Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Zoomorphism"”.
-
Zoomorphic Architecture: The Carolina Coastal Museum
… is fueled by the theories and philosophies of zoomorphism and anthropomorphism. The building is based upon the skeletal structure of a fish, the main element being the spine. Other natural elements such as ligaments, cartilage, respiratory system, and circulatory system were also explored and …
-
Affordable avatar control system for personal robots
… robots. However, adapting anthropomorphism (or zoomorphism) in social robots makes morphology of a robot more complex; thus, it becomes harder to control robots with existing interfaces. The Huggable is a robotic Teddy bear platform developed by the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab. It …
-
Ethical entanglements: human-animal relationships in modern and contemporary Spain
… Chapter II analyzes themes of anthropomorphism, zoomorphism, metaphoric cannibalism, and gluttony in early twentieth century works by Miguel de Unamuno and Emilia Pardo Bazán. Chapter III examines forced silence and self-censorship as a form of violent repression seen in Franco-era children’s …
-
Plants, animals, land : more-than-human relations and gendered survivance in early indigenous women’s writing
… how First Nation writer Tekahionwake uses zoomorphism to critique heteropatriarchy and forms of colonial masculinity predicated upon domination of the environment. I read her representation of zoomorphism as a way of reclaiming a form of Indigenous masculinity. I then analyse her depiction …
-
Human conceptualisations of non-human animals in the Scandinavian Bronze Age: perspectives from Swedish rock carvings
… the period. Chapter 7 explores the phenomenon of zoomorphism in non-animal figures (or applications of animal features to non-animal things), elucidating symbolic roles of certain animals within Bronze Age ontologies. Chapter 8 focuses on the conceptual gendering and sex(ualis)ing of animals and …