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571	Physical interaction with electronic instruments in devised performance Spowage, Neal January 2016 (has links) This thesis describes how I took part in a series of collaborations with dancers Danai Pappa and Katie Hall, musician George Williams and video artist Julie Kuzminska. To realise our collaborations, I built electronic sculptural instruments from junk using bricolage, the act of subversion, skip diving and appropriation. From an auto-ethnographic viewpoint, I explored how collaborations began, how relationships developed and how various levels of expertise across different disciplines were negotiated. I examined how the documentation of the performances related to, and could be realised as, video art in their own right. I investigated the themes of work, labour and effort that are used in the process of producing and documenting these works in order to better understand how to ‘create’. I analysed the gender dynamics that existed between my collaborators and myself, which led to the exploration of issues around interaction and intimacy, democratic roles and live art. The resulting works challenged gender stereotypes, the notion of what a musical instrument can be and how sound is produced through action/interaction. I found that reflective time was imperative; serendipity, constant awareness of one’s environment, community and intimate relationships greatly enhanced the success of the collaborations. Instruments became conduits and instigators with shifting implied genders based on their context or creative use. As well as sound being a product of movement, effort and interaction, I realised it was also an artefact of the instruments. 621.3815
572	IL BALLO DI COPPIA IN STRADA A MILANO: SOCIEVOLEZZA E APPARTENENZA NELL'INTIMITA' DELLO SPAZIO PUBBLICO / Partner dance in the street in Milan: sociability and belonging in the intimacy of public space CARDINALE, SARA 06 November 2017 (has links) Il ballo sociale di coppia è una forma di svago che è tornata ad essere praticata da giovani e adulti soprattutto dagli anni Novanta. Questa ricerca sociologica ha per oggetto gli eventi di ballo sociale di coppia che hanno luogo attualmente a Milano in spazi pubblici, soprattutto nel centro città, senza autorizzazioni formali e privi di finalità di lucro. L’ipotesi di base è che questi eventi, organizzati da gruppi di ballerini attraverso reti sociali online, siano parte di un fenomeno sociale unico. I tipi di ballo coinvolti sono il tango argentino, la mazurka francese neotrad, lo swing e i balli del sud Italia. Questo lavoro, attraverso l’osservazione partecipante in situazione e interviste in parte semistrutturate e in parte biografiche, mira ad individuare i significati specifici che distinguono tale pratica urbana dal ballo di coppia in luoghi istituzionali e quale sia il ruolo giocato dello spazio pubblico nel differenziare i due oggetti. Nell’analisi delle interviste, l’ambito di significato relativo alla socialità collettiva si è distinto rispetto agli altri per corposità e complessità, è stato perciò scelto come chiave interpretativa del fenomeno. Questa pratica si rivela, infine, una forma di socievolezza e un ambiente sociale in cui esperire un’intimità di gruppo generata da interazioni estemporanee tra conoscenti, e trova negli spazi pubblici della città il suo teatro di espressione privilegiato. / In Western culture, social partner dances have re-emerged as a leisure activity for young and adults since the 90’s. This sociological research concerns social partner dancing events taking place in public spaces in Milan nowadays, especially in the city centre. They are organized through online social networks by groups of dancers who occupy the public space without any formal license and any profit-mindedness; Argentinian tango, French mazurka, swing, and Southern Italian dances are the types of dances involved. The underlying assumption is that these street events are part of a unique social phenomenon. By means of an at home perspective to participant observation, semistructured, and in-depth interviews, this work aims, firstly, to find specific meanings to this practice by comparing it to partner dances performed in institutional places; and secondly, to identify the role of public space in this framework. The collective sociality dimension of meaning has been chosen as a key to interpretation, since it stood out for complexity and relevance. This urban practice turns out to be a kind of simmelian sociability and an environment to experience a group intimacy produced by extemporary interactions of acquaintances; of which urban public spaces, furthermore, prove to be a perfect theatre to its full expression.
