En negativ kroppsuppfattning är vanligare hos kvinnor inom estetiska sporter jämfört med den resterande populationen. Kroppsmissnöje kan leda till ohälsosamma beteenden likt en överdriven träning och ohälsosamma matvanor. Syftet med studien var att studera Bikini Fitness-atleters upplevelser av kroppsuppfattning kopplat till sporten. Studien baserades på Lox et al. (2014) föreslagna modell över faktorer som kan påverka, förklara och förklaras av kroppsuppfattning, bestående av komponenterna interpersonella erfarenheter, psykologiska faktorer, beteende, fysiska egenskaper, sociokulturella influenser och fysiska förändringar. Åtta kvinnliga Bikini Fitness-atleter deltog i studien, varav alla var mellan 21-34 år gamla (M=23.9, SD=4.01). Alla deltagarna hade genomfört en tävlingssatsning det senaste året. En semistrukturerad intervjuguide användes. Resultatet visade att deltagarna hade upplevelser som kunde kopplas till både en positiv och negativ kroppsuppfattning. Komponenterna psykologiska faktorer, beteende, sociokulturella faktorer och fysiska förändringar kunde innan en tävling kopplas till erfarenheter som tyder på en positiv kroppsuppfattning men efter tävlingen kopplas till upplevelser relaterat till en negativ kroppsuppfattning. Trots att både positiva och negativa erfarenheter inrapporterades tydde resultatet på att deltagarna främst upplevde en negativ kroppsuppfattning relaterat till sporten. / A negative body image is more common among women in aesthetic sports compared to the general population. Body dissatisfaction may lead to unhealthy behaviors such as excessive exercise and disturbed food habits. The purpose of the study was to examine Bikini Fitness-athletes experience of body image associated with the sport and competition. The study was based on Lox et al. (2014) proposed model of factors which can affect, explain and be explained by body image, consisting of the components interpersonal experiences, psychological factors, behavior, physical characteristics, sociocultural influences and physical changes. Eight female Bikini Fitness-athletes participated in the study, of which all participants were between 21-34 years of age (M = 23.9, SD = 4.01). All participants had completed a competition in the past year. A semi-structured interview guide was used. The results showed that the participants had experiences that could be linked to both a positive and negative body image. The components psychological factors, behavior, sociocultural factors and physical changes could before a competition be linked to experiences that indicate a positive body image but after the competition be linked to experiences related to negative body perception. Despite both positive and negative experiences reported, the results indicated that the participants mainly experienced a negative body image associated with the sport.

This thesis explores Ralston Crawford’s canvases painted after witnessing the events of Operation Crossroads at the Bikini Atoll in 1946. Commissioned by Fortune, the artist provides the viewer with a unique and captivating view of the destruction wrought by atomic weaponry. Through a careful look at Crawford’s relationship with Fortune, Edith Halpert’s Downtown Gallery, and Crawford’s artistic contemporaries, this thesis positions the paintings within the art historical and cultural context of the mid-twentieth century and asserts their importance to the history of the Atomic Age. The thesis traces Crawford’s artistic development and his use of an Americanized Cubist language. In addition, the thesis looks closely at the rich cultural fabric of the postwar era and evaluates Crawford’s position in the American Art scene. / text

