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761	Färger och förtroende i e-handel / Colour and trust in e-commerce Johansson, Starfighter January 2021 (has links) Färgerna på en webbsida har potential att direkt påverka användarens uppfattning om webbsidan, dess trovärdighet och känslan av förtroende. Användaresuppfattning om färg varierar starkt beroende på kontext och över tid. Syftet med detta examensarbetet är att undersöka på vilket sätt och varför vissa färgnyanser påverkar förtroendet hos besökare av webbplatser med inriktning mot e-handel och specifikt kring musik, och på så sätt bidra till en framtida färgrepertoar för webbdesigners. Detta undersöktes med hjälp av fyra färgmässigt varierade fiktiva webbsidor, ett mindre skattningssystem och semi-strukturerade kvalitativa intervjuer med sex personer mellan 30 och 45 år bosatta i Sverige. Det framkom att grön färg kunde förmedla önskad känsla på en webbsida avsedd för musikförsäljning och deltagarna beskrev det som en bra kompromiss mellan affärsmannamässighet och entusiasm. Detta understryker vikten av att ha en färgrepertoar som designer där färger väljs ut inte bara efter vad som ser bra ut tillsammans utan även är anpassat efter både kontext och målgrupp. / The colours of a web page have the potential to directly affect the user's perception of said page, its credibility and the sense of trust. Users' perceptions of colour vary greatly depending on the context and also over time. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate in what way and why certain colour hues affect the trust of visitors of websites with focus on e-commerce and specifically around music, and in this way contribute to a future colour repertoire for webdesigners.This was investigated with the help of four colour-varied fictional websites, a smaller rating system and semi-structured qualitative interviews with six people between the ages of 30 and 45 living in Sweden. It turned out that a green colour could convey the desired feeling on a website intended for music sales and the participants described it as a good compromise between business acumen and enthusiasm. This underlines the importance of having a colour repertoire as a designer where colours are selected not only according to what looks good together but also is adapted to both context and target group. Colour trust e-commerce trust credibility visual design user experience Färg förtroende e-handel tillit trovärdighet visuell design användarupplevelse Human Computer Interaction Information Systems Business Administration Företagsekonomi
762	Evaluation of cold storage potential and shelf-life of new 'hass' type avocado selections Machipyane, Pheladi Bridgette January 2017 (has links) Thesis (M.Sc. Agriculture (Horticultrure)) -- University of Limpopo, 2017 / The current South African ‘Hass’ type avocado cultivars are inadequate to enhance competitiveness, cultivar diversity and profitability. In an effort to ensure competitiveness and maintain sustainability, the Agricultural Research CouncilInstitute for Tropical and Subtropical Crops (ARC-ITSC) as one the South African Avocado Industry’s (SAAI) main stakeholder, has bred and selected new superior ‘Hass’ type avocado selections. However, the cold storage potential and associated physico-chemical ripening properties of these selections (‘Jalna’, ‘OA 184’ and ‘Balboa’) have not been documented. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of cold storage on internal and external physico-chemical ripening variables of the new ‘Hass’ type avocado selections. New ‘Hass’ type avocado fruit maturity was evaluated using moisture content, thereafter, harvested, sorted, graded and stored under two temperature regimes (2.0°C and 5.5°C) for 28 days to simulate export conditions. The experiment was a completely randomised factorial design with three treatment factors; temperature regimes (2.0°C and 5.5°C), days to ripening and ‘Hass’ type avocado selections fruit and control (commercial ‘Hass’) replicated three times. After withdrawal from cold storage, fruit were ripened at ambient temperature and evaluated for electrical conductivity, external chilling injury, fruit water loss, skin colour change, ripening percentage, firmness, respiration rate and seed:fruit weight ratio. Results indicated that treatment factors had no significant effect on moisture content (P=0.733) and chilling injury (P=0.776). Treatment factors had a significant effect on electrical conductivity (P=0.004), skin colour parameters; eye colour (P<0.001), hue angle (P<0.001), lightness (P=0.011) and chroma (P=0.042). Selection ‘Jalna’ fruit started changing colour whilst in storage (2.0°C and 5.5°C). Furthermore, ‘Hass’ type avocado selection fruit followed a declining pattern for lightness, chroma and hue angle in agreement with commercial ‘Hass’. Moreover, results indicated that treatment factors had a significant effect (P<0.001) on respiration rate, fruit firmness, ripening percentage and seed:fruit weight ratio. Selection ‘Jalna’ and ‘OA 184’ desynchronised mesocarp softening with exocarp due to genetically non-softening exocarp. Treatment factors had no significant effect (P=0.998) on fruit water loss during ripening. Selection ‘OA 184’ fruit showed export potential due to its good storage, ripening physico-chemical and shelf-life properties. Studies on cold sterilisation would add more value on generated scientific information, as such would enable the SAAI to gain access to high paying export markets. In addition, the selections should be planted and evaluated in other avocado producing region Days to ripening Electrical conductivity Firmness Fruit water loss Physico-chemical variables Respiration rate Ripening percentage Seed:fruit weight ratio Skin colour change Fruit -- Storage Fruit -- Ripening Avocado Cold storage