573	Negotiating sexuality in Grahamstown East: young black women's experiences of relationships in the context of HIV risk / Negotiating sexuality in Grahamstown East: black women's experiences of relationships in the context of HIV risks Clüver, Frances Rose Mannix January 2010 (has links) Adolescent sexual health has been identified as a significant health and development problem facing South Africa. Limited amounts of research on sexual interactions have been undertaken, with information on adolescents’ romantic relationships being particularly scarce. Qualitative research needs to foster an understanding of the dynamics of sexual interactions in specific settings, and with emphasis in the past on cognitive health psychology models, very little is thus known about how adolescents negotiate and make sense of their sexual experiences. This highlights the need to investigate the complexities of human sexuality in a contextual manner. In response, this study explores the lived experiences of four young black women as they negotiate their agency and sexuality in a local context. By way of in-depth qualitative interviews, which were analysed for recurrent themes using interpretative phenomenological analysis, this project examines the participants’ experiences regarding sex, relationships, communication, sexual health care, as well as HIV and pregnancy prevention. The results reveal that communication about sexuality in the participants’ homes was limited if not absent altogether. When seeking sexual health care, they found clinic nurses to be judgemental and rude. Regarding sexuality and HIV education, the participants stressed the need for outside educators to teach in more practical ways to increase efficacy. In their dating relationships, most participants revealed their boyfriends had a great deal of influence over their sexual initiation. Unwanted pregnancy surfaced as a greater fear than HIV in their accounts due to pressure to finish their education and attain well-paying jobs in the future. The participants felt unable to stop their boyfriends’ infidelity and had limited agency when facing sexual demands. Their accounts revealed that they negotiate their agency in an atmosphere of coercion and the threat of rape. However, areas of agency included their consistent condom use even when facing pressure to have unprotected sex, and their active accessing of sexual health services for hormonal contraception. These insights serve to better inform sexual and reproductive health education and intervention programmes for young women. Moreover, educators, researchers and programme developers alike may gain useful insights from the personalised accounts derived from this study. Intimacy -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Sex -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Phenomenological psychology
574	Divine Narcissism: Raising a Secure Middle-Aged Adult Riverwood, Rachel Sachs 27 August 2021 (has links) No description available. Counseling Psychology Families and Family Life Individual and Family Studies Personal Relationships Psychotherapy Social Psychology Spirituality Therapy Womens Studies Aging Gender Studies Autoethnography Arts Based Research Attachment Childfree Emotionally Focused Therapy Ethical Non-Monogamy Feminism Identity Middle-age Objectification Theory Polyamory Sexual Intimacy Spirituality Trauma
575	Vitalita v architektonickém prostředí / Vitality in the architectonic environment Eyer, David January 2017 (has links) More and more research studies are being conducted on the quality of architectural space as a factor affecting our mental, social and physical health. In the past, this topic was often overlooked in its complexity. The establishment of the specialized fields of building biology, biophilic architecture and the works of Christopher Alexander and Nikos Salingaros now allow us to consider various facets of this subject. This dissertation aims to analyse the topic of vitality in architectural space by studying the abilities and perceptions of its users. Therefore its aim is not to develop a new theory of “vitality-enhancing architectural space”, but to describe how this phenomenon is perceived by the users themselves. Users can provide feedback on which features of architectural space they see as the most important for the feeling of vitality. These features have been hierarchically organized based on their perceived importance, analysed and described in detail to allow their relatively easy application in practice. This dissertation will also allow a comparison with other existing works on the studied topic.
