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Showing 1 to 20 of 303 for “"conceptualisations"”.
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Katherine Mansfield and Conceptualisations of the Self
The thesis aims to show how Katherine Mansfield’s desire to discover aspects of the self shaped her strengths and distinctiveness as a writer, particularly in the development of her own modernist aesthetic. Mansfield’s letters and notebooks often betray a preoccupation with issues of the self. In …
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Changing narratives? Shifting discursive conceptualisations of post-conflict peace-building
This thesis assesses the rationale behind the shifts, ruptures and paradigm changes within the scholarship on peace-building. In particular, the thesis is concerned with examining if, and how, these shifts have significantly altered the manner in which the foundational elements of thinking about …
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Second generation South Asian Muslims' conceptualisations of religious and ethnic identity
Muslims have, in recent years, become the focus of political and social interest on a global scale. Protests against events such as the Gulf War and the Rushdie Affair have served to highlight in the media and popular consciousness that young Asian Muslims are perhaps not as 'passive and obedient' …
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Cultural conceptualisations relating to DEATH in Irish English from a diachronic perspective
The present thesis looks at cultural conceptualisations in relation to DEATH in Irish English from a Cultural Linguistic perspective and puts a special focus on the diachronic development of these conceptualisations. For the study, a corpus consisting of 1,400 death notices from the Dublin-based …
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Sodomy and human difference: Anglophone conceptualisations of Ottoman male same-sex activity, c.1590–1700.
This dissertation focuses on the ideas of sodomy and human difference in early modern Anglophone discourses. The purpose of my thesis is to historicise and to complicate our understandings of Anglophone conceptions of sodomy in relation to the Ottoman Empire. This thesis argues that, far from being …
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Human conceptualisations of non-human animals in the Scandinavian Bronze Age: perspectives from Swedish rock carvings
… animals within this cultural context, how these conceptualisations were materialised and negotiated in the medium of rock art, and what implications these conceptualisations have for animal roles in Bronze Age Scandinavian society. In this dissertation, I explore a Bronze Age ontological view of …
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Exploring practitioner conceptualisations of professionalism and the impact of professionalism on the work of Australian ecotour guides
The purpose of this study is to investigate the work of ecotour guides, and the impact professionalisation has on raising ecotour guides’ levels of professionalism. A review of literature and research across the topics of tour guiding, ecotourism and ecotour guiding revealed that …
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Challenging 'quality': an investigation of theoretical and pedagogical conceptualisations of 'quality' in the primary school in England
This thesis challenges the way the concept of quality is understood, approached and defined. The concept of quality has fascinated me for over a decade. Initially I was shocked by the importance of the concept and the complete absence of any clear understanding about what it means. In recent years …
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More than a Metaphor of Malfunction : Conceptualisations and Uses of Silence in the Worlds of Everyday Life and Teaching.
The word 'silence' is used in many different contexts and has been discussed from the perspective of various disciplines. This thesis compares how this complex concept is understood and embodied in the social practices of everyday life and teaching. The worlds of everyday life and the classroom are …
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“Being treated as an equal is how I feel supported”: Expanding conceptualisations of “normal” to include gender, sex characteristic, and sexuality diversity on the university campus
International research has a plethora of findings which show that gender, sex characteristic, and sexuality diverse (GSSD) staff and students are discriminated against and treated as ‘unwelcome’ on tertiary campuses at higher rates than their cisgender, endosex, and heterosexual (cis-endo-hetero) …
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'Rules' for the boys, 'guidelines' for the girls: a qualitative study of the factors influencing gender differences in symptom reporting during childhood and adolescence
… gender- and age-related expectations, their conceptualisations of symptoms, and the social context of symptom experiences. Twenty-five focus groups were conducted with girls and boys aged 10, 13 and 15. These took place in one primary and one secondary school, both located in central …
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A Socio-History and Genealogy of Dementia Thought and Conceptualisation in Western Society
… Here, through exploring alternative conceptualisations, using a Foucauldian critical history, this study reviews society’s understanding of what it is to be a person with dementia. The aim of this study then is to challenge dominant neuro-psychiatric conceptualisations of dementia in …
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Tracing the integration trajectories of diverse Spanish citizens in the UK
… has received much merited criticism but new conceptualisations, grounded in empirical realities, have highlighted the dynamic, multi-directional and processual nature of the phenomenon. Drawing on these ideas, the project’s aim was to explore to what extent these conceptualisations were …
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On the governance of regional innovation systems. Case studies from four city-regions within the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia: Aachen, Dortmund, Duisburg and Düsseldorf
… are neglected by many contemporary regional conceptualisations and proposes considering local innovation systems as an alternative. Hence, it scrutinises the appropriateness of the current academic conceptualisations and, in particular, criticises their value in terms of operational guidance. …
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