219 research outputs found
The use of features specifik to the novella in Helle Helles Rester and Biler og Dyr
No full textThe aim of this thesis is to investigate the way in which the novellas in Rester and Biler og Dyr, by the Danish author Helle Helle, uses the typical features of the novella. This is done in order to get an impression of the way in which one can say, that they comply with these typical features and the way in which one can say that they exeed them.Through this investigation an attempt is made to place the texts within the genre field of the different short texts that resemble the novellas. These are kortprosa (short prose), short story and noveller (novellas).This investigation is based on theory about short prose by Max Ipsen in his book Kortprosa 1990-2003 and theory about the novellas by Annemette Hejlsted in her book Novellen – teori og analyse.<br/
Invoking ‘Empathy for the Planet’ through Participatory Ecological Storytelling: From Human-Centered to Planet-Centered Design
No full textIn sustainable design and innovation, appreciation of the Planet as an equal stakeholder with humans and businesses continues to rise. Yet a consistent challenge arises in that people have difficulties relating to the nonhuman and interpret the world in terms of human values and experiences. We need more practical tools to stimulate a connection, especially in its affective dimension, to the Planet and to include nonhuman stakeholders in sustainability developments. To anchor Planetary understanding and considerations, we investigate the role of participatory storytelling to stimulate a reappraisal of the needs of nonhuman stakeholders through empathy building. To posit this, we defined empathy for the Planet as a holistic relationship with human and nonhuman stakeholders. We facilitated workshops where design students, design professionals, and business stakeholders could co-create environmental stories using human and nonhuman character personas. We analyzed the personas, stories, and participants’ feedback on the process experience and impact and observed that story creators experienced empathy for the Planet through projecting and blending their own emotions and intents onto the characters. We discuss, therefore, how ecological story co-creation can be a tool for self-reflection, collective sense-making, and the inclusion of the voice of Planetary stakeholders relevant for sustainable design and to drive sustainability engagement in general. This research confirms the role of stories and imagination in creating a bridge to the natural world through new, human and nonhuman, perspectives.</p
Minimalism in the work of Helle Helle based on example of her novel Ned til hundene
No full textThis master thesis consists of three parts. The first part presents an overview of the development of minimalism and its importance in literature, more specifically in the Scandinavian area. The second part introduces the prose writer Helle Helle in context of the contemporary Danish literature, and presents her work. The third part of the thesis deals with analysis of the minimalist approach of the author, throughout her novel Ned til hundene
How to Close the Loop on Catheters: Exploring limitations and opportunities at the end-of-life of single-use catheters
No full textWhile lives are saved through the use of medical devices; they have a significant negative impact on the environment. In particular single-use medical devices make up a large part of the healthcare sector’s negative environmental impact as they contribute significantly to generating more medical waste and greenhouse gas emissions. Approximately 90% of medical waste consists of single-use products or components. The incineration of medical waste is still common practice, leading to harmful environmental and human health effects. Additionally, devices that could potentially be recycled, reused, or repurposed in another way to help close the loop of a product’s life cycle are incinerated instead, which sustains and fuels the unsustainable linear economic model. This research aims to identify opportunities at the end-of-life of single-use catheters that could sustain value and limit the amounts of medical waste produced. A method is presented that supports approaching this aim, called the recovery assessment tool for single-use catheters. The presented method allows for identifying components of a catheter that limit or provide opportunities for recovery purposes at the end-of-life. Two protocols have been developed to guide this process. The first protocol covers the dismantling process to explore the build-up of a catheter and separate components to establish a Bill of Materials. The second protocol describes the procedure that was followed to analyse a catheter. The Bill of Materials is used as an input to assess a catheter at the sub-assembly and component level. The assessment evaluates a catheter on three types of indices: disassembly indices, hygienic recovery indices and material recovery indices. The outcome of the assessment is a graphical visualization that highlights areas of attention for recovery. By interpreting these results using the explanations given with each index, components can be identified that limit or provide opportunities for recovery purposes at the end-of-life of single-use catheters. Two single-use catheters of Philips were assessed as a case study with the proposed methodology. A Bill of Materials for each catheter was established with the results of a material investigation in the lab. The results of the case studies led to several limitations and opportunities. The first limitation is that cleaning catheters can be challenging, given their long tubular shape and the fact that almost all components and sub-assemblies cannot be disassembled and reassembled again. This limitation may impede recovery options since catheters must be cleaned and sterilised after use if considered for recovery purposes because they come into contact with blood. Additionally, catheters are lightweight devices, meaning they make up only a small amount of the piles of medical waste produced daily. Still, catheters are high-value devices; therefore, any form of recovery is valuable. Opportunities for recovery at the end-of-life of catheters have also been identified. It was determined that catheters contain valuable metals that could be recovered to reduce medical waste, sustain value and potentially decrease the demand to collect raw materials. Also, most of the materials used in the case studied catheters seem compatible with ethylene oxide sterilisation which provides an opportunity for recovery; however, this must be thoroughly validated. Finally, it is suggested to reconsider the design or build-up of a catheter. Investigating opportunities for a hybrid design and exploring the possibility of recovery of functional modules for new catheters at the end-of-life are suggested. The outcomes of this research indicate that closing the loop on single-use catheters is a complex problem in terms of circularity due to their hygienic criticality and light weight compared to the waste produced daily per hospital bed. The amount of medical waste produced due to the use of catheters is only the tip of the iceberg.Biomedical Engineerin
