Search for dissertations about: "non-human agents"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words non-human agents.

2. 1. Perceiving agents : Pluralism, interaction, and existence

   Author : Erik Lagerstedt; Serge Thill; Maria Riveiro; Paul Hemeren; Ron Chrisley; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Interaction Lab ILAB ; Interaction Lab ILAB ;

   Abstract : Perception is a vast subject to study. One way to approach and study it might therefore be to break down the concept into smaller pieces. Specific modes of sensation, mechanisms, phenomena, or contexts might be selected as the proxy or starting point for addressing perception as a whole. READ MORE

4. 2. Living in times of climate change. Weather-related understandings, realities, and entanglements among Guarani people in the Bolivian Chaco

   Author : Vanesa Martin Galan; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; weather; climate change; entanglement; ontology; coloniality; hybridity; modernity; non-human agents; agriculture; partial connection; radical difference; Guarani people; Bolivia;

   Abstract : Since climate change became an issue of public concern worldwide, the weather has attracted increasing attention and come to stand as a common ground for joint action between Indigenous people and governmental and non-governmental actors in the Bolivian Chaco. Despite becoming a common cause, the management of weather through mitigation and adaptation strategies takes place under ontological differences and power imbalances. READ MORE

5. 3. SOCIAL ROBOTS / SOCIAL COGNITION : Robots' Gaze Effects in Older and Younger Adults

   Author : Lucas Morillo-Mendez; Oscar Martinez Mozos; Martien Schrooten; Agnieszka Wykowska; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This dissertation presents advances in social human-robot interaction (HRI) and human social cognition through a series of experiments in which humans face a robot. A predominant approach to studying the human factor in HRI consists of placing the human in the role of a user to explore potential factors affecting the acceptance or usability of a robot. READ MORE

6. 4. Masking Moments : The Transitions of Bodies and Beings in Late Iron Age Scandinavia

   Author : Ing-Marie Back Danielsson; Bo Petré; Julian Thomas; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Masking practices; masks; transitions; Iron Age; Scandinavia; kuml; body; metaphorical thinking; miniaturization; queer theory; feminism; sex; gender; personhood; rune stones; gold foil figures; oral literacy; food preparation; burials; Archaeology; North European; Arkeologi; nordeuropeisk; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : This thesis explores bodily representations in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (400–1050 AD). Non-human bodies, such as gold foil figures, and human bodies are analysed. The work starts with an examination and deconstruction of the sex/gender categories to the effect that they are considered to be of minor value for the purposes of the thesis. READ MORE

7. 5. Modelling parkinsonian akinesia and dyskinesia in dopamine depleted rodents

   Author : Martin Lundblad; Basala gangliernas patofysiologi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; neuropsychology; neurophysiology; Neurologi; neuropsykologi; neurofysiologi; Neurology; mouse; rat; 6-OHDA; dyskinesia; Parkinson s disease; L-DOPA;

   Abstract : Animal models of Parkinson’s disease and L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia are essential to explore pathophysiological hypotheses and to test new treatment options. There are many different animal models of Parkinson's disease, which differ greatly with respect to species, mechanisms of nigral cell death, and extent of dopamine-dependent motor deficits. READ MORE