Search for dissertations about: "expressive community"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words expressive community.

  1. 1. Shaping the nation with song : Johann Friedrich Reichardt and the German cultural identity

    Author : Mårten Nehrfors Hultén; Owe Ander; Johanna Ethnersson Pontara; Mattias Lundberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Johann Friedrich Reichardt; nationalism; lied; education; German cultural identity; expressive community; Herder; Rousseau; 18th-century music history; Volkston; Musicology; musikvetenskap;

    Abstract : The primary aim of this dissertation is to study the nationalistic worldview as it emerged in the German lands in the second half of the eighteenth century . The research focuses on how this influenced the artistic practices of Prussian composer, writer and court Kapellmeister Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814), and likewise how Reichardt’s activities influenced and formed this field. READ MORE

  2. 2. (re)Forming Accounts of Ethics in Design: Anecdote as a Way to Express the Experience of Designing Together

    Author : Andrew Whitcomb; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Design research; ethics; pragmatism; artistic communication; participatory design;

    Abstract : Designers and design researchers routinely engage other people in shaping preferred futures. Despite a growing recognition of designing as a social practice, however, the ethics of engagement often only appear ‘between the lines’ of the accounts design researchers provide about their experiences designing together. READ MORE

  3. 3. Certifying Correctness for Combinatorial Algorithms : by Using Pseudo-Boolean Reasoning

    Author : Stephan Gocht; Parallella System; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; certifying algorithms; 0-1 linear inequalities; combinatorial algorithms; proof logging;

    Abstract : Over the last decades, dramatic improvements in combinatorialoptimisation algorithms have significantly impacted artificialintelligence, operations research, and other areas. These advances,however, are achieved through highly sophisticated algorithms that aredifficult to verify and prone to implementation errors that can causeincorrect results. READ MORE

  4. 4. Two Aspects of Automating Logics of Action and Change : Regression and Tractability

    Author : Marcus Bjäreland; Linköpings universitet; []
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    Abstract : The autonomy of an artificial agent (e.g. a robot) will certainly depend on its ability to perform "intelligent" tasks, such as learning, planning, and reasoning about its own actions and their effects on the enviroment, for example predicting the consequences of its own behaviour. READ MORE

  5. 5. Autism Spectrum Disorders: cognitive aspects and preventions

    Author : Åsa Lundholm-Hedvall; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; autism spectrum disorders; cognition; intervention; children;

    Abstract : Aim: The overarching aims of this thesis were to (a) gain further insight into the developmental/cognitive aspects of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in young children, and (b) assess outcome after interventions of varying intensity. Methods: In a prospectively designed longitudinal naturalistic study, 208 preschool children with ASD were comprehensively assessed - including with a variety of cognitive tests and other structured neurodevelopmental/adaptive interviews, observation schedules and questionnaires - before start of intervention and at the end of intervention after two years. READ MORE