Sökning: "Amos Strömberg"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Amos Strömberg.

1. 1. Transcending Power: Investigating the European Union as a Mouthpiece for Transhumanist Thought

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Författare :Amos Strömberg; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Foucauldian discourse analysis; transhumanism; the European Union; sociotechnical imaginaries; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This study arises from an existential concern that there is an obliviousness in academia with regards to the recent eruption of the transhumanist movement–an ideological force imbued with potentially calamitous socioecological consequences. With the support from recent claims that the transhumanist ideology exerts powerful influence on Western politics, this study seeks to investigate how the transhumanist ideology has become diluted into parts of the European Union and why this should be a concern from a human ecology lens. LÄS MER

3. 2. Horses vs. Machines: A Comparative Energy Analysis between Eighteenth Century- and Modern Copper Mining

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Författare :Amos Strömberg; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Copper mining; embodied energy; small-scale mining; degrowth; copper ore grade; Podolinsky’s principle; large-scale mining; 18th century mining; mining; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This study shows the positive benefits of early 18th century copper mining in terms of energy efficiency due to the utilization of animate power, pre-industrial machinery, biofuels and a small-scale of organization. Based on the concept of embodied energy, this study calculates the inputs in early 18th century Falun Coppermine in Sweden and compares it with present-day Chibuluma Coppermine in Zambia. LÄS MER