Browsing University of Galway Theses by Subject "Phenomenology"
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Being played
(2015-09)This thesis is an examination of kinaesthetic play from the lived experience of the player. The aim of this work is to show that the value of play runs much deeper than its applications and that play should be understood ... -
Exploring the views and experiences of teenage parents as service users of universal child and family health care services
(2015-07-16)Abstract This study explores the views and experiences of teenage parents as service users of universal child and family health care services. The focus of this study was to reveal lived experience from the emic ... -
Expression and silence: the language of phenomenology in Wittgenstein and Heidegger
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-31)This thesis is a comparative study of Wittgenstein and Heidegger in relation to their engagement with the problem of phenomenological expression. My central argument is that by reading Wittgenstein in this way, we can begin ... -
‘Here. Now. Ours’: interrogating the use of situated Augmented Reality electronic-literature to increase awareness of a city’s green, public spaces
(NUI Galway, 2022-02-02)The aim of this practice-based research is to investigate the use of situated Augmented Reality electronic literature (eLit) as a new way of increasing awareness of a city’s green spaces in its citizens. Its hypothesis is ... -
Mindfulness and painting: the relevance of Dufrenne
(2016-05-27)This thesis examines the relationship between painting and mindfulness, including the notion of painting as a mindfulness based intervention. This premise is explored with reference to the aesthetics of Mikel Dufrenne. ... -
Narrare il corpo: Fenomenologia, autobiografia e strategie narrative in Nel condominio di carne di Valerio Magrelli
(2017-06-12)This thesis provides an in-depth investigation of Valerio Magrelli’s first book of fiction. In Nel condominio di carne Magrelli carries out a gnoseological operation centred on the interplay between body and mind. As a ... -
Translating translation: following Benjamin
(2013-09-19)There is more to language than communication and more to translation than transferral of what is communicated between languages. A translation theory that is rooted in a preconception as to the 'why' of translation sees ...