Sökning: "invisible agency"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden invisible agency.

  1. 1. Varieties of Supernatural Experience : the Case of High-Functioning Autism

    Författare :Ingela Visuri; Pehr Granqvist; David Thurfjell; Olov Dahlin; Andreas Roepstorff; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Autism; religious cognition; supernatural experience; invisible agency; parasocial relations; embodiment; bracketed ethnography; participatory autism research; atypical cognition; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Innovative Learning;

    Sammanfattning : It is argued in the cognitive science of religion (CSR) that the empathic ability to ‘mindread’ others underpins  the experience of supernatural communication with gods, ghosts, and spirits. As autism is characterized by mentalizing difficulties, CSR scholars have expected autistic individuals would find supernatural agency incomprehensible. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Organisationens mänskliga insida : om det sociala arbetets utvecklingsmöjligheter

    Författare :Håkan Larsson; Stefan Morén; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to develop such theoretical perspectives as will increase our understanding of social work organizations, and help us improve them. Consequently, the research approach is longterm and primarily theoretical in character: What demand must be made of an organization where people deal with people?One important assumption is that the relationships between the actors in an enterprise constitute the organization. LÄS MER

  3. 3. The labour of infrastructuring : An inquiry into participatory design in the public sector

    Författare :Alicia Smedberg; Per-Anders Hillgren; Kristina Lindström; Liesbeth Huybrechts; Malmö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Participatory Design; Infrastructuring; Agency; Labour; Citizenship; Feminist Technoscience; City Planning; Public Sector; Deltagande design; Infrastrukturering; Medborgarskap; Feministisk Vetenskapsteori; Offentlig sektor; Interaktionsdesign; Interaktionsdesign;

    Sammanfattning : Every organisation, cooperation, project or social movement is quintessentially a cluster of alignments between people, places and things. Through these alignments, networks are made, and through these networks action can be made possible or be constricted. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Utan given hemvist : Barnperspektiv i den svenska asylprocessen

    Författare :Lisa Ottosson; Ann-Christin Cederborg; Marita Eastmond; Åsa Wettergren; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agency; asylum; asylum-seeking; child perspective; children; children s perspectives; discretion; legal aid; liminality; participation; personal projects; place; representation; street-level bureaucracy; tactics; Agens; asyl; asylsökande; barn; barnperspektiv; barns perspektiv; deltagande; frontlinjebyråkrati; handlingsutrymme; juridiska ombud; personliga projekt; plats; representation; taktiker; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis examines accompanied asylum-seeking children’s position in Swedish asylum reception management and in the determination of their claims. The three articles of the thesis focus on children’s own experiences of seeking asylum, on the experiences and practices of the civil servants at the Migration Board, as well as those of the legal representatives that assist asylum-seekers in the application process. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Inside the Guru's Gate : Ritual Uses of Texts among the Sikhs in Varanasi

    Författare :Kristina Myrvold; Tord Olsson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; anthropomorfism; personification; liturgies; ritual practices; religious worship; sacred places; gurdwara; migration; counter-narrative; emic historiography; speech act theory; ritual studies; oral tradition; performance studies; guru; holy scriptures; Adi Granth; Guru Granth; Benares; Varanasi; Punjab; Sikhism; Sikhs; Religious Studies and Theology; Religion och teologi; social agency; Övriga religioner; Humanities; Humaniora; rites of passage; festivals; rites of affliction; Other Religions; religious education; Religionsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Summary: For religious Sikhs, the Guru Granth Sahib is a holy scripture which enshrines ontologically divine words and the teaching and revelatory experiences of historical human Gurus. Simultaneously the Sikhs have taken the concept of a sacred scripture much further than any other religious community by treating the Guru Granth Sahib as a living Guru invested with spiritual authority and agency to guide humans and establish relationships to the divine. LÄS MER