Sökning: "Possible Worlds"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 134 avhandlingar innehållade orden Possible Worlds.

  1. 11. Design and Evaluation of 3D Multimodal Virtual Environments for Visually Impaired People

    Författare :Ying Ying Huang; Yngve Sundblad; Eva-Lotta Sallnäs; Charlotte Magnusson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Multimodal interaction; 3D worlds; Haptics; Audio; Visually impaired users; Collaboration; Navigation; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Spatial information presented visually is not easily accessible to visually impairedusers. Current technologies, such as screen readers, cannot intuitively conveyspatial layout or structure. This lack of overview is an obstacle for a visuallyimpaired user, both when using the computer individually and when collaboratingwith other users. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Glaspärlespelaren : Nya världar, etik och androcentrism i Peter Nilsons science fiction-romaner

    Författare :Britt Johanne Farstad; Malin Isaksson; Michael Godhe; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Science Fiction; Ethics; Androcentrism; The Glass Bead Gamer; Aleatoric; Teleological; Archetypes; Gendermodels; Logosvision; Science fiction; etik; androcentrism; glaspärlespelare; aleatorisk; teleologisk; arketyper; genusteori; logosvision; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on Peter Nilson’s (1937-1998) science fiction texts, and particularly on how narrative themes and structures in these texts are related to science as well as to the literary tradition of science fiction (SF). The primary texts are the novels Arken (The Ark, 1982), Äventyret (The Adventure, 1989), Rymdväktaren (The Space Guard, 1995), Nyaga (1996) as well as the short story “Kvinnan som ville ha barn med döden” (The Woman Who Wanted a Child With Death, 1987). LÄS MER

  4. 13. Choosing the best of both worlds : the double life of the great crested newt

    Författare :Daniel Gustafson; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : The great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) is dependent on two environments for its survival: the aquatic habitat necessary for breeding and development, and the terrestrial habitat required for post-breeding and juvenile activities. For a population to be able to survive in a landscape, both habitat types must be present within migration distance from each other. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Inte har dom gjort mej nåt : En studie av ungdomars attityder till invandrare och flyktingar i två mindre svenska lokalsamhällen

    Författare :Anders Lindström; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Young people; racism; discourse; thought figure; social and life-worlds; distance; the other; stranger; immigration; immigrants; refugees; Education; pedagogik;

    Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this dissertation was to analyse and compare the attitudes of young people who lived in two different local contexts towards foreigners and immigrants. In the main study 36 teenagers, 17 from Bruksort and 19 from Industriort, were interviewed. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Där berättelsen äger rum : Narration, perception och kognition i ett kombinerat text- och läsarperspektiv med exempel ur Eyvind Johnsons författarskap

    Författare :Ulf Pettersson; Lars Elleström; Bo G Jansson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Intermedialitet; kognitiv poetik; narratologi; Eyvind Johnson; spatialitet; läsare; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Comparative literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : I en narratologisk studie granskas spatialitet i skönlitterär prosatext. I texten undersöks några spatiala nivåer som kan länkas till extradiegetisk berättarinstans och "normal" perception kontra drömmar och visioner hos karaktärer inom diegesen. LÄS MER