Sökning: "border practice"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 50 avhandlingar innehållade orden border practice.

  1. 1. Border-Crossing Commemorations : Entangled Histories of Swedish Settling in America

    Författare :Adam Hjorthén; Mats Hallenberg; Dag Blanck; Ulf Zander; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; commemoration; border-crossing; entanglement; New Sweden Tercentenary; Swedish Pioneer Centennial; settler colonialism; race; modernity; pioneering; migration; transnational; Sweden; the United States; Delaware; Pennsylvania; Swedish America; History; historia;

    Sammanfattning : Different groups from both sides of the Atlantic have since the 1930s come together to commemorate histories of Swedish settling in America. They have celebrated the founding of the New Sweden colony in the Delaware Valley (1638–1655), and the mid-nineteenth-century arrival of Swedish pioneers in the Mississippi Valley. LÄS MER

  3. 2. United Agents : Community of Practice within Border Policing in the Baltic Sea Area

    Författare :Sophia Yakhlef; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Border police collaboration; community of practice; intelligence sharing; transnational policing; face- to-face encounters; meetings; trust building; Baltic Sea area; Europe; Gränspolissamverkan; gemenskapspraktik; underrättelseinformation; informationsutbyte; gränsöverskridande polisarbete; interaktioner; möten; förtroende; Östersjöområdet; Europa;

    Sammanfattning : The risks and insecurities emphasised in contemporary societies have given rise to diverse forms of policing, such as transnational and intelligence-based police collaborations. This dissertation focuses on a border police collaboration project, called Turnstone, that took place between 2014 and 2015, aiming to address issues related to irregular migration and cross border crimes in the Baltic Sea areas. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Hyenas of the Limpopo : The Social Politics of Undocumented Movement Across South Africa’s Border with Zimbabwe

    Författare :Xolani Tshabalala; Stefan Jonsson; Carl-Ulrik Schierup; Amanda Hammar; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; migration; undocumented movement; assisted border crossings; illegibility; border practices; informality; social politics; dispossession; cheap labour; Beitbridge; Southern Africa; South Africa; Zimbabwe.; migration; papperslös mobilitet; assisterade gränsovergångar; oläslighet; vardagspolitik; informalitet; fördrivning; billig arbetskraft; Beitbridge; södra Afrika; Sydafrika; Zimbabwe;

    Sammanfattning : An increasing number of people today cross the Beitbridge border of South Africa and Zimbabwe. This comes with a corresponding growth of creative strategies that seek to aid the crossing of those people and goods that may lack the necessary documentation. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Thick Concepts in Practice : Normative Aspects of Risk and Safety

    Författare :Niklas Möller; Sven Ove Hansson; Tim Lewens; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; thick concepts; non-naturalism; open question argument; risk analysis; safety; epistemic uncertainty; values in risk assessment; safety engineering; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis aims at analyzing the concepts of risk and safety as well as the class of concepts to which they belong, thick concepts, focusing in particular on the normative aspects involved. Essay I analyzes thick concepts, i.e. concepts such as cruelty and kindness that seem to combine descriptive and evaluative features. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Stadens gränsplatser : Kungliga Poliskammaren och vardagens omstridda rum i Stockholm, 1776–1835

    Författare :Tobias Osvald; Dag Lindström; Henrik Ågren; Magnus Linnarsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Police; policing; borders; Stockholm; urban space; public; private; 18th century; 19th century; contestation; negotiation; everyday life; micro-geographies; homelessness; sleeping rough; keeping pub; sanitation; order; control; social practice theory; flows; transgressions; closure; stabilization; movement; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the interaction between the inhabitants of Stockholm and the constables of the Royal Police Chamber—Sweden’s first police force—during a period in the city’s history that is associated with stagnation from the perspectives of demography and economy. The aim is to understand how space was negotiated and changed over time through everyday interactions and practices. LÄS MER