Search for dissertations about: "material"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10021 swedish dissertations containing the word material.

  2. 6. Material virtualities : Approaching online textual embodiment

    Author : Jenny Sunden; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Embodiment; body; cyberfeminism; cyborg; subjectivity; virtuality; materiality; MUD; MOO; cybercultural studies; digital textuality; online ethnography; poststructuralist literary theory; queer theory; online interaction; Diskursanalys; språksociologi; cyberspace; queerteori; virtuell verklighet; MUD; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : While the Internet is often presented as a disembodied medium, various forms of bodily presence are continually introduced when people meet online. This study explores notions of embodiment in a particular text-based virtual world (here called WaterMOO) by investigating how bodies- always sexually specific- are created and rendered meaningful in online textual practices. READ MORE

  4. 7. Darkness as Material

    Author : Mia Engberg; Rebecca Hilton; Elisabeth Hjorth; Mara Lee; Stockholms konstnärliga högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cinema; darkness; silence; darkness as material; the visual silence; experimental cinema; essay film; Marguerite Duras; Derek Jarman; Mia Engberg; Hypermoon; Secrets of the Sun; Belleville trilogy; film; mörker; tystnad; mörker som material; den visuella tystnaden; experimentell film; essä film; Belleville-trilogin; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Film and Media.; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Film and Media.; Konstnärlig doktorsexamen i performativa och mediala praktiker med inriktning i film och media; Konstnärlig doktorsexamen i performativa och mediala praktiker med inriktning i film och media;

    Abstract : The doctoral project Darkness as Material, examines darkness as material and its relationship to cinematic storytelling. The study addresses different kinds of darkness: darkness in the image, darkness in the cinema theatre, darkness in the spectator where films are received and the darkness in the filmmaker, where the world is reflected and ideas are born. READ MORE

  5. 8. Decarbonising the Stainless Steelmaking through Alloy Solutions

    Author : Wenjing Wei; Pär Jönsson; Peter Samuelsson; Birat Jean Pierre; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; stainless steel; optimization; raw material; process; quality; decarbonisation; rostfritt stål; optimering; material; process; kvalitet; avkarbonisering; Materials Science and Engineering; Teknisk materialvetenskap;

    Abstract : To reach the goal of the Paris Agreement, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)is becoming one of the most pressing issues in the world today. Unlike most other sectors, thestainless steel industry has a significantly higher burden from upstream emissions comparedto operational emissions. READ MORE

  6. 9. An Archaeology of the Iron Curtain : Material and Metaphor

    Author : Anna McWilliams; Mats Burström; Anders Andrén; John Schofield; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology of the contemporary past; Iron Curtain; Cold War; material culture; memory; cultural heritage; Berlin Wall; Austria; Czechoslovakia; Czech Republic; Italy; Slovenia; Yugoslavia; arkeologi; Archaeology; Archaeology subjects;

    Abstract : The Iron Curtain was seen as the divider between East and West in Cold War Europe. The term is closely connected to the Cold War and expressions such as ‘behind the Iron Curtain’ or ‘after the fall of the Iron Curtain’ are common within historical discussions in the second half of the twentieth century. READ MORE

  7. 10. Shear Fracture and Delamination in Packaging Materials : A study of Experimental Methods and Simulation Techniques

    Author : Md. Shafiqul Islam; Sharon Kao-Walter; Christian Johansson; Johan Tryding; Blekinge Institute of Technology; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Package opening; Shear test specimen; Stress intensity factor; Finite Element simulation; Scanning electron microscopy; Polymers; Interlaminar shear delamination;

    Abstract : Packages are the means of preservation, distribution and convenience of use for food, medicine and other consumer products. Package opening is becoming complicated in many cases because of cutting cost in design and production of opening techniques. READ MORE