Sökning: "Pirjo Elovaara"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Pirjo Elovaara.

  1. 1. Angels in Unstable Sociomaterial Relations : Stories of Information Technology

    Författare :Pirjo Elovaara; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information Technology IT ; Actor-Network Theory ANT ; Actor-Network Theory and After ANTa ; Feminist technology; Technoscience studies;

    Sammanfattning : I have explored spaces, where negotiations of border transgressions take place and where issues of technology and politics mingle. We meet a diversity of actors in the world of information technology (IT): political texts, people and technology participating in numerous sociomaterial relations. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Heterogeneous hybrids : Information Technology in Texts and Practices

    Författare :Pirjo Elovaara; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information Technology; Feminist Technoscientific Studies; Actor-Network Theory; Librarians;

    Sammanfattning : How could one understand and interpret the phenomenon of information technology, is the overall research question of this licentiate dissertation. The point of departure is the way some official texts in Sweden define the concept of information technology. It is possible to identify two dominating discourses; the technical and the social. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Ta plats : Plats-specifika spel i dialog med feministisk teknovetenskap

    Författare :Annika Olofsdotter Bergström; Pirjo Elovaara; Åsa Ståhl; Monica Sand; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; site-specific games; playable cities; feminist technoscience; playingdesign; intra-action; care; touch; Plats-specifika spel; spelbara städer; feministisk teknovetenskap; spelandekropp; spelandedesign; intra-aktion; omsorg; beröring; Technoscience studies; Teknovetenskapliga studier;

    Sammanfattning : Min utgångpunkt för den här avhandlingen är att undersöka hur ett spelande som utgår från spelarnas fysiska kroppar och publika platser kan få betydelse i städers vardagsliv. Jag utgår ifrån att den fysiska platsen och spelarens kropp får för lite uppmärksamhet i plats-specifika spel. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Making the Systemically Desirable Culturally Feasible : Towards the Integration of Gender-Knowledge into Informatics Study Programs

    Författare :Thomas Persson Slumpi; Viveca Asproth; Stig Holmberg; Pirjo Elovaara; Per Flensburg; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Gender-knowledge; integration; informatics; study programs; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation scrutinizes the problem domain of gender-knowledge integration into Swedish higher education study programs in informatics. This integration has been expressed as desirable by for example the Swedish government, individual universities and university colleges and the student union alike. LÄS MER

  7. 5. FOSTERING INCLUSIVE INNOVATIVE PROCESSES WITHIN A BOLIVIAN CLUSTER INITIATIVE

    Författare :Wendy Sofia Sanzetenea Ramirez; Pirjo Elovaara; Andreas Larsson; Gabriela Dutrénit; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Bolivia; Cluster Development; Triple Helix; Knowledge Production; Participatory Action Research.; Technoscience studies; Teknovetenskapliga studier;

    Sammanfattning : The main theme in this licentiate thesis is the focus on strengthening institutional capacities to promote cooperation within a cluster initiative between public and private sectors in Latin American contexts, especially in Bolivia. The argument is the need to generate spaces for interaction through participatory practices in order to incorporate different points of view, academic and non-academic, which can lead to a more critical production and appropriation of knowledge. LÄS MER