763	Sensor Olofsson, Petra January 2023 (has links) While architects think and work in a visual way, people who are visually impaired may pay more attention to other senses and are able to appreciate other spatial qualities. In my thesis project, I have explored architecture for the visually impaired. The idea is rooted in a frustration of that architecture is almost always valued visually. All other senses are mostly ignored - or at least never prioritised. What is architecture based on other senses than sight? If architecture is experienced by all senses - mustn’t architects involve all senses in their design process? In this project, the aim has been to create architecture that improves the visitors’ spatial perception by activating all senses as an experience and a source of information. sensor blind visually impaired design low vision contrast cataract severe cataract diabetes retinopathy acoustics sound orientation light dark colour architecture elderly inclusive inclusive design low vision simulation Architecture Arkitektur
764	Real-time surface grading of ceramic tiles López García, Fernando 06 May 2008 (has links) This thesis presents a case of study of the development and performance analysis of a surface grading application with real-time compliance. We address the issue of spatial and temporal uniformity in the acquisition system. In a surface grading application it is crucial to ensure the uniform response of the system through time and space. All the results presented for surface grading were obtained using real data from the ceramic tile industry. The VxC TSG database is public and can be accessed at www.disca.upv.es/vision/vxctsg. We present a method based on soft colour-texture descriptors computed in perceptually uniform colour spaces. The method is parameterized and the involved factors are studied using two statistical procedures; experimental design and logistic regression. Although it is not a new theoretical contribution, we have found and demonstrate that a simple set of global colour and texture statistics, together with well-known classifiers, are powerful enough to meet stringent factory requirements for real-time and performance. Also the method is compared with two other approaches from the scientific literature; Colour Histograms and Centile-LBP. Finally, we explore the method's capacity for on-line inspection in a study of real-time compliance and parallelization. / López García, F. (2005). Real-time surface grading of ceramic tiles [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/1909 Factors-selection Parallelization Surface-grading Colour Real-time Texture Illumination-systems Automatic-inspection Ceramic-tiles Logistic-regresion Perceptual Image-database Experimental-design 3304 - Tecnología de los ordenadores 3310 - Tecnología industrial
765	Stem cell factor/c-Kit signalling in normal and androgenetic alopecia hair follicles Randall, Valerie A., Jenner, Tracey J., Hibberts, Nigel A., De Oliveira, Isabel O., Vafaee, Tayyebeh January 2008 (has links) No / Androgens stimulate many hair follicles to alter hair colour and size via the hair growth cycle; in androgenetic alopecia tiny, pale hairs gradually replace large, pigmented ones. Since stem cell factor (SCF) is important in embryonic melanocyte migration and maintaining adult rodent pigmentation, we investigated SCF/c-Kit signalling in human hair follicles to determine whether this was altered in androgenetic alopecia. Quantitative immunohistochemistry detected three melanocyte-lineage markers and c-Kit in four focus areas: the epidermis, infundibulum, hair bulb (where pigment is formed) and mid-follicle outer root sheath (ORS). Colocalisation confirmed melanocyte c-Kit expression; cultured follicular melanocytes also exhibited c-Kit. Few ORS cells expressed differentiated melanocyte markers or c-Kit, but NKI/beteb antibody, which also recognises early melanocyte-lineage antigens, identified fourfold more cells, confirmed by colocalisation. Occasional similar bulbar cells were seen. Melanocyte distribution, concentration and c-Kit expression were unaltered in balding follicles. Androgenetic alopecia cultured dermal papilla cells secreted less SCF, measured by ELISA, than normal cells. This identifies three types of melanocyte-lineage cells in human follicles. The c-Kit expression by dendritic, pigmenting, bulbar melanocytes and rounded, differentiated, non-pigmenting