Search for dissertations about: "object of the study"

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2. 1. Pastor in the Shadow of Violence : Gustavo Gutiérrez as a Public Pastoral Theologian in Peru in the 1980s and 1990s

   Author : Olle Kristenson; Kajsa Ahlstrand; Jorge Castillo Guerra; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bartolomé de Las Casas; CELAM; discourse analysis; Christian hope; God of life; Gustavo Gutiérrez; hermeneutic of hope; human rights; institutionalised violence; La República; liberation theology; pastoral theology; political theology; political violence; preferential option for the poor; reconciliation; resurrection; theology of life; Roman Catholicism in Peru; Sendero Luminoso; social movements; Truth and Reconciliation Commission.; Missionsvetenskap; Studies of Missions;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a study of the role of Gustavo Gutiérrez as a public pastor in the 1980s and 1990s in Peru. His collaboration with the Lima newspaper La República from the early 1980s gave him a figurative pulpit from which he addressed the Peruvian public on specific occasions. READ MORE

4. 2. Towards a Poetics of Nostalgia : The Nostalgic Experience in Modern Fiction

   Author : Niklas Salmose; Randall Stevenson; Laura Marcus; Patricia Waugh; UK The University of Edinburgh; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Nostalgia; Modernism; Literature; Aesthetics; Style; Narratology; Emotions; Nostalgi; Modernism; Litteratur; Estetik; Stilistik; Narratologi; Känslor; English literature; Engelska med litteraturvetenskaplig inriktning;

   Abstract : In recent years there has been a body of studies relating nostalgia and fiction in political, sociological, feminist, or historical ways. This thesis, instead, sets out to perform an unusual textual study of nostalgia in modern fiction in order to work towards a poetics of nostalgia. READ MORE

5. 3. The Subject of the Verbal Gerund : A Study of Variation in English

   Author : Susanna Lyne; Merja Kytö; Hilde Hasselgård; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; BNC; British National Corpus; corpus linguistics; genitive; genre; gerund; ing-form; Late Modern English; linguistic variation; multivariate analysis; possessive; prescriptivism; Present-day English; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This study deals with variation between possessive/genitive and objective/plain forms of the subject of the verbal gerund clause (VGC) in Present-day and Late Modern British English, as in Would you object to my [me] paying her a visit? and Poor timing of spoonfuls can lead to the child’s [the child] feeling frustrated. According to the traditional prescriptivist view, the possessive/genitive form is the preferred variant. READ MORE

6. 4. The perception of actions and interactions : And the importance of context

   Author : Joshua Juvrud; Gustaf Gredebäck; Denis Mareschal; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; action understanding; action perception; motion; perception; context; environment; eye-tracking; pupil dilation; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : The perception of actions and interactions is a dynamic process linked with perceptual processes, the internal and external states of the individual, prior experiences, and the immediate environment. Given these differential contexts, it is very likely there are differences in how infants perceive, interpret, and respond to actions. READ MORE

7. 5. The conscious brain : Empirical investigations of the neural correlates of perceptual awareness

   Author : Johan Eriksson; Lars Nyberg; Geraint Rees; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; consciousness; visual perception; object identification; functional neuroimaging; top-down processing; prefrontal cortex; auditory perception; Neuroscience; Neurovetenskap;

   Abstract : Although consciousness has been studied since ancient time, how the brain implements consciousness is still considered a great mystery by most. This thesis investigates the neural correlates of consciousness by measuring brain activity with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while specific contents of consciousness are defined and maintained in various experimental settings. READ MORE