Fravær som et kompositionsprincip i Helle Helles novellesamling Rester (1996)
No full textThe paper analyses the short story collection titled Remnants written by the notable Danish author, Helle Helle. This work is characteristic of the contemporary minimalist movement, and is one of the most significant works of the 1990’s in Danish literature. The main point of the paper is the notion of absence and loss, which is treated as the work’s dominating principle. The paper attempts to prove that this governing principle of “absence and loss” both applies to the collection’s plot and its composition. Accordingly, several examples from the text are included to demonstrate the principle’s relevance
The notion of absence as a structural principle in Helle Helle’s short story collection 'Rester' (1996)
No full textArtiklens formål er at foretage en analyse af Helle Helles novellesamling 'Rester' (1996), som er en af de mest opsigtvækkende novellesamlinger i 1990’ernes Danmark. Hovedvægten lægges på fravær, mangel og tab som samlingens dominerende kompositionsprincipper. Fraværsprincippet gælder for alle niveauer i teksten, dvs. for kompositionen, indholdet og sproget. Talrige eksempler på mangel- og tabstematikken bruges i artiklen for at anskueliggøre princippets relevans.The paper analyses the short story collection titled 'Rester' (Remnants) written by the notable Danish author, Helle Helle. This work is characteristic of the contemporary minimalist movement, and is one of the most significant works of the 1990’s in Danish literature. The main point of the paper is the notion of absence and loss, which is treated as the work’s dominating principle. The paper attempts to prove that this governing principle of “absence and loss” both applies to the collection’s plot and its composition. Accordingly, several examples from the text are included to demonstrate the principle’s relevance
New words on the wild
No full textThe artist and author Helle Laursen has, together with Kerteminde library and various schoolchildren, created a project that, through fiction, gives children new words for the wild. It inspires the search for knowledge, creates awareness and gives the children an emotional connection to nature. It also empowers children to
discuss climate change and sustainability. New words for the wild gives children new insights in, as well as new awareness and new respect for the nature around
them. A benefit of the project is that it can be scaled accordingly, and used in any natural setting. The project opens childrens’ minds and stimulates the joy of
reading, with fictional texts and nature activities provided by the specially designed logbook and workshop, all facilitated by artist and author Helle Laursen.
The logbook provides a constant awareness about nature's importance, as it engages children in their classroom. The library facilitates the process of funding and cooperation with the local
primary schools, thereby reaching the children and their families. While the
project has been running, the library has had a special focus on providing and
presenting books about nature, biodiversity and climate change
New words on the wild
No full textThe artist and author Helle Laursen has, together with Kerteminde library and various schoolchildren, created a project that, through fiction, gives children new words for the wild. It inspires the search for knowledge, creates awareness and gives the children an emotional connection to nature. It also empowers children to
discuss climate change and sustainability. New words for the wild gives children new insights in, as well as new awareness and new respect for the nature around
them. A benefit of the project is that it can be scaled accordingly, and used in any natural setting. The project opens childrens’ minds and stimulates the joy of
reading, with fictional texts and nature activities provided by the specially designed logbook and workshop, all facilitated by artist and author Helle Laursen.
The logbook provides a constant awareness about nature's importance, as it engages children in their classroom. The library facilitates the process of funding and cooperation with the local
primary schools, thereby reaching the children and their families. While the
project has been running, the library has had a special focus on providing and
presenting books about nature, biodiversity and climate change
An analysis of Helle Helle's novels Rødby-Puttgarden and Ned til hundene
No full textThis project in Danish literature explores the significance of Danish author Helle Helle’s two novels Rødby-Puttgarden (2005) and Ned til hundene (2008). Explicitly, the project seeks to examine the relation between the two novels, and the role that life in the rural areas of Denmark has in literature. Firstly, the main purpose is to conduct an analysis that focuses on both stylistic and thematic aspects, hereunder to explore Helle Helle’s minimalistic and realistic writing style, in order to understand its connection to her portraits of life outside Denmark’s urban cities. To support the analysis, this project applies Michel Foucault’s theory of Heterotopia and Marc Augé’s theory of Non-Places as to demonstrate how the notion of Place is central to the characters portrayed in Helle’s two novels. On the basis of this, the suggestion is made that, in the case of Helle Helle’s novels, the characters are inevitably connected to place. Lastly, we will discuss Helle’s position in the tradition of writing about life in rural Denmark. In order to add a broader perspective to the results of our analysis, we will include Erling Jepsen’s novel Frygtelig lykkelig (2004), and discuss the similarities and differences in the two authors’ depiction of life in the outermost regions of Denmark
Wind engineering study of One Williams Center, Tulsa
No full textCER74-75JAP-JEC25.Includes bibliographical references.December 1974.For Skilling, Helle, Christiansen and Robertson.Supported by Skilling, Helle, Christiansen and Robertson
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