Sökning: "Existential theory"

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1. 1. Existentiella konfigurationer : Om hur förståelsen av livet tar gestalt i ett socialt sammanhang

   Författare :Caroline Gustavsson; Anders Gustavsson; Annika Ullman; Peder Thalén; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Existential configurations; young adults; meaning-making; existential themes; life questions; life-view; life-interpretation; hermeneutic approach; Existentiella konfigurationer; unga vuxna; meningsskapande; existentiella teman; livsfrågor; livsåskådning; livstolkning; hermeneutik; pedagogik; Education;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis contributes to the research field of education, or more specific to the field of religious education. The aim of the thesis is to interpret how young adults of today describe and understand their lives, with a specific focus on existential themes, and furthermore, to develop useful concepts that can help us understand individual meaning-making in a social and cultural context. LÄS MER

3. 2. Interaction as existential practice : An explorative study of Mark C. Taylor’s philosophical project and its potential consequences for Human-Computer Interaction

   Författare :Henrik Åhman; Ann Lantz; Anders Hedman; Jeffrey Bardzell; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Human-Computer Interaction; Materiality; The self; Interaction; HCI theory; Mark C. Taylor; Poststructuralism; Postmodernism; Philosophy; Complexity theory; Existential practices; Friedrich Nietzsche; Människa-Datorinteraktion; Materialitet; Självet; Interaktion; MDI teori; Mark C. Taylor; Poststrukturalism; Postmodernism; Filosofi; Komplexitetsteori; Existentiella praktiker; Friedrich Nietzsche; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis discusses the potential consequences of applying the philosophy of Mark C. Taylor to the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).The first part of the thesis comprises a study focusing on two discursive trends in contemporary HCI, materiality and the self, and how these discourses describe interaction. LÄS MER

4. 3. Existential issues in surgical care : Nurses’ experiences and attitudes in caring for patients with cancer

   Författare :Camilla Udo; Ella Danielson; Christina Melin-Johansson; Bertil Axelsson; Ingela Henoch; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancer care; educational intervention; existential; nurses; surgical care; Hälsa och välfärd;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore surgical nurses’ experiences of being confronted with patients’ existential issues when caring for patients with cancer, and to examine whether an educational intervention may support nurses in addressing existential needs when caring for patients with cancer. Previously recorded discussions from supervision sessions with eight healthcare professionals were analysed (I), written descriptions of critical incidents were collected from 10 nurses, and interviews with open questions were conducted (II). LÄS MER

5. 4. Film och mening : En receptionsstudie om spelfilm, filmpublik och existentiella frågor

   Författare :Tomas Axelson; Alf Linderman; Birgitta Höijer; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Humanities and religion; Film; religion; audience; existential matters; meaning-making; social cognition; schema theory; interpretative horizons; moral framework; individualization; HUMANIORA OCH RELIGIONSVETENSKAP;

   Sammanfattning : In what ways and under what circumstances can a movie be a resource for individuals and their thoughts about existential matters? This central research question has been investigated using a both quantitative and qualitative approach. First, a questionnaire was distributed amongst 179 Swedish students to provide a preliminary overview of film habits. LÄS MER

7. 5. Vilsenhetens epidemiologi : en religionspsykologisk studie i existentiell folkhälsa

   Författare :Cecilia A. Melder; Valerie DeMarinis; Wolfgang Rutz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cultural-study; DeMarinis; existential; health; meaning; object-relations theory; personal beliefs; psychology of religion; public health; quality of live; religiousness; spirituality; WHO; WHOQOL-SRPB; Winnicott; Psychology of religion; Religionspsykologi; Psychology of Religion; Religionspsykologi;

   Sammanfattning : The existential dimension has gained importance in health studies in the last decades (Moreira-Almeida & Koenig, 2006; DeMarinis, 2008). Little Swedish research exists in this area. A pilot study was conducted in a suburban Stockholm, Church of Sweden parish. LÄS MER