Search for dissertations about: "Body of the thesis"

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  2. 6. Design And Body : Exploring Conceptions Of The Body In Fashion Design Processes

    Author : Faseeh Saleem; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Body alternatives; alternative body expressions; fashion design processes; conceptions of the body; design thinking; artistic research; fashion design education programmes;

    Abstract : The human body has been considered to be an active element and is a common starting point of fashion design processes. However, during these processes, understanding of the body and how it is used to design is often confined by the body’s standard spatial and structural characteristics. READ MORE

  4. 7. Ecologies of the Imagination : Theorizing the participatory aesthetics of the fantastic

    Author : Per Israelson; Anders Cullhed; Marcel O'Gorman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Media theory; genre theory; media ecology; posthumanism; ecocriticism; neocybernetics; sympoiesis; ontogenesis; fantasy; the fantastic; comic books; William Blake; Alan Moore; J. R. R. Tolkien; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : This book is about the participatory aesthetics of the fantastic. In it, the author argues that the definition of the fantastic presented by Tzvetan Todorov in 1970 can be used, provided it is first adapted to a media-ecological framework, to theorize the role of aesthetic participation in the creation of secondary worlds. READ MORE

  5. 8. The Sensational Body : A Spectatorial Exploration of the Experience of Bodies on Stage in Circus, Burlesque and Freak Show

    Author : Jonas Eklund; Meike Wagner; Camilla Damkjær; Helen Stoddart; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; circus; new circus; contemporary circus; burlesque; neo-burlesque; boylesque; freak show; sideshow; bodies; phenomenology; spectatorship; popular culture; performance analysis; autoethnography; experience; body mind; Theatre Studies; teatervetenskap;

    Abstract : At the end of the 20th century, the three genres circus, burlesque, and freak show were revived after a long period of decline. Seemingly something in the genres still has a strong appeal to the spectators. READ MORE

  6. 9. Studies in the Kalacakra Tantra : A History of the Kalacakra in Tibet and a Study of the Concept of Adibuddha, the Fourth Body of the Buddha and the Supreme Unchanging

    Author : Urban Hammar; Per-Arne Berglie; John Newman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Buddhism; Kalacakra; Adibuddha; tantra; Dalai Lama; the unchanging; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

    Abstract : The study treats the the tantric Buddhist system of teachings of Kalacakra, today a well-known teaching and initiation given since 1970 by the present Dalai Lama at mass ceremonies around the world. The Kalacakra was first introduced by Bhadrabodhi and Gyi-jo in the eleventh century, another example of successful cooperation between an Indian pandit and a Tibetan translator. READ MORE

  7. 10. Body of movement : (in)forming movement

    Author : Linnea Bågander; Clemens Thornquist; Hanna Landin; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Fashion design; Movement; Body; Material; Dance; Textiles and Fashion Design ; Textil och mode konstnärlig ;

    Abstract : In dance many choreographers uses neutral garments not to distract too much from the movement the ”natural” body performs. Still these garments paints the body with color, form, identity and movement qualities. READ MORE