Search for dissertations about: "embodiment"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 124 swedish dissertations containing the word embodiment.

  2. 21. Child (Bio)Welfare and Beyond : Intersecting Injustices in Childhoods and Swedish Child Welfare

    Author : Zlatana Knezevic; Maria Eriksson; Els-Marie Anbäcken; Mia Heikkilä; Charlotte Williams; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; biowelfare; child protection; child welfare; critical childhood studies; critical social work; embodiment; epistemic injustice; epistemology; feminist theory; intersectionality; justice subjectivity; moral economy; moral subjectivity; participation; postcolonial theory; poststructural social work; social justice; violence; socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Abstract : The current thesis discusses how tools for analysing power are developed predominately for adults, and thus remain underdeveloped in terms of understanding injustices related to age, ethnicity/race and gender in childhoods. The overall ambition of this dissertation is to inscribe a discourse of intersecting social injustices as relevant for childhoods and child welfare, and by interlinking postcolonial, feminist, and critical childhood studies. READ MORE

  4. 22. Cognitively inspired design : Rethink the wheel for self-driving cars

    Author : Sara Mahmoud; Serge Thill; Henrik Svensson; Erik Billing; Alessandro Di Nuovo; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Artificial cognitive systems; AI; self-driving cars; cognitive paradigms; emergent paradigm; curriculum learning; embodiment; enaction; Interaction Lab ILAB ; Interaction Lab ILAB ;

    Abstract : This thesis examines Cognitively Inspired Design (CID), which is the process of transferring cognitive science frameworks and theories to intelligent systems in an application context. The thesis studies the relation between cognitive science and the traditional approach to developing systems. READ MORE

  5. 23. A Rhythm that Connects my Heart with God : Worship, Ritual and Pentecostal Spirituality as Theology

    Author : Martina Prosén; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pentecostal spirituality; Pentecostal theology; Charismatic Liturgy; Worship; Praise and Worship; Ritualization; Embodiment; Theologizing; Transformation; Progressive Pentecostalism; Nairobi; Kenya; African Church Music; Pentecostal dance; Pentecostal dress; Pentecostal music; Pentecostal use of Scripture; Oral theology; Sung theology; Empirical methods in theology; Mavuno Church; Christ is The Answer Ministries; CITAM;

    Abstract : This qualitative theological study seeks to shed light on pentecostal theology and spirituality through an investigation of worship as it is practiced in two urban pentecostal-charismatic churches in Nairobi, Kenya. The empirical data serve as a springboard for theological construction and interpretation from a pentecostal perspective. READ MORE

  6. 24. Faster. Stronger. Better? : designing for enhanced engagement of extreme sports

    Author : Rouien Zarin; Andreas Lund; Johan Redström; Ambra Trotto; Tom Djajadiningrat; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; constructive design research; design prototypes; prototypes; design research; research through design; embodiment; sports; interaction; technology; user experience; human computer interaction; tactile; feedback; design; design;

    Abstract : The human body is capable of very rich and complex movements and gestures which we use in everyday life to manipulate, navigate and negotiate the world around us—it is our interface for human experience. However, as technology advances it simultaneously shrinks, moving closer to our bodies, intertwining with the many facets of our lives and positions itself between our experiences of the physical environments around us. READ MORE

  7. 25. Intentionality and Intersubjectivity

    Author : Jan Almäng; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; analogical theories; body schema; embodiment; intentionality; intersubjectivity; other minds; simulation theory; theory theory; Dretske; Fodor; Gibson; Husserl; Meltzoff; Merleau-Ponty; Nichols; Stich; Strawson.;

    Abstract : This is a dissertation about the problem of other minds. Its point of departure is the modern philosophical and cognitive-scientific discussion of our attribution of mental states to others, in particular as it is conceived of within the so-called theory theory. READ MORE