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Showing 1 to 20 of 325 for “"modern society"”.
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Vonnegut's criticisms of modern society
<p>In his age-old effort to predict the future, man has tried many methods, including a careful study of past history. Although the act of predicting social events is largely theoretical--since it is necessarily a tentative process--numerous historians, sociologists, theologians, scientists, and …
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Valuing disorder: perspectives on radical contingency in modern society
… in the experience of life on the other. In modern society such evidence of disorder can only be characterised in terms that reinforce the negative or formless experience of the human confrontations with disorder. Manifestations of radical contingency (taken as the cognitive residue of such …
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The contemporary storyteller in context: a study of storytelling in modern society
… of contexts and the evolution of storytelling in modern society. They rely on out-dated terminology and methods which folklorists have long since abandoned. Similarly, contemporary storytellers and storytelling enthusiasts neglect the past and current influences arising from literature, …
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Finding a balance: Placing Farmers' Markets in the context of sustainability in modern society
… and transparency that are lacking in today’s modern industrial food production and distribution chains through consumers meeting producers and interacting with them directly. This thesis explores the socio-economic aspects of Farmers’ Markets and the reasons producers are willing to engage. It …
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The Epitome And Portrait Of Modern Society: Ouida As Social Barometer Of The Victorian Era
… sensation novels of the 1860s and her novels of society written in the following decades. She published prolifically, sometimes releasing more than one novel in a single year. Ouida was widely read in her time, and though her work is not currently studied by a significant portion of the academy, …
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A gazdaság és a kommunikáció kapcsolódásai: A fenntartható gazdasági növekedés feltételei a modern társadalomban, a globális gazdasági kommunikáció problémafelismerő és -megoldó színterein = Interrelations between Economics and Communication. Conditions for sustainable economic growth in modern society on the problem-identification and solving scenes of global economic communication
… a problémaeliminálás érdekében. Az elemzés a modern társadalomban fenntartható gazdasági növekedés feltételeinek meghatározásához járul hozzá.
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Sustainable community : seeking sustainable potentials in an urban community in Kobe, Japan
… was once inherent in many communities of the pre-modern society; however, it has been lost under the progress of the modern society through humankind's rationalized and short-term visions in pursuing more comfort and convenience in their life. Consequently, humankind is gradually heading toward …
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Where the dancer meets her divine: dance as religious experience in the lives of Loie Fuller and Isadora Duncan
… a study of the religio-cultural atmosphere of modern society from which Fuller's and Duncan's dances emerged. With a sense of the religio-cultural atmosphere established, I then turn my attention to Fuller and Duncan. In order to understand how dance might be a religious experience for both, I …
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Playbook
… struggling to find his way through the morass of modern society.
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Sensing for Electromechanical Systems
… and electric machines, are the foundation of modern society. Condition monitoring of these systems is crucial for efficient operation and operator safety. Modern electronics enable new developments in electromechanical system condition monitoring. In this work, custom instrumentation and …
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An Analysis of the Desirable Components of Doctoral Programs in Educational Leadership as Determined by a Select Group of Administrators.
… undergone tremendous change in the last century. Modern society has placed new demands on the historically set role of the school administrator. The concerns have changed from ones of curriculum and accessibility to areas of accountability and finance. With the influx of these pressures and …
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An assessment of the motor ability of learners in the foundation phase of primary school education
… may offer evidence to the negative effects of modern society on the movement development of youth. This raises questions regarding the proficiency in motor performance, of the children of KwaZulu/Natai and the influence of our modern society and its advancing change in leisure time activities, …
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Implementation of GPS based trajectory control of an autonomous sailboat
… are increasingly becoming a major component of modern society. In order to gain a better understanding of the capabilities of these autonomous systems, experimentation was conducted using a miniature robotic sailboat. GPS based trajectory control was implemented on this system to test the …
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The reappropriation of the Victorian in the novels of Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter
… period in the development of both the novel and modern society, and both authors use and subvert the patterns and motifs of Victorian literature to comment on how traditional Victorian values (or what modern society believes to be so) continue to affect the contemporary world despite not …
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Women in Technology: Why are Undergraduate Women Underrepresented in the field of Information Technology
Technology in modern society is booming. Products encompassing everything from recreational applications to vocational enterprise/executive software are becoming more integrative and omnipresent in their use. In order to meet increasing demand, the technology workforce has also increased its pace, …
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Developing Perfection: Understanding and Redefining Photography in a Digital Age
… the usage of digital image modification in modern society. Engaging the work of Jean Baudrillard, I establish the impact of image modification in everyday life through a lens of Hyperreality. I examine genealogies of photography and image modification as a means of rhetorically comparing …
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Lines of Site
… options in response to the needs and desires of modern society. Context is of primary concern, and must be addressed not only as the physical characteristics of the "site
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Doping in sport: an interdisciplinary study of its management and prevention.
… removing doping issues. The role sport plays in modern society is such that it often conflicts with many of the ideals in modern society. Finally, as has been demonstrated by many doping scandals of late and the realities of doping cases, that multiple individuals are often involved in such cases …
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In My Body
As a fat woman navigating the complexities of modern society, I am constantly confronted with societal expectations and perceptions of beauty. With this body of work, I wanted to explore the idea of how I feel about myself living in a fat body and how that has affected my mental state. This thesis …
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Strategic and analytics-driven inspection operations for critical infrastructure resilience
… networks is a key requirement for a functioning modern society. These networks work continuously to enable the delivery of critical services such as water, natural gas, and transportation. However, recent natural disasters and cyber-physical security attacks have demonstrated that the lack of …
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