Search for dissertations about: "first-person"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the word first-person.

2. 1. Psychological phenomena and first-person perspectives : critical discussions of some arguments in philosophy of mind

   Author : Pär Sundström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Abstract : The topic of this thesis is how different phenomena, commonly regarded as "psychological" or "mental", are or can be apprehended in the first person. The aim is to show that a number of influential texts of contemporary philosophy display a particular type of oversight on this topic. READ MORE

4. 2. Children in families where the mother has an intellectual or developmental disability : incidence, support and first person narratives

   Author : Ingrid Weiber; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : Barn till föräldrar med funktionsnedsättning; Mödrar; Föräldrar med utvecklingsstörning;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to increase the knowledge about children born to mothers with an intellectual or developmental disability by investigating incidence (Study I), support at the stra tegic level (Study II), support at the family level (Study III), and experiences of having grown up with a mother with a developmental disability (Study IV). The first study investigated the 5-year incidence of children being born to mothers with an intellectua l disability in a Swedish county. READ MORE

5. 3. In the first person and in the house : The house chronotope in four works by American women writers

   Author : Maria Holmgren Troy; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska; English;

   Abstract : The house looms large in American literature and plays a significant part in American society and history. This study uses Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of the chronotope to examine the house in Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), Elizabeth Stoddard's The Morgesons (1862), Octavia Butler's Kindred (1979), and Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping (1980). READ MORE

6. 4. Shape and Being Shaped : Sketching with Haptics in Soma Design

   Author : Charles Windlin; Kristina Höök; Jarmo Laaksolahti; Anders Lundström; Bill Buxton; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sketching; Soma Design; Constructive Design Research; Haptic Interaction Design; first-person; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

   Abstract : Sketching is an integral part of the design process, and it often occurs in the early ideation phase where the focus is on expressing ideas, thoughts, and emotions, allowing them to take shape and making it possible to share them with others to propel the design process forwards. In principle, sketching is a process of externalising thoughts into visualisations, and it influences the creator and collaborators by enabling them to realise and reflect on the possibility and viability of their ideas and develop them further by adding to or subtracting from the sketches. READ MORE

7. 5. Designing with care : Self-centered research for interaction design otherwise

   Author : Karey Helms; Ylva Fernaeus; Airi Lampinen; Anna Ståhl; Laura Forlano; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; interaction design; care; care ethics; posthuman; posthuman feminism; more-than-human; design theory; research program; design otherwise; first-person; autotheory; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

   Abstract : This dissertation is about the research program designing with care as a pathway towards interaction design otherwise amid a world in crisis. Considering how established ways of doing interaction design will change involves recognizing the role of digital materials in social injustice and systemic inequality. READ MORE