ORS melanocytes implicate SCF in maintaining pigmentation and migration into regenerating hair bulbs. Less differentiated, c-Kit-independent cells in the mid-follicle ORS stem cell niche and occasionally in the bulb, presumably a local reserve for long scalp hair growth, implicate other factors in activating stem cells. Androgens appear to reduce alopecia hair colour by inhibiting dermal papilla SCF production, impeding bulbar melanocyte pigmentation. These results may facilitate new treatments for hair colour changes in hirsutism, alopecia or greying. Adult Alopecia Metabolism Androgens Pharmacology Cell lineage Cells Cultured Female Hair colour Hair follicle Cytology Humans Immunohistochemistry Male Melanins Melanocytes Chemistry Middle aged Proto-oncogene proteins c-kit Signal transduction Stem cell factor REF 2014
766	Licht und Farbe in der Forensik: Gestaltungskonzepte für die Förderung des Wohlbefindens der Patient:innen Schönherr, Pia 07 August 2024 (has links) Einige Aspekte der Gestaltung mit Licht und Farbe sind subjektiv, jedoch gibt es auch physikalische Auswirkungen auf den Körper. Im Bereich des Lichts spielen die Lichtart, -quelle und -temperatur eine entscheidende Rolle. Im Bereich der Farbe nehmen Farbton, Helligkeit und Sättigung, sowie die Farbtemperatur und ihre Verteilung im Raum Einfluss auf unsere Wahrnehmung. Dieser Forschungsartikel untersucht, durch welche Gestaltungskonzepte und Merkmale von Licht und Farben das Wohlbefinden von Patient:innen einer forensischen Psychiatrie verbessert werden kann. Auf der Suche nach einer Gestaltungsempfehlung wurden zunächst die wichtigsten Merkmale aus der Literatur herausgearbeitet um anschließend in einer Befragung thematisiert zu werden. In dieser wurden die drei Hauptaufenthaltsräume: Patientenzimmer, Therapieraum und Gemeinschaftsraum untersucht und visualisiert. Dabei gab es Parameter, bei denen sich die Meinungen der Befragten deckten. Beispielsweise der Wunsch nach großen Fenstern, sowie die Bedeutung, die natürliches Licht für den Körper hat. Jedoch gibt es auch Parameter, wie die Lichttemperatur und Farbe, bei denen es mehr Variationen in den Antworten gibt. Um diese verschiedenen Wünsche zu erfüllen, wurde der Vorschlag einer regulierbaren Lichtquelle angebracht. Besonders im Patientenzimmer erscheint dies als sinnvolle Maßnahme, da sich eine individuelle Farbwahl der Wände in einer solchen Einrichtung als problematisch darstellt. [... aus dem Text] info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/720 ddc:720
767	Funcionalización de textiles mediante encapsulación por electrohilatura Mínguez García, David 15 February 2024 (has links) Tesis por compendio / [ES] Esta memoria de tesis presenta una contribución al estudio de la funcionalización de sustratos textiles mediante la encapsulación de diferentes compuestos empleando la técnica del electrohilado. La variabilidad de la electrohilatura, tanto a nivel del equipo empleado como del propio proceso de electrohilado, permite la posibilidad de obtener morfologías y composiciones de nanofibras completamente distintas. En este trabajo se han abordado dos técnicas de preparación de la solución polimérica a emplear durante el proceso, los métodos de emulsión y dispersión. Ambas técnicas han posibilitado la adición de varios compuestos que han aportados nuevas características a nanofibras de PVA electrohiladas. Tras analizar los resultados obtenidos de las nanofibras extruidas a partir de la solución por emulsión, se ha demostrado la capacidad de encapsular aceites esenciales, tomillo y salvia, mediante electrohilatura. La caracterización realizada a los velos nanofibrosos demuestran la aparición de microcápsulas a lo largo de la sección longitudinal de las fibras debido a la encapsulación del aceite en su interior. Por otro lado, el método de dispersión ha sido evaluado mediante la adición de cúrcuma, compuesto no soluble en agua, a una solución de PVA. Los datos resultantes de las caracterizaciones han evidenciado la capacidad de la cúrcuma de actuar como sensor halocrómico aún estando encapsulada en el interior de las nanofibras electrohiladas. Al mismo tiempo, se ha examinado si esta capacidad halocrómica se mantiene cuando las nanofibras de PVA, que inicialmente son solubles en agua, se someten a un proceso de reticulación con ácido cítrico para su insolubilización. Los resultados han demostrado la continuidad del halocromismo, aunque difiere en la tonalidad del color resultante. Finalmente, se concluye con una comparativa por adición de materia colorante mediante los dos métodos explicados a una solución polimérica. Los velos nanofibrosos fabricados a partir de la solución dispersada presentaban una notable coloración en su superficie, mientras que las nanofibras producidas a partir de la solución por emulsión no presentaban color, lo cual vuelve a justificar la encapsulación del aceite coloreado en el interior de la nanofibra. / [CA] Aquesta memòria de tesi presenta una contribució a l'estudi de la funcionalització de substrats tèxtils mitjançant l'encapsulació de diferents compostos emprant la tècnica de