Sökning: "Elysium"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade ordet Elysium.

  1. 1. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

    Master-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Författare :Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

    Sammanfattning : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Can Video Game's Invincible Protagonist Beat Capitalism? : A political genealogy through Cyberpunk 2077, Death Stranding, and Disco Elysium

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Författare :Leo Springfield; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Video Games; Capitalism; Capitalist Realism; Science Fiction; Marxism; Politics; Deconstructionism; Post-Humanism; Creativity; Nietzsche;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis is a meta-narrative discourse regarding the subversion in the representation of late capitalist realism. Through a post-humanist Marxist perspective, it connects three video game industry’s favorites with the ultimate question of capitalism: Cyberpunk 2077, Death Stranding, and Disco Elysium‪‬. LÄS MER

  4. 3. From Diversity to Inclusion. A qualitative Case Study of a Swedish Hospitality Organization

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Thi Ngoc Anh Nguyen; Marios Papagiannis; [2020]
    Nyckelord :‘Workforce Diversity’; ‘Diversity’; ‘Inclusion’; ‘Organizational diversity climate’; ‘Organizational Diversity Perspective’; ‘Effects of Workforce Diversity’; ‘Hospitality Industry’; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the distinction between diversity and inclusion in managing diversity, thereby elucidating the effects of workforce diversity in the organization. We drew upon the combination of two frameworks regarding diversity perspective and diversity climate to examine the reflections of diversity and inclusion in the organization. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Heroes We Never Are: Interpellation, Subjugation, and the Encoded Other in Fantasy CRPGs

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Författare :Hassen Taiari; [2020]
    Nyckelord :literary studies; electronic literature; fantasy; game studies; role-playing games; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the topic of interpellation and subjugation in fantasy computer role-playing games (CRPGs). Using an assemblage-based framework, I argue that CRPG players are hailed and manipulated by the interplay of several texts and dynamics—mainly prose, code, numerical values, rule sets, and mechanics. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Drömmen om Paradiset : en studie i paradiset då, nu och i framtiden

    L3-uppsats, SLU/Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management

    Författare :Sandra Lennartsson; [2008]
    Nyckelord :Paradis; Paradiset; Elysium; Arkadien; De lycksaligas ö; Eden; Edens lustgård; rekreation; landskapsbild; tillvaro;

    Sammanfattning : Tankar om ett paradis har funnit i tusentals år, men det har återkommit i olika skepnader och under olika namn. Även i dag skapar människan sig en bild av ett paradis och i detta arbete görs en jämförelse mellan dåtidens och nutidens paradisskildringar. LÄS MER