Search for dissertations about: "Konsthantverk"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the word Konsthantverk.

  2. 1. Embodying Openness: A Pragmatist Exploration into the Aesthetic Experience of Design Form-Giving

    Author : Ariana Amacker; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Design research; pragmatism; aesthetic experience; form-giving; arts-based learning;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the tension between a reflective view of design and design as an embodied, aesthetic experience. Most research exploring the nature of design follows a tradition of practice-based design research, which aims to empirically establish what constitutes design by studying what designers do and say. READ MORE

  4. 2. Devices. On Hospitality, Hostility and Design

    Author : Martin Avila; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Device; hospitality; hostility; design; languaging; accident; ecology; symbiosis; autopoiesis; umwelt; Device;

    Abstract : This thesis studies and speculates upon the interrelations of artefacts with human and nonhuman agents. These interrelations form assemblages, some of which have emergent properties, becoming manifestations of processes that we cannot fully control or understand. READ MORE

  5. 3. World Wide Workshop: The Craft of Noticing

    Author : Nicolas Cheng; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Craft; Jewellery; Situated Making; Noticing; Care; Empathy; Postindustrial; World Wide Workshop;

    Abstract : In my research, I consider craft as a discipline that is extremely elastic in terms of propositions and positions. Today craft exists in a highly dynamic space — what I will refer to as the World Wide Workshop — and is essential for noticing, caring, mending and negotiating the complex relationships that individuals and communities have with their sociopolitical, economic and natural environment. READ MORE

  6. 4. Concrete Fashion: Dress, Art, and Engagement in Public Space

    Author : Kajsa G. Eriksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; fashion design; contemporary art; performance; dressed body; documentation; artistic research; engagement; public space; identity; fashion design;

    Abstract : This dissertation is an example of artistic research that explores the border between fashion design and contemporary art, in order to place situated bodily practices within the larger field of exploration and ideology, and to discover new formats. The activities engaged in explore the dressed body as a contemporary art medium, and the performances are carried out in public space and within everyday life. READ MORE

  7. 5. Meaning in the Making: Introducing a Hermeneutic Perspective on the Contribution of Design Practice to Innovation

    Author : Marcus Jahnke; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; design; innovation; design management; hermeneutics; meaning- making; design thinking; design practice;

    Abstract : In recent years interest has grown in how design can contribute to innovation in business and society, such as through the management concept of design thinking. However, up-close studies on design’s contribution to innovation are still scarce. READ MORE