l'electrofilat. La variabilitat de l'electrofilatura, tant a nivell de l'equip emprat com del procés d'electrofilat propi, permet la possibilitat d'obtenir morfologies i composicions de nanofibres completament diferents. En aquest treball s'han abordat dues tècniques de preparació de la solució polimèrica a emprar durant el procés, els mètodes d'emulsió i de dispersió. Ambdues tècniques han possibilitat l'addició de diversos compostos que han aportat noves característiques a nanofibres de PVA electrofilades. Després d'analitzar els resultats obtinguts de les nanofibres extruïdes a partir de la solució per emulsió, s'ha demostrat la capacitat d'encapsular olis essencials, farigola i sàlvia, mitjançant electrofil·latura. La caracterització realitzada a les estores nanofibroses demostren l'aparició de microcàpsules al llarg de la secció longitudinal de les fibres a causa de l'encapsulació de l'oli al seu interior. D'altra banda, el mètode de dispersió s'ha avaluat mitjançant l'addició de cúrcuma, compost no soluble en aigua, a una solució de PVA. Les dades resultants de les caracteritzacions han evidenciat la capacitat de la cúrcuma d'actuar com a sensor halocròmic encara estant encapsulada a l'interior de les nanofibres electrofilades. Alhora, s'ha examinat si aquesta capacitat halocròmica es manté quan les nanofibres de PVA, que inicialment són solubles en aigua, se sotmeten a un procés de reticulació amb àcid cítric per a la seua insolubilització. Els resultats han demostrat la continuïtat de l'halocromisme encara que difereix en la tonalitat del color resultant. Finalment, es conclou amb una comparativa per addició de matèria colorant mitjançant els dos mètodes explicats a una solució polimèrica. Els vels nanofibrosos fabricats a partir de la solució dispersada presentaven una notable coloració a la superfície, mentre que les nanofibres produïdes a partir de la solució per emulsió no presentaven color, la qual cosa torna a justificar l'encapsulació de l'oli acolorit a l'interior de la nanofibra. / [EN] This thesis report presents a contribution to the study of the functionalisation of textile substrates through the encapsulation of different compounds using the electrospinning technique. The variability of electrospinning, both at the level of the equipment used and of the electrospinning process itself, allows the possibility of obtaining completely different morphologies and compositions of nanofibres. In this work, two techniques for the preparation of the polymer solution to be used during the process have been addressed, the emulsion and dispersion methods. Both techniques have allowed the addition of several compounds that have provided new properties to electrospun PVA nanofibres. After analysing the results obtained from the nanofibres extruded from the emulsion solution, the ability to encapsulate essential oils, thyme and sage, by electrospinning was demonstrated. The characterisation of the nanofibrous mats shows the appearance of microcapsules along the longitudinal section of the fibres, due to the encapsulation of the oil inside them. On the other hand, the dispersion method was evaluated by adding turmeric, a non-water soluble compound, to a PVA solution. The data obtained from the characterisations have showed the ability of turmeric to act as a halochromic sensor even when encapsulated in the electrospun nanofibres. At the same time, it was investigaed whether this halochromic capacity is maintained when the PVA nanofibres, which are initially soluble in water, undergo a cross-linking process with citric acid to insolubilise them. The results have shown the continuity of the halochromism, although the resulting shade is different. Finally, we compare the addition of dyes to a polymer solution using the two methods described above. The nanofibrous veils produced from the dispersed solution showed a noticeable colouration on their surface, whereas the nanofibres produced from the emulsion solution were colourless, which again justifies the encapsulation of the coloured oil inside the nanofibre. / Mínguez García, D. (2024). Funcionalización de textiles mediante encapsulación por electrohilatura [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/202719 / Compendio Nanofibras Emulsión Dispersión Sensor Electrospinning Aceite esencial Essential oil Sage Thyme Salvia Turmeric Citric acid Cúrcuma Ácido cítrico Reticular Polyvinyl alcohol Alcohol de polivinilo Colour Fibre Color Fibra Nanofibers Crosslinked INGENIERIA TEXTIL Y PAPELERA
