Sökning: "material objects"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 355 avhandlingar innehållade orden material objects.
1. Travelling objects : modernity and materiality in British Colonial travel literature about Africa
Sammanfattning : This study examines the functions of objects in a selection of British colonial travel accounts about Africa. The works discussed were published between 1863 and 1908 and include travelogues by John Hanning Speke, Verney Lovett Cameron, Henry Morton Stanley, Mary Henrietta Kingsley, Ewart Scott Grogan, Mary Hall and Constance Larymore. LÄS MER
2. Söka sitt : Om möten mellan människor och föremål
Sammanfattning : This thesis brings into focus how individuals search for objects. It follows people through flea markets, refuse skips, shopping streets and malls. The aim of the thesis