Search for dissertations about: "existential"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 189 swedish dissertations containing the word existential.

2. 1. Existential design : the "dark side" of design thinking

   Author : Anne Britt Torkildsby; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Textiles and Fashion General ; Textil och mode generell ;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to discuss ways to open up the brief in designing for extreme environments, such as intensive care units and remand prison. Focusing on „designials‟ (fundamental forms of design being), the methodology intends to illustrate that things; objects may directly impinge on certain „existentials‟ (fundamental forms of human being). READ MORE

4. 2. Existential design : revisiting the "dark side" of design thinking

   Author : Anne Britt Torkildsby; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Textiles and fashion; Textiles and Fashion General ; Textil och mode generell ;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to discuss ways of opening up the design brief when designing for extreme environments such as intensive care units and remand prisons. Focusing on “designials” (fundamental forms of design being), the methodology intends to illustrate the fact that objects may directly impinge upon certain “existentials” (fundamental forms of human being). READ MORE

5. 3. Existential issues in surgical care : Nurses’ experiences and attitudes in caring for patients with cancer

   Author : Camilla Udo; Ella Danielson; Christina Melin-Johansson; Bertil Axelsson; Ingela Henoch; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancer care; educational intervention; existential; nurses; surgical care; Hälsa och välfärd;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore surgical nurses’ experiences of being confronted with patients’ existential issues when caring for patients with cancer, and to examine whether an educational intervention may support nurses in addressing existential needs when caring for patients with cancer. Previously recorded discussions from supervision sessions with eight healthcare professionals were analysed (I), written descriptions of critical incidents were collected from 10 nurses, and interviews with open questions were conducted (II). READ MORE

6. 4. Interaction as existential practice : An explorative study of Mark C. Taylor’s philosophical project and its potential consequences for Human-Computer Interaction

   Author : Henrik Åhman; Ann Lantz; Anders Hedman; Jeffrey Bardzell; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Human-Computer Interaction; Materiality; The self; Interaction; HCI theory; Mark C. Taylor; Poststructuralism; Postmodernism; Philosophy; Complexity theory; Existential practices; Friedrich Nietzsche; Människa-Datorinteraktion; Materialitet; Självet; Interaktion; MDI teori; Mark C. Taylor; Poststrukturalism; Postmodernism; Filosofi; Komplexitetsteori; Existentiella praktiker; Friedrich Nietzsche; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

   Abstract : This thesis discusses the potential consequences of applying the philosophy of Mark C. Taylor to the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).The first part of the thesis comprises a study focusing on two discursive trends in contemporary HCI, materiality and the self, and how these discourses describe interaction. READ MORE

7. 5. Moments of meaning – Towards an assessment of protective and risk factors for existential vulnerability among young women with mental ill-health concerns : A mixed methods project in clinical psychology of religion and existential health

   Author : Christina Lloyd; Valerie DeMarinis; Britt af Klinteberg; Wolfgang Rutz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Clinical population; depression; anxiety; existential anxiety; internalized symptoms; crisis of meaning; inhibition of aggression; identity; meaning-making; emotion regulation; sense of coherence; self-concept; disruption and repair; high affective moments; existential worldview function; ontological security; belonging; loneliness; sacredness; death; Religionspsykologi; Psychology of Religion;

   Abstract : The present sequential mixed-methods project was conducted in the area of clinical psychology of religion and existential health. The central aim of the project was to investigate clinically relevant areas for an assessment of protective and risk factors for existential vulnerability and dysfunctional existential meaning-making in a clinical sample of young women with mental ill-health concerns. READ MORE