768	Human Pose and Action Recognition using Negative Space Analysis Janse Van Vuuren, Michaella 12 1900 (has links) This thesis proposes a novel approach to extracting pose information from image sequences. Current state of the art techniques focus exclusively on the image space occupied by the body for pose and action recognition. The method proposed here, however, focuses on the negative spaces: the areas surrounding the individual. This has resulted in the colour-coded negative space approach, an image preprocessing step that circumvents the need for complicated model fitting or template matching methods. The approach can be described as follows: negative spaces surrounding the human silhouette are extracted using horizontal and vertical scanning processes. These negative space areas are more numerous, and undergo more radical changes in shape than the single area occupied by the figure of the person performing an action. The colour-coded negative space representation is formed using the four binary images produced by the scanning processes. Features are then extracted from the colour-coded images. These are based on the percentage of area occupied by distinct coloured regions as well as the bounding box proportions. Pose clusters are identified using feedback from an independent action set. Subsequent images are classified using a simple Euclidean distance measure. An image sequence is thus temporally segmented into its corresponding pose representations. Action recognition simply becomes the detection of a temporally ordered sequence of poses that characterises the action. The method is purely vision-based, utilising monocular images with no need for body markers or special clothing. Two datasets were constructed using several actors performing different poses and actions. Some of these actions included actors waving their arms, sitting down or kicking a leg. These actions were recorded against a monochrome background to simplify the segmentation of the actors from the background. The actions were then recorded on DV cam and digitised into a data base. The silhouette images from these actions were isolated and placed in a frame or bounding box. The next step was to highlight the negative spaces using a directional scanning method. This scanning method colour-codes the negative spaces of each action. What became immediately apparent is that very distinctive colour patterns formed for different actions. To emphasise the action, different colours were allocated to negative spaces surrounding the image. For example, the space between the legs of an actor standing in a T - pose with legs apart would be allocated yellow, while the space below the arms were allocated different shades of green. The space surrounding the head would be different shades of purple. During an action when the actor moves one leg up in a kicking fashion, the yellow colour would increase. Inversely, when the actor closes his legs and puts them together, the yellow colour filling the negative space would decrease substantially. What also became apparent is that these coloured negative spaces are interdependent and that they influence each other during the course of an action. For example, when an actor lifts one of his legs, increasing the yellow-coded negative space, the green space between that leg and the arm decreases. This interrelationship between colours hold true for all poses and actions as presented in this thesis. In terms of pose recognition, it is significant that these colour coded negative spaces and the way the change during an action or a movement are substantial and instantly recognisable. Compare for example, looking at someone lifting an arm as opposed to seeing a vast negative space changing shape. In a controlled research environment, several actors were instructed to perform a number of different actions. After colour coding the negative spaces, it became apparent that every action can be recognised by a unique colour coded pattern. The challenge is to ascribe a numerical presentation, a mathematical quotation, to extract the essence of what is so visually apparent. The essence of pose recognition and it's measurability lies in the relationship between the colours in these negative spaces and how they impact on each other during a pose or an action. The simplest way of measuring this relationship is by calculating the percentage of each colour present during an action. These calculated percentages become the basis of pose and action recognition. By plotting these percentages on a graph confirms that the essence of these different actions and poses can in fact been captured and recognised. Despite variations in these traces caused by time differences, personal appearance and mannerisms, what emerged is a clear recognisable pattern that can be married to an action or different parts of an action. 7 Actors might lift their left leg, some slightly higher than others, some slower than others and these variations in terms of colour percentages would be recorded as a trace, but there would be very specific stages during the action where the traces would correspond, making the action recognisable.In conclusion, using negative space as a tool in human pose and tracking recognition presents an exiting research avenue because it is influenced less by variations such as difference in personal appearance and changes in the angle of observation. This approach is also simplistic and does not rely on complicated models and templates Image processing pattern recognition computer vision surveillance chroma-key silhouette preprocessing color coded colour-coded horizontal scanning vertical scanning RGB colour image bounding box multi-view multi view aerobics exercise feature extraction clustering over generalisation over fitting k-means SOM self organising map automatic partitioning pose labelling pose clusters pose classification correlation sequence feedback recognising actions visualization feature plots direct able directable character database animated sequences . QA75 NX QA76 TA T1 TK Q1
