Search for dissertations about: "phenomenology of practice"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 38 swedish dissertations containing the words phenomenology of practice.

2. 6. Facing Nature : Cultivating Experience in the Nature Connection Movement

   Author : Henrik Ohlsson; David Thurfjell; Cecilie Rubow; Kocku von Stuckrad; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; face; facing; cultivation of experience; nature connection; nature connection movement; animism; compartmentalisation; de-compartmentalisation; hermeneutic phenomenology; Historical Studies; Historiska studier;

   Abstract : Through field research in Sweden and Finland between 2017 and 2022, the thesis follows a burgeoning social movement in which connection with nature is seen as a means of both personal wellbeing and ecological sustainability at the societal level. The thesis describes and analyses ideas, practices, organisations, and literature in a contemporary cultural context in the borderland between health practice, environmental activism, and spirituality. READ MORE

4. 7. The Lived Experience of Academic Entrepreneurship: The interplay between practice, identity, and context

   Author : Marouane Bousfiha; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; phenomenology; grounded theory.; context; academic entrepreneurship; university-industry relationships; Self and identity; practice; identity work; role-transitions;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how academic entrepreneurs experience and practically manage the combination of research and business, with special emphasis on the interplay between practice and identity and the effects of institutional context. Empirical focus is on university researchers who co-found companies while remaining in academia. READ MORE

5. 8. Technology Encounters : Exploring the essence of ordinary computing

   Author : Mareike Glöss; Annika Waern; Mats Edenius; Paul Dourish; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Everyday life; ICT; phenomenology; ethnography; cultural analysis;

   Abstract : As computing technology has become a vital part of everyday life, studies have increasingly scrutinized the underlying meaning of computational things. As different devices become interwoven with daily practices and routines, there is a growing interest in understanding not only their functional meaning in computational terms but also their meaning in relation to other non-computation artefacts. READ MORE

6. 9. Techniques of Ecstasy: Rumori - Tracing Sound

   Author : Esaias Järnegard; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Experimental composition; ontology; ontopoetics; phenomenology; embodied knowledge; strategy of sound; ecstatic techniques; Lotta Lotass; Immanuel Kant; Giorgio Agamben; Antonin Artaud; Diamanda Galás; Martin Heidegger; Luigi Nono; Giacinto Scelsi;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis proposes the philosophical concept of ontopoetics in relation to an artistic practice of sound (music) and listening. The concept of ontopoetics is used as the backdrop of the developed notion of techniques of ecstasy essentially as an intermediary between listening and language. READ MORE

7. 10. Elusive Relations : A Phenomenology of Interpersonal Understanding in Social Work

   Author : Karl Eriksson; Professioner och organisering; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; interpersonal understanding; phenomenology; empathy; self-stigma; peer-support; interpersonell förståelse; fenomenologi; empati; själv-stigma; kamratstöd;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to explore how phenomenological philosophy may contribute to the conception of interpersonal understanding in the context of social work practice. The thesis consists of an extended introduction and four original papers, investigating modalities of interpersonal understanding in relation to three different subjects, namely empathy, stigmatization, and peer-support. READ MORE