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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 21 uppsatser innehållade orden David Foster.

1. 11. Grassroots niches transforming cities toward post-growth futures : A case study of the collaborative economy in Gothenburg, Sweden

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Författare :David Enarsson; [2019]
   Nyckelord :transformative capacity; urban grassroots niches; transformations; post-growth; commons; collaborative economy; sharing economy;

   Sammanfattning : Cities drive some of the most urgent sustainability challenges that societies face today, including inequality, resource consumption and climate change. Meanwhile, economic growth is increasingly being viewed as a challenge for sustainable development, generating a call for post-growth transformation. LÄS MER

3. 12. “There’s More to Life ThanSitting There SimplyInterfacing” : David Foster Wallace and his Reader in a Literature afterPostmodernism

   Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Författare :Andrea Minucci; [2018]
   Nyckelord :David; Foster; Wallace; Postmodernism; Literature; Infinite; Jest; Death of the Author; media studies; image-fiction; intermediality; transmediality; narrative; theory; narratology; heteroglossia; ekphrasis;

   Sammanfattning : David Foster Wallace felt that literature was at a historical crossroad, and thatpostmodernism had passed the point which it could still be considered a'revolutionary' cultural phenomenon. He felt that the capitalistic machinery of TVand advertisement had absorbed the postmodernist techniques of pastiche,deconstruction and rejection of a distinction between high and low culturalmodels, to a point where there was no longer a difference between reality and itsown representation. LÄS MER

4. 13. Revealing the Non-technical Side of Big Data Analytics : Evidence from Born analyticals and Big intelligent firms

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Feda Denadija; David Löfgren; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Big data analytics; decision making; big data; advanced analytics; social capabilities; evidence-based decision making; situational practise approach; Born analyticals; Big intelligent firms;

   Sammanfattning : This study aspired to gain a more a nuanced understanding of the emerging analytics technologies and the vital capabilities that ultimately drive evidence-based decision making. Big data technology is widely discussed by varying groups in society and believed to revolutionize corporate decision making. LÄS MER

5. 14. Lost in a Bureaucratic World A Thematic Study of Boredom in David Foster Wallace's The Pale King

   Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Författare :Julia Englund Örn; [2015-10-16]
   Nyckelord :David Foster Wallace; The Pale King; bureaucracy; melancholia;

   Sammanfattning : Abstract: In David Foster Wallace's novel The Pale King, two themes appear connected to each other. The first is that of boredom. LÄS MER

7. 15. Tekniska system för uppskattning av personantal och personers placering i byggnader

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

   Författare :Emma Ingmarsson; Ida Pettersson; [2015]
   Nyckelord :Occupancy; location of people; evacuation; ventilation system; carbon dioxide; Technology and Engineering;

   Sammanfattning : The aim was to identify technical systems potentially useful for estimating number of people and their location in buildings. Another aim was to investigate whether the information generated by the technical systems can have a positive effect on risk management. A number of technical systems were identified and evaluated. LÄS MER