769	Subliminal priming : Manipulation till att välja en specifik kulör på plastpåse / Subliminal priming : Manipulation to choose a specific colour on a plastic bag Nordberg, Rickard January 2014 (has links) Primad information är lättare tillgängligt i minnet och kan således lättare bli igenkänt. Förutsättningar för priming är bland annat subliminal perception, mål, tillförlitlighet, icke vaksamt och icke vanemässigt. Studiens syfte är att få bredare förståelse gällande subliminal primings påverkan. Frågeställningen var om kunder i en affär kan manipuleras, primas, till att ta en specifik kulör på plastpåse vid kassan samt om det finns någon könsskillnad vid effekten av priming. Deltagarna var 490 kunder, varav 333 män. Två olika skyltar med olika kulörer placerades vid kassan. Det noterades om kunderna valde den primade kulören på plastpåse eller inte. Kontrollgruppen bestod av 117 personer och dessa fick inte se någon skylt. Resultatet visade en signifikant skillnad, deltagarna valde samma kulör på plastpåse som skylten. Inga könsskillnader påträffades. Forskning visar att primingeffekter kan motstridas genom att individen gör sig medveten av potentiell omedveten påverkan. / Primed information is more accessible in memory and can thus easily be recognized. Prerequisites for priming include subliminal perception, goals, reliability, non alert and non habitually. The study aims to gain broader understanding regarding subliminal primings influence. The purpose of this thesis was to see whether the customers in a store could be manipulated, primed, to take a specific colour on plastic bags at checkout and if there are any gender differences in the effect of priming. Participants were 490 customers, of whom 333 men. Two different signs with different colours were placed at the checkout. It was noted if customers chose the primed colour of the plastic bag or not. The results showed a significant difference, the participants chose the same colour on the plastic bag as the sign. No gender differences were found. Research shows that priming effects can be opposed if people make themselves aware of potential unconscious influences. priming subliminal elections bag color colour psychology nordberg Rickard mdh mälardalen Eskilstuna Västerås sps126 behavioral behavioral course hvv health care welfare essay c-essay advertisement gender decision making gender advertising perception marketing emotion technique Swedish law colors people individuals plastic bag popcorn Vicary manipulation specific business shop trend alcohol choice Choosing decision making behaviour priming subliminal val påse färg kulör psykologi nordberg rickard mdh mälardalen eskilstuna västerås sps126 beteendevetenskap beteendevetare kurs hvv hälsa vård välfärd uppsats c-uppsats colour advertisement gender decision making kön reklam perception marknadsföring emotion metod svensk lag färger människor individer plastpåse påse popcorn vicary manipulation specifik affär shop trend alkohol examen beteende
770	The phenomenon of displacement in contemporary society and its manifestation in contemporary visual art Willemse, Emma Wilhelmina 11 1900 (has links) As an alternative to existing research which states that the phenomenon of displacement resists theorisation because of its complex nature, this study conducts a Phenomenological examination of the nature of displacement in which the interlinked losses in the key concepts of the consciousness of the displaced, namely Memory, Land and home and Identity, are navigated. It is shown that the current consciousness of society mimics these losses with the effect of displacement being experienced as a state of mind by contemporary society. By comparing selected artworks of artists Rachel Whiteread and Cornelia Parker, it is established that although manifested in diverse ways, contemporary artworks reflect displacement according to a set of broadly defined visual signifiers. The visual documentation of a site of displacement in the North West Province of South Africa and subsequently produced artworks underline these findings and highlight the elusive attributes of loss inherent in the displacement phenomenon. / Art History, Visual Arts & Musicology / M.A. (Visual Arts) Contemporary art Cyanotype Environmental psychology Haptic visuality Identity Photography Trauma Development-induced displacement Art and society Blue (colour) Blueprints Displacement Eisenberg (Daniel) Found objects (art) Home Home - Psychological aspects Individuation Installation art Loss Memory Objects - meaning Parker (Cornelia) Phenomenology Place affiliation Space and time Stiegler (Bernard) Time Time and art Trauma Whiteread (Rachel) Williamson (Sue) 704.086 Displacement (Psychology) in art Art -- Philosophy

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