Search for dissertations about: "aesthetic judgement"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words aesthetic judgement.

2. 1. Learning Science Through Aesthetic Experience in Elementary School : Aesthetic Judgement, Metaphor and Art

   Author : Britt Jakobson; Per-Olof Wickman; Jan Schoultz; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : aesthetic experience; aesthetic judgement; art activities; continuity; Dewey; elementary school; imagination; learning; meaning-making; practical epistemology analysis; reconstruction; science; spontaneous metaphors; transformation; Wittgenstein.; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; didaktik; Didactics;

   Abstract : This thesis considers the role of aesthetic meaning-making in elementary school science learning. Children’s aesthetic experiences are traced through their use of aesthetic judgements, spontaneous metaphors and art activities. The thesis is based on four empirical studies: the first two examining children’s language use, i.e. READ MORE

4. 2. Aesthetic Valuing and the Self

   Author : Irene Martínez Marín; Elisabeth Schellekens; Keren Gorodeisky; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aesthetic Judgement; Personal Autonomy; Emotions; Aesthetic Agency; Akrasia; Rational Requirements; Transformative Experiences; Estetik; Aesthetics;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns the relation between aesthetically valuable objects and the agents that aesthetically value them. An investigation is undertaken into the psychology and rationality of such agents. I argue that self-related elements such as emotions and standing value commitments play an irreducible role in successful aesthetic engagement. READ MORE

5. 3. The Language of Textiles : Description and Judgement on Textile Pattern Composition

   Author : Siri Homlong; Christina Fjellström; Edith Skjeggestad; Lillemor Abrahamsson; Liv Merete Nielsen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Arts and literature; Textile; Pattern; Design; Amish; Quilt; Aesthetic Qualities; Repertory grid method; Natural Color System; Sloyd; Implicit knowledge; Communication; Structure of attention; Estetiska ämnen;

   Abstract : The present study concerns ways to describe, judge and discuss aesthetic qualities of designed textile patterns. Specific aims were to study how colours and compositions used in Old Amish Quilts can be systematically described, to study how simple and complex patterns in printed textile fabrics are perceived and expressed verbally and to study judgements, concepts and values in relation to designed textile patterns as expressed by schoolchildren, consumers, teachers of textile handicraft and designers. READ MORE

6. 4. Visual aesthetics in product development : A balance between commercial and creative imperatives

   Author : Ingela Lindahl; Fredrik Nordin; Staffan Brege; Daniel Kindström; Tore Kristensen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Visual aesthetics; product design; product development; furniture; designer products;

   Abstract : The literature presents a number of advantages regarding companies’ strategic focus on product design, arguing that the dimension of visual aesthetics in products may help a company to create commercial success, e.g. through product differentiation and as a means of company brand recognition. READ MORE

7. 5. Soundscapes in nineteenth-century Gothic short stories

   Author : Elena Glotova; Virginia Langum; Marlene Johansson Falck; Sylvia Mieszkowski; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; soundscape; the Gothic; short story; auscultator; acousmatic sound; liminality; the uncanny; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : In the eerie world of Gothic literature, sound represents a source of fear, anxiety, and discomfort, and it mostly affects its listeners through the invisible character of the experience. Sound is integral to nineteenth-century Gothic short stories with their panoply of liminal and polyphonic oppositions, as well as a claustrophobic feel of spaces, fearful listeners, and the return of the repressed. READ MORE