Essays about: "wholeness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the word wholeness.

  1. 1. The meaning of office space for Millennials' identification with their organisation

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

    Author : Hannah Rose; [2022]
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    Abstract : This master thesis examines the relationship between physical office space and organisational identification. In this context, the paper investigates the importance Millennials place on the physical office as a work environment and the extent to which identification with organisations (OID) has changed as a result of the sudden removal of the office in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. READ MORE

  2. 2. Terrestrial Management: Ecological farming in Puerto Rico

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Tracy Trägårdh; [2022]
    Keywords : Terrestrial; management; multispecies; post-qualitative inquiry; plantationocene;

    Abstract : According to the 2022 IPCC report on mitigation of climate change, a transformational change is necessary in every aspect of society, industry and commerce by 2030 in order to keep global temperatures within safe limits. What would this transformation look like and how do we begin? I argue that applying Bruno Latour’s concept of the Terrestrial can help lead us towards the path of transformation. READ MORE

  3. 3. “In Every Wood in Every Spring There is a Different Green” : An Independent Project in Literature on The Ecocritical Dialogue and Carnivalesque Aspects of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Legendarium

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Nicholas Pappas; [2021]
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    Abstract : Tolkien’s Middle Earth is characterised by the conflict between the forces of good, often represented as guardians of nature juxtaposed to the forces of evil, marked by a voracious edacity for a nature destroying industry. In fact, the second volume of the LotR deals with Saruman’s war against nature. READ MORE

  4. 4. An empirical study on measuring the degree of life in cities

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Chris de Rijke; [2020]
    Keywords : Head tail breaks; scaling; living structure; wholeness; natural streets; urban morphology;

    Abstract : Our direct environment affects our lives directly. Christopher Alexander saw that we are able to feel or see if an object or structure is natural through the characteristics of them. He also saw that we generally feel better near these living, natural structures as it more closely resembles ourselves. READ MORE

  5. 5. PARENT ENGAGEMENT IN SWEDISH PRESCHOOLS A narrative inquiry through the conceptual lens of proximal processes

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Tina Elisabeth Yngvesson; [2019-12-20]
    Keywords : Preschool; home; parent; child; teacher; engagement;

    Abstract : Aim: There is an overall heavy emphasis on establishing strong teacher-parent relationships in the Swedish National Curriculum for Preschools and parent engagement in this regard, is considered important for reasons such as promoting child well-being-, healthy development-, socialisation- and learning through play. The central target of inquiry in this study was thus to investigate children- and adults’ understanding of parent engagement in Swedish preschools through the conceptual lens of proximal processes and explore how this may or may not affect child well-being and development Theory: The importance of understanding children’s learning as embedded in the social, cultural and family contexts in which it occurs contributes to the overall consensus that children will, in a well-being-, development- and learning perspective, do better with parents who are actively engaged in their children’s pedagogical life. READ MORE