En negativ kroppsuppfattning är vanligare bland kvinnliga atleter inom sporter som kräver låg kroppsvikt och/eller kroppsfettprocent än övriga populationen (Goldfield, 2009; Kong & Harris, 2015). Kroppsmissnöje kan leda till ohälsosamma beteenden som överdriven träning, störda ätbeteenden eller dietbeteenden för att förändra kroppen samt undvikande beteenden (Grogan, 2006).Syftet med den befintliga studien var att undersöka Bikini Fitness-atleters erfarenheter och upplevelser av kroppsuppfattning kopplat till sporten och tävling. Sammanlagt deltog sex kvinnliga Bikini Fitness-atleter från södra Sverige i åldrarna 23–27 år (M=25, SD=1,29), som samtliga intervjuades individuellt i cirka 60 minuter. I studien av kvalitativ design analyserades den insamlade data genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys utifrån riktlinjer av Lundman och Hällgren-Graneheim (2012). Resultatet visade att det fanns erfarenheter av kroppsmissnöje relaterat till Bikini Fitness, då deltagarna rapporterade upplevelser som kan relateras till positiv men också negativ kroppsuppfattning. Detta stämde överens med tidigare forskning som konstaterat kroppsmissnöje bland atleter inom kroppsbyggnadssporten (Chaba, D’Arripe-Longueville, Scoffier-Mériaux & Lentillon-Kaestner, 2018).Den aktuella studien kan eventuellt bidra med meningsfull kunskap gällande Bikini Fitness-atleters upplevelser av kroppsuppfattning relaterat till sporten och tävling samt bidra till en djupare förståelse för Bikini Fitness som disciplin, hur deltagare i sporten upplever de olika momenten och perioderna samt när de behöver extra socialt stöd. / A negative body image is more common among female athletes in leanness-sports compared to the general population (Goldfield, 2009; Kong & Harris, 2015). Body dissatisfaction can lead to unhealthy behaviors like excessive exercise, disordered eating or dieting to change the body and avoidance (Grogan, 2006).The aim of the current study was to examine Bikini Fitness athlete’s experience of body image associated with the sport and competition. Totally six female Bikini Fitness athletes of age 23-27 (M=25, SD=1,29) from southern Sweden participated in an individual interview of approximately 60 minutes. In the qualitative study, the data was analysed in a qualitative content analysis by guidelines of Lundman and Hällgren-Graneheim (2012). The result showed that the athletes experienced body dissatisfaction related to Bikini Fitness and reported experiences related to both a positive and a negative body image. Moreover, the result was in line with previous research that discovered body dissatisfaction among athletes in the physique sport(Chaba et al., 2018). The current study may contribute with meaningful knowledge regarding Bikini Fitness-athlete’s experiences of body image related to the sport and competition. Also, to create a deeper understanding of Bikini Fitness as a discipline and how the different elements and periods is experienced by the athletes in the sport and when they need extra social support.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Classics, 1989? / Vol. 2. consists of 64 leaves of mounted photographs. Plate 1 is Plan of I 11, 6-7, by Barry Rowney of Dept. of Architecture, University of Adelaide. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 276-291).

Vol. 2. consists of 64 leaves of mounted photographs / Plate 1 is Plan of I 11, 6-7, by Barry Rowney of Dept. of Architecture, University of Adelaide / Bibliography: leaves 276-291 / 2 v. (291 leaves, [64] leaves of plates) : ill., plan ; 31 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Classics, 1989?

In this thesis, I explore and analyse narratives around toxic and scarred landscapes. The aim of the thesis is to understand human views and experiences of anthropogenic environments through narratives of contamination and toxicity. Some concepts used throughout the thesis are landscape, heritage, ghost, and trauma. The research is situated in the transdisciplinary field of environmental history and utilises multidisciplinary academic research, art works, and several different media outlets as sources of data. Many brief examples of toxic sites are given along the way to demonstrate discussed themes in practice, but two specific landscapes are explored in detail. These are Bikini Atoll in Marshall Islands, an island remaining radioactive to date due to Cold War era weapon testing, and the town of Teckomatorp in Sweden, a remediated site of a chemical industry scandal. Furthermore, an academic environmental justice project Toxic Bios (KTH, Stockholm) is analysed as a medium of narrative creation and several visual artists’ works are brought up alongside news articles and cinematography. This thesis is an exploratory journey and it aspires to contribute to bridging academic disciplines as well as encouraging expression of individual stories and subjective viewpoints in narrations of scarred landscapes. Findings of the thesis link to previous research on landscapes as experienced and temporal – toxic landscapes are narrated constantly through many perceptions, storylines, and branches of research. Some reoccurring themes are sickness, environmental justice, tensions between local and global levels of narration, fascinating but controversial depictions of toxicity’s aesthetics and individual experiences of dramatic pasts in non-dramatic present. Individual stories, counter-hegemonic narratives, and transdisciplinary practices are needed in order to create deeper understanding of living in the Anthropocene.

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There are currently several potential threats to the long-term habitability of many atolls and islands in the Pacific Islands region, with environmental change appearing the most serious. Minimal attention has been given to the possibility that migrants forced from uninhabitable islands will require resettlement en masse, and assessing past resettlements is crucial to planning for what the future my hold. Population resettlement is not a new phenomenon in the Pacific Islands region, yet recently it has been neglected by academics. This study builds on past work by Bedford and assesses the current literature in the fields of population resettlement and forced migration, finding that the situation threatening the Pacific Islands is not adequately addressed by any of the planning or analytical tools available. A model based predominantly on the work of Cernea and Muggah was developed by the author to account for this theoretical shortcoming. The model is used to assess the past cases of resettlement from Banaba and Bikini Atoll, identifying variables which influence the success of resettlement. Conclusions are drawn from the case studies and recommendations for how to avoid negative outcomes in future resettlements are made. This study advances the current literature, provides an in-depth analysis of pressing yet hitherto avoided issues, and can inform both foreign and domestic policy planning in not just Pacific Island states, but receiver states and other potentially effected islands or atolls regardless of region.

[pt] Esta pesquisa parte do princípio que corpo e moda sempre dialogaram no sentido em que um modela o outro. O corpo humano é mutável se modela e remodela de acordo com os códigos sutis de cada cultura e época. É um corpo da subjetividade, fluído, biológico e social. No Brasil a forte cultura de praia e a hipervalorização do corpo possuem ligação com o design de biquíni através dos tempos. Nesta dissertação propomos entender como ocorrem as relações entre o design de biquíni e o corpo, em especial, o corpo remodelado através de esportes, nutrição e cirurgias plásticas em um contexto atual da cultura de praia do Rio de Janeiro. Foram feitas pesquisas exploratórias e pesquisas de campo com designers de moda-praia, cirurgiões plásticos, vendedoras e usuárias de biquíni. A pluralidade sociocultural e corporal permitiu uma visão mais complexa sobre o objeto de pesquisa, chegou-se a diversas relações entre corpo e design de biquíni: relações de influência, dependência e interdependência. O Brasil é referência na moda-praia, contudo há escassez de pesquisa na área tornando assim esta pesquisa oportuna para a área de Design e para a indústria de moda. / [en] This research assumes that body and fashion always conversed in the sense that one shapes the other. The human body is changing and remodeling, is modeled according to the subtle codes of every culture and time. It is a body of subjectivity, fluid, biological and social. In Brazil the strong beach culture and the overvaluation of the body have link with the bikini design through the ages. In this thesis we propose occur to understand how relationships between design of bikini and the body, in particular the body redesigned through sports, nutrition and plastic surgery in the current context of the beach culture of Rio de Janeiro. Exploratory research and field research with beach fashion designers, plastic surgeons, sellers and users of bikini have been made. The sociocultural plurality and body has enabled a more complex view of the object of research, we have reached several relationships between body and bikini design: relations of influence, dependence and interdependence. Brazil is reference in beach fashion, however is no dearth of research in the area thus making this timely research in the area of design and the fashion industry.

[pt] Esta tese tem como tema a relação entre o ensino e a indústria de moda, no Brasil. Parte do pressuposto que existe uma distância entre eles impactando o setor da moda brasileira como um todo. O trabalho se apresenta como um desdobramento da dissertação de mestrado cujo enfoque se dava sobre a moda praia no contexto das relações entre design e corpo, na cultura de praia carioca. Na tese, o recorte no segmento de moda praia é mantido, mas o estudo se volta para o âmbito do ensino de moda. A moda praia é considerada um exemplo de sucesso da indústria nacional, por seu diferencial em termos de qualidade e design atrelados à cultura local. Verificou-se, entretanto, que o conhecimento relacionado à moda praia brasileira, embora ela seja reconhecida internacionalmente como referência, se encontra fragmentado e disperso. Há dificuldade na busca por profissionais bem preparados para este segmento, evidenciando a distância entre a sala de aula e o chão de fábrica. Uma distância que tem impactado o fortalecimento da percepção de valor conquistada nas últimas décadas em diversos aspectos para o setor da moda brasileira. Para entender como ocorrem as articulações entre o ensino e a indústria, buscou-se ouvir os atores envolvidos - representantes da indústria, do ensino de moda, designers, estudantes e empresários – a fim de propor, a partir da pesquisa de campo e de experimentos, recomendações para a elaboração de iniciativas estratégicas, utilizando processos de design, que aproximem a indústria e o ensino, impulsionando o setor e consequentemente o mercado de trabalho. / [en] This thesis aims to deepen understanding about the relationship between teaching and the fashion industry in Brazil. It begins with the assumption that it does exist a gap in between both that consequently impact negatively in the whole sector. This theses presents itself as a deployment of a master degree dissertation, in which the focus was on the beach fashion in the context of the relations between design and body, in the Carioca beach culture. The standards of beachwear design is maintained, but the study turns to the scope of fashion learning processes. The beachwear segment is considered a successful case study for the national industry mainly for its innovation in design, quality blended with the local beach culture. Even though it is rooted as a strong reference both nationally and internationally, it has been found that the knowledge and intelectual content it is still well fragmented. There are several issues finding skilled professionals, showcasing the distance still to be narrowed between the classroom and to become hands-on in the factory floor and production. This gap has not contributed to the strength of the added value perception that the segment acquired in the last decades. In order to understand how the articulations between teaching and industry occur, we sought to listen to the actors involved: representatives of industry, fashion teachers, designers, students and entrepreneurs. The goal is to propose field researches and experiments, recommendations to prepare strategy initiatives utilizing design processes that could have real impact to shorten the relations of the learning centers and the market, creating incentives to accelerate the sector and ultimately contributing to the skilled job market.