Sökning: "dark ecology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 24 uppsatser innehållade orden dark ecology.
1. Dark Ecology: Obscurities Illuminated
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This study investigates “dark ecology” – an ecological theory formulated by Timothy Morton, based on an object-oriented ontology and claimed to offer a new perspective on how humans can and should coexist with other “objects” in the world in a better, less hostile way. Dark ecology is a critique of both an anthropocentric and a biocentric worldview, aiming to erase the dichotomy between human/nature and subject/object. LÄS MER
2. Animal personality in ants : Does the red wood ant (Formica rufa) express personality traits?
Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskapSammanfattning : A recent theory within behavioural ecology suggests that some animal behaviour traits are consistent over time and over different contexts as part of an animals’ “personality”. Animal personality has generally been accepted within vertebrates, but the idea of invertebrates expressing personality has long been meet with scepticism. LÄS MER
3. The ecological impact of artificial light at night in landscape architecture : strategies and guidelines for street lights for the benefit of biodiversity and local wildlife
Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : Artificial light at night (ALAN) is an increasingly common form of light pollution that contributes to biodiversity loss, loss of dark habitats, disrupting populations both on an individual- and population level by invading biodiversity hot spots. Recent studies show that artificial light is increasing at a rate of approximately 6% annually over Earth’s surface, and 88% of Europe and 47% of the United States experience light pollution on a nightly basis. LÄS MER
4. Tentakelterror : En ekokritisk läsning av novellerna ”Furierna från Borås” och ”Tre veckor av lycka” från Anders Fagers Samlade svenska kulter.
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Sammanfattning : In the following thesis, I intend to examine nature and the nature-motive in two short-stories, “The furies from Borås” and “Three weeks of happiness”, by the Swedish horror author Anders Fager. The purpose of the study is therefore to primarily illustrate how the monstrous is portrayed from an ecocritical perspective. LÄS MER
5. Geväret och Landskapet : Ekokritiska och Postkoloniala spår i The Rifles Naturgestaltningar
Kandidat-uppsats, Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapSammanfattning : This essay examines the 1994, Vollmann novel The Rifles through a postcolonial ecocritical lens. It answers the following questions: How is nature and landscapes depicted in The Rifles? How is the relationship between humans and nature portrayed, and how does this relationship differ among the characters in The Rifles? How does The Rifles represent the human exploitation of nature and the Canadian indigenous population? This essay uses the postcolonial ecocritical theories of Graham Huggan and Helen Tiffin, especially their ideas of “neocolonialism” and “the tourist and the native”. LÄS MER
