have thus far been explored independently, but not together. READ MORE

  4. 3. Body Positive Content on TikTok : A Critical Study on How Body Positive Content on Social Media Can Reinforce Body Negative Discourses

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Jonna Bayliss Larsen-Ledet; [2022]
    Keywords : Body positivity; body positive movement; body negativity; Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis; TikTok;

    Abstract : This critical study examines how TikTok content from body positive trends may influence power relations and reinforce female body negative discourses. The study takes its departure primarily in Michel Foucault. However, additional researchers were brought in to expand on Foucault’s ideas by e.g. READ MORE

  5. 4. Weight Stigma: A Global Health Concern

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för medicin

    Author : Laura Ann Eggerichs; [2021-12-01]
    Keywords : overweight; obesity; stigma; weight stigma; weight bias; weight discrimination; scoping review; global health; Latin America; Caribbean; Asia; Africa; Oceania;

    Abstract : A scoping review on research into weight stigma in areas outside of Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand.... READ MORE

  6. 5. A study on wrist-based haptic weight conveyance in immersive virtual environments

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Halmstad Embedded and Intelligent Systems Research (EIS)

    Author : Aimee Sousa Calepso; [2020]
    Keywords : Virtual Reality; Haptics; User Study; Weight Perception;

    Abstract : Physical properties of objects are some of the features that are lost when users are immersed in today's virtual environments that usually only provide visual and auditory stimuli. In a quest to recover the physical perception of touch, in this work, we present two different studies to assess how force feedback applied solely on the wrist can convey weight. READ MORE