Search for dissertations about: "spaces of encounter"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words spaces of encounter.

2. 1. Encountering the meeting place : The production of public space in contemporary Swedish planning

   Author : Christopher Olsson; Mats Lundmark; Ida Andersson; Carina Listerborn; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban planning; public space; spaces of encounter; meeting place; redevelopment projects; the production of space;

   Abstract : A common theme in contemporary Swedish planning discussions is that we no longer meet each other in public spaces. This perceived lack of interpersonal meetings and encounters is said to reinforce the use ofstereotypes and create further distance between differences in the city. READ MORE

4. 2. Imagining Tourist Spaces as Living Spaces : Towards a Relational Approach to Alternatives and Morals in Tourism

   Author : Solene Prince; Dimitri Ioannides; Sandra Wall-Reinius; Kevin Hannam; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural tourism; Volunteer tourism; ethnography; narratives; Bornholm; Sólheimar eco-village;

   Abstract : Many actors are taking advantage of the flexible barriers to entry of the tourist industry to engage in the production of varied forms of tourism closely related to their lifestyle, professional and communal ambitions. With the increased popularity of forms of tourism bringing the guest close to the host, it becomes relevant to ask questions related to lived experiences and close encounters in tourism scholarship. READ MORE

5. 3. Spaces of Encounter: Art and Revision in Human Animal Relations

   Author : Bryndis Snæbjørnsdóttir; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; animal studies; artistic research; conceptual art; contemporary art; contextual art; fine art research; installation art; photography; post-humanism; relational art; Snæbjörnsdóttir Wilson; site-specific art; taxidermy.;

   Abstract : This PhD project explores contemporary Western human relationships with animals through a ‘relational’ art practice. It centres on three art projects produced by Snæbjörnsdóttir/Wilson – nanoq: flat out and bluesome; (a)fly; and seal – that utilize lens-based media and installations. READ MORE

6. 4. Workplace Learning in Interactive Service Work: Coming to Practice Differently in the Connected Service Encounter

   Author : Charlotte Arkenback; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; digitalisation; workplace learning; interactive service work; emotional labour; service encounter; retail salesperson; theory of practice architectures; connected service encounter;

   Abstract : We increasingly live in a world where human and digital work and activities are intertwined in so-called digital networks, which implies changes to the skills demanded by human labour. Traditionally, the professional encounter between a service provider and a customer, client or learner has been conceptualised as ‘a game between people’, with little interference from technologies of any sort. READ MORE

7. 5. On the Anarchic Organisation of Cinematic Spaces : Evoking Spaces beyond Cinema

   Author : Rosa Barba; Konsthögskolan i Malmö; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cinema; Astronomy; Fictional Library; Film; Flicker; Material; New Machine; Autonomy; Embarking; Collective Performances; Public; Auditorium; Space;

   Abstract : This research engages with the space beyond cinema and comprises a futuristic vision about the condition of cinema.My work takes a conceptual approach that considers cinema in an architectural sense and as an instrument, where the environment, the screen, and the projection can be combined or pushed forward to create another spatiotemporal dimension that is concurrent with and beyond the context of interior or exterior space. READ MORE