Sökning: "INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS Technology and social change"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 33 avhandlingar innehållade orden INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS Technology and social change.
1. Framtidsbilder i offentligt utredande. : Teknik, utbildning och samhällsutveckling
Sammanfattning : Introduction of a bill to the Swedish parliament is often preceded by a commission of inquiry. The role played by government commissions on policymaking and their consensus-promoting function are the underlying motives for this dissertation on images of the future in commission reports. LÄS MER
2. Capturing change : The practice of Malian photography, 1930s-1990s
Sammanfattning : This study follows the evolution of three distinct photographic practices in Mali. It focuses on indigenous photographers in the towns of Segou, Mopti and Kayes. The first practice beginning in the 1930's, is studio photography. LÄS MER
3. Maskin och idyll : teknik och pastorala ideal hos Strindberg och Heidenstam
Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the writers August Strindberg and Verner von Heidenstam approach to, and interpretation of, modern society and the technological civilization. Strindbergs criticism of civilization is first expressed in political, later in religious terms: he examines critically negative consequences of modernity – for nature, man and society. LÄS MER
4. Tekniken i kvinnornas händer : Hushållsarbete och hushållsteknik under tjugo- och trettiotalen
Sammanfattning : The general aim of the study is to analyse the impacts of the rapid industrialization and emerging new household technology during the first half of this century on domestic work and womens role. The focus is on the opinions among leading women about the consequences for housewifes and housework and on their efforts to influence technological development and to spread a message of modemization. LÄS MER
5. Genom symaskinens nålsöga : Teknik och social förändring i kvinnokultur och manskultur
Sammanfattning : Second to firearms, the sewing machine is the first mechanical device to be manufactured on a large scale in factories. It is also the first industrial-technological appliance to be brought into the homes of all classes. The sewing machine has played an important role in industrial development and thereby in society. LÄS MER