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Showing 1 to 20 of 240 for “"Contemporary society"”.
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Conceptualizing privacy : towards engineering privacy in contemporary society
… the meaning of “privacy” in the literature and contemporary society. There are three key aspects to the development of a better understanding of privacy. First, privacy has a subjective nature: it is person-dependent and highly contextual - privacy requirements can vary significantly, both …
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Socialist communitarianism and its values for contemporary society
… existence of democracy, freedom and equality, in contemporary society. In order to show this, I will use as my primary texts Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation and Michael Walzer's Spheres of Justice. Taken together, these two books provide a rich backdrop against which democracy can be …
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Choosing vaginal breech birth : discourses of breech birth in contemporary society
… were to understand how social discourse in contemporary society impact on women’s decisions for vaginal breech birth; explore how and why women make decisions for this birth option; and identify strategies for clinicians to support women considering vaginal breech birth. [Methods] A …
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Buddhism and the postmodern : the nature of identity and tradition in contemporary society
… forms of religious tradition not only persist in contemporary Western societies, but can exhibit a dynamic and challenging engagement with the cultural conditions which shape them. Concentrating on notions of self-hood and identity, I argue that the encounter between Buddhism and Western society …
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Death, Dying and Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
… discourse – that is, the analysis of society’s perceptions of and reactions to death and dying – the research objective is to explore the potential of dark tourism as a means of contemplating mortality in (Western) societies. In so doing, the thesis appraises dark tourism consumption …
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‘Beyond the Binary’: Funerary Archaeology, Gendered Identity, and its Impact on Contemporary Society
… The results, along with other archaeological and contemporary materials that challenge ideas around sex and gender were incorporated into workshops that determined the role that archaeological materials can play in discussions around sex and gender identity and improving mental health and …
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Causes of occupational communities: a theoretical study of occupational solidarity in contemporary society
The present research was a theory building endeavor which utilized the concept of occupational community. This study had a dual focus, causes of occupational communities and occupational solidarity. The causes of occupational communities (work groups which have distinct work and leisure overlap, …
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Persistence of ethnic dress traditions in contemporary society: an interpretive study of Germany's Black Forest Trachten
… wearing and crafting of Trachten by women, in a contemporary society. The work was informed by theory proposing that ethnic dress is not static, but rather, changes across space and time in ways that enable its persistence. A qualitative, ethnographic approach was adopted. During her immersion in …
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Being 50: A psycho-social study of a cohort of women in contemporary society from a life course perspective
The economic, demographic and social changes of the latter half of the C20th have influenced the experience of individuals now at 'midlife'. Arguably the impact of these changes has been more profound for women; specifically in the UK for those educated to be the wives, mothers and carers of …
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Between Homes: Examining the notion of the uncanny in art practice and its relationship to post-colonial identity and contemporary society in Taiwan
… in relation to identity issues, post-colonial society and art practice, focusing in particular on Taiwan. I explore Sigmund Freud's theory of the 'uncanny' (unheimlich) and argue that in contemporary society, experiencing the 'uncanny' is common, while it is nearly impossible to obtain the …
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Witchcraft accusations and persecution as a mechanism for the marginalisation of women
… women. The re-emergence of witchcraft beliefs in contemporary society and the prevalence of the violence associated with such beliefs has received little attention within academic literature, yet witchcraft related violence against women is, progressively, becoming one of the most pervasive forms …
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Creating an Aesthetic Construct Drawing From Contemporary American Behavior and Borrowing Characteristics from Persian Paining of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
… aesthetic construct by selecting aspects of our contemporary society appropriate to the rather elegantly ornamented expression of fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth century Persian painting.
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When Sunday Meets Monday: American Evangelicals, their Gospel, and the Workplace
… relationship between American evangelicalism and contemporary society is a complex one. By looking at evangelical attitudes toward work, this study aspires to at least begin untangling some of this convoluted relationship. Drawing upon history, theology, and sociology, especially ethnographic …
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Revealing the Invisible: Examining Contemporary Social, Economic and Political Realities through Sculptural Media (Glass & Ceramic)
… through sculpture. It explores ways to reveal contemporary social structures and relationships through experimenting with forms and materials that could speak metaphorically to reveal the underpinnings of social conditions, as well as the emotional impact they create. I argue that it is …
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Newer Versions of the Same Thing
… role photographs play in the everyday life of contemporary society, and more specifically the people and memories that occupy those photographic images. In my work I attempt to take the specific moments caught in seemingly meaningless photographs and elevate their importance through painting …
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Legitimating a theodicy : Peter Berger and the search for meaning in post-Enlightenment society
… examination of the thought of the significant contemporary sociologist, Peter L. Berger. Berger is concerned with the issue of how meaning is constructed in modern, secular, bureaucratic society. Furthermore, this thesis seeks to outline, and trace the development of, Berger's thought. To …
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Interpreting ‘living law’ amongst Muslim women in the UK
… interpret crime, deviance and moral dilemmas in contemporary society. This study will evaluate the contrasts and overlaps between religious ideologies, cultural values and secular norms in relation to Muslim women’s comprehension of moral dilemmas which involves prohibitions in Islam. The present …
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Keepin' It Real: Negotiating Authenticity in the London Hip Hop Scene
… rappers engage in to negotiate the struggles in contemporary society whilst seeking to live out authenticity in the scene. These include radical individualism, universal commonality, oppositionist positioning, explicit claims and media management.<br/><br/>Applying critical realism as an …
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The Times and the revolutionary crisis of 1848
… functioned within mid-nineteenth-century British society and to suggest how the newspaper can be used to read the history of the period from the perspective of the dominant elements within it. It begins by analysing the uses made of the newspaper by historians and questions the assumptions which …
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