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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 208 uppsatser innehållade orden science fiction.

  1. 1. Artificiellt liv, kroppslighet och posthumanism i populärkultur

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Författare :Elise Jonsson; [2019-05-07]
    Nyckelord :automaton; posthumanism; robot; science fiction; feminism; genusvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : In this essay I will discuss posthumanism and how we become humans. Through analyzing two science fiction works, one movie and one short story, I will discuss what it means to be human and how the male liberal subject of humanism need to be broadened and opened up to allow for other subjects to exist. By comparing two female robots, one from E.T. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Age of Arrakis: State Apparatuses and Foucauldian Biopolitics in Frank Herbert's Dune

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Pontus Viberg; [2019]
    Nyckelord :power; ideology; biopower; religion; science fiction; Herbert Dune; America; colonialism; state apparatus;

    Sammanfattning : Frank Herbert’s Dune is generally recognized as the best-selling science fiction novel of all time. While it is commonly referred to as a novel of environmental characteristics, this essay investigates the depiction of society and how the power dynamics in this far future setting are presented. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Designing a Trustworthy Voice User Interface for Payments and Transactions- A study in user experience design

    Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Författare :Jessica Lundqvist; [2019]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Talking to computers originated as a science fiction element but is now becoming a reality with the developments of Intelligent Personal Assistants from big companies such as Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon.This thesis aims to investigate the design aspects to get users to feel trust in voice user interfaces with the use case of performing an invoice payment. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Från Shelley till Asimov : Medvetandets filosofis utveckling i science fiction

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria

    Författare :Daniel Johansson; [2019]
    Nyckelord :medvetandets filosofi; kropp och medvetande problemet; mary shelley; frankenstein; isaac asimov; i robot; the complete robot; the bicentennial man; 200-årsmannen; science fiction; sci-fi;

    Sammanfattning : Uppsatsen beskriver utveckling av medvetandets filosofi i science fiction mellan 1800-talet och mitten av 1900-talet. För analysen används Mary Shelleys Frankenstein och Isaac Asimovs the Bicentennial Man. Utvecklingen i science fiction går parallellt med utveckling inom filosofin. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Ultima Thule

    Master-uppsats, Konstfack/Grafisk design & illustration

    Författare :Marcus Ivarsson; [2019]
    Nyckelord :comics; graphic novel; science fiction; sci-fi; dystopia; utopia; eschatology; artificial intelligence; AI; post apocalypse; apocalypse; consumption; ecology; mythology; axis mundi; eden;

    Sammanfattning : The graduation work Ultima Thule made up by four parts, the first one is a science fiction world buliding made up of scripts, notes and sketches, the second one is a science fiction comic book in the edition of 200 with the name Everything in one place, this is the first part of the Ultima Thule-world. The third part is this report with text explaining the work process, and the third part was the participation in the Konstfack Spring Exhibition, this is also described in the report. LÄS MER