Search for dissertations about: "Scene"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 274 swedish dissertations containing the word Scene.

2. 1. Irish Scene and Sound : Identity, Authenticity and Transnationality among Young Musicians

   Author : Virva Basegmez; Helena Wulff; Gunnar Ternhag; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : Contemporary Ireland; Irish music scene; young musicians; identity; authenticity; transnationality; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : Ireland has long been famous for its rich traditional music. Yet the recent global success of Irish pop, rock and traditional music has transformed the Irish music scene into a world centre attracting musicians, tourists, fans and the music industry from both Ireland and abroad. READ MORE

4. 2. The geographies of knowledge in (making) artwork : The field, the art studio and the art scene

   Author : Jenny Sjöholm; Dominic Power; Anders Malmberg; Angela McRobbie; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Contemporary visual artists; learning; skills; artistic work practices; mobilities; embodied knowledge; art studio; art scene; art industry; immaterial labour; economic and cultural geography.; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Geography; Geografi;

   Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the professional knowledge processes that contemporary visual artists develop and use in their construction of art as well as of their careers. In contributing to the geographical literature on professional learning and artistic labour, the thesis explores the question of how self-employed artists generate, apply and communicate their knowledge and skills in the context of individual work projects. READ MORE

5. 3. Off-line Foveated Compression and Scene Perception: An Eye-Tracking Approach

   Author : Marcus Nyström; Humanistlaboratoriet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; gaze prediction; off-line foveation; scene perception; eye-tracking; compression;

   Abstract : With the continued growth of digital services offering storage and communication of pictorial information, the need to efficiently represent this information has become increasingly important, both from an information theoretic and a perceptual point of view. There has been a recent interest to design systems for efficient representation and compression of image and video data that take the features of the human visual system into account. READ MORE

6. 4. Shamanic performances on the urban scene : neo-shamanism in contemporary Sweden

   Author : Galina Lindquist; Don Handelman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

   Abstract : This study deals with neo-shamanism, a set of notions and techniques that originated in the non-Western tribal societies and, within the framework of New Age spirituality, were adapted for the life of contemporary urban dwellers. Neo-shamanic practices are based on consciousness-altering techniques, when the Self is perceived to leave the body, to journey in other realities and to interact with the spiritual beings, enlisting their help for social, psychological, and physical healing. READ MORE

7. 5. Multi-Modal Scene Understanding for Robotic Grasping

   Author : Jeannette Bohg; Danica Kragic; Michael Beetz; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Robotics; Grasping; Manipulation; Computer Vision; Machine Learning;

   Abstract : Current robotics research is largely driven by the vision of creatingan intelligent being that can perform dangerous, difficult orunpopular tasks. These can for example be exploring the surface of planet mars or the bottomof the ocean, maintaining a furnace or assembling a car. READ MORE