576	RISK, RESPECT & UNSPEAKABLE ACTS : Untangling Intimate-Sexual Consent through 'Intuitive Inquiry' & 'Agential Realism' / RISK, RESPEKT & OBESKRIVLIGA HANDLINGAR : 'Untangling' intimt-sexuellt samtycke genom 'Intuitive Inquiry' & 'Agential Realism' Storm, Frida January 2021 (has links) In an attempt to address the issues in research and theory on consent, this thesis explores what consent can be seen as "doing" through an 'Intuitive Inquiry' (Anderson 2011a) and 'Agential Realism' (Barad 2007). Various manifestations of consent appears through: the experience of the researcher, consent research and theory, consent legislation, interviews with professionals in intimate-sexual consent, and, feminist fanzines. Consent evokes issues around agency, power, communication, respect, violence, risk, morals and ethics that go beyond sexual-intimate negotiation. Consent emerges as multiple, complex and fluid in 'intra-action' (ibid.) with the context. Entanglements and paradoxes of consent are further explored in 'diffractive analysis' (ibid.) through "bodily autonomy" and"rights/obligations". As a phenomenon, consent appears to make agency and power intelligible (to different degrees), but, can not be said to provide a viable strategy against sexual violence. The tenets of consent discourse risk (re)producing anxieties around intimacy and sex, responsibilizing survivors and obfuscating sexual violence. Further and improved research on communication in everyday sexual negotiation, sexual violence, consent legislation and what consent "does" is urgently needed.Through creative method and new epistemology the thesis (re)presents a knowledge process true to lived experience, as well as, an invitation to pull the terrible wonderful world, it's complexities, and us in it, closer. / I ett försök att ta itu med problem inom forskning och teori om 'consent' undersöker denna avhandling vad samtycke kan ses som ”göra” genom 'Intuitiv Inquiry' (Anderson 2011a) och'Agential Realism' (Barad 2007). Olika manifestationer av 'consent' framträder genom: forskarens erfarenheter, samtyckes-forskning och teori, samtyckelagstiftning, intervjuer med professionella inom samtycke, och, feministiska fanzines. Samtycke väcker frågor kring agens, makt, kommunikation, respekt, våld, risk, moral och etik som går bortom sexuella-intima förhandlingar. Samtycke framträder som multipelt, komplext och rörligt i 'intra-action' (ibid.) med kontexten. 'Entanglements' och paradoxer inom samtycke undersöks vidare i 'diffraktiv analys' (ibid.) genom "kroppslig autonomi" och"rättigheter/skyldigheter". Som ett fenomen gör samtycke agens och makt möjlig att tänka (iolika grad), men kan inte sägas bidra med en hållbar strategi mot sexuellt våld. Grundsatserna i samtyckesdiskursen riskerar att (re)producera ängsla kring intima-sexuella situationer, responsibilisera offer och dölja sexuellt våld. Ytterligare och förbättrad forskning är i akut behov kring kommunikation i vardagliga sexuella förhandlingar, sexuellt våld, samtyckeslagstiftning och vad samtycke "gör". Genom kreativ metod och ny epistemologi (re)presenterar avhandlingen en kunskapsprocesssom är trogen till levd verklighet, samt en inbjudan att närma sig, den fruktansvärda underbara världen, dess komplexitet, och oss inom den. Doing Consent Communication Intuition Somatics Intimacy Sex Sexual Violence Negotiation Coercion Rape Legislation Feminism Neoliberal Queer Fanzine BDSM Dance Performance Sex Work Responsibilization Accountability Diffraction Entanglement Autonomy Agency Power Trauma. Görande samtycke consent kommunikation intuition somatik intimitet sex sexuellt våld förhandling tvång våldtäkt lagstiftning feminism nyliberalism queer fanzine BDSM dans uppträdande sexarbete responsibilisering ansvar diffraction entanglement autonomi agens makt trauma. Gender Studies Genusstudier
577	Exploring sexual exclusivity among individual members of same-sex, male couples in long-term relationships Campbell, Bryan R. 02 1900 (has links) Bibliography: leaves 235-261 / Queer studies have not adequately considered gay men seeking sexual exclusivity within longterm relationships. In contrast, the emphasis has been on understanding evolving queer norms. Homonormativity has been informing sexual permissiveness. In accordance, and contrasting gay men seeking sexual exclusivity, gay, male couples tended to use relationship agreements to stipulate guidelines for extradyadic sex. This study was inspired by my inability—as a counsellor of gay men seeking sexual exclusivity—to provide them with credible insights to better understand their goals. Representing an initial step in generating practical knowledge, it was anticipated that my counselling clients could benefit from an exploration of lived experiences rather than having to rely on theoretical inferences and opinions. “How” and “why” participants maintained sexual exclusivity were the main targets of discovery. Eleven gay, Canadian men aged thirty-three and older, in relationships of five years or longer, participated in semistructured interviews in-person or via video chat. Using Kleiman’s (2004) protocol for phenomenological analysis, common units of meaning were coded, from interview responses, so that distinct subthemes, contributing to six themes, were identified. These findings included content concerning “seeking positive affects,” “avoiding negative affects,” “factors supporting sexual exclusivity,” “threats to sexual exclusivity,” “rigidity in beliefs,” and “decision-making toward sexual exclusivity.” The first two themes integrated innately to form a meta-theme, “emotional optimization.” An essential insight into how participants maintained sexual exclusivity was their awareness of, and restraint in using, sexually tantalizing, visual stimuli, which was the primary risk to sexual exclusivity. Suggestions for gay men desiring sexual exclusivity included discontinued utility of pornography and cybersex. Varied implications for prospective research, clinical practice and support groups were delineated. / Psychology / D. Phil. (Psychology) Gay Sexual exclusivity Monogamy Long-term relationship Extradyadic sex Relationship agreement Phenomenological research method Existentialism Homonormativity 306.7660971 Monogamous relationships -- Canada Gay couples -- Canada -- Psychology Gay couples -- Sexual behavior -- Canada Gay couples -- Canada -- Attitudes Gay men -- Canada -- Psychology Intimacy (Psychology) Commitment (Psychology) Relationship quality
578	Attachment Avoidance and Depressive Symptoms: A Test of Moderation by Cognitive Abilities Shea, Amanda Marie 04 September 2014 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The substantial interpersonal and economic costs of depression make it imperative to better understand the predictors and moderators of depressive symptoms. The ability to use social support protects people from depressive symptoms, but individuals high in attachment avoidance tend not to use others as sources of support. Research has found that attachment avoidance is related to depressive symptoms in some samples but not in others (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007; Shea, 2011). Thus, there appear to be factors that moderate the relationship between attachment avoidance and depressive symptoms. The present study examined if cognitive abilities that facilitate effective emotion regulation strategies moderate the relationship between attachment avoidance and depressive symptoms. Using a sample of college students, attachment avoidance, cognitive abilities, depressive symptoms, and other indices of psychological distress and well-being were measured and examined for evidence of moderation via hierarchical linear regression. The hypothesis that cognitive abilities moderate the relationship between attachment avoidance and depressive symptoms was not supported (ΔR2 = 0.02, p = .68). Factors contributing to the null findings are discussed and conceptual and methodological suggestions are offered for future research. attachment avoidance depression cognitive abilities Attachment behavior -- Research Depression, Mental -- Research Dependency (Psychology) Interpersonal relations -- Research Cognition -- Testing Intimacy (Psychology) Psychology, Applied -- Methodology Social psychology -- Research Anxiety disorders Emotions Social perception Regression analysis
579	Acceptance or denial : interracial couples’ experiences in public spaces Bell, Lisa Jo 22 November 2015 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Interracial Public Spaces Black/White Qualitaitve Interracial dating -- Research Public spaces -- Race relations Perception -- Race relations Relationship quality -- Race relations Intimacy (Psychology) -- Race relations
580	Marital Satisfaction of Couples in Heterosexual Relationships Where There Are Differences in Spirituality Anaeche, Collins Ifeanyichukwu January 2020 (has links) No description available. Psychology Psychotherapy Behavioral Psychology Behavioral Sciences Clinical Psychology Counseling Psychology Families and Family Life Individual and Family Studies Mental Health Pastoral Counseling Personal Relationships Social Work Spirituality Religion Therapy marital satisfaction marital dissatisfaction couples heterosexual relationships differences spirituality religion religiosity multidimensional systems treatment emotional intimacy interpretative phenomenological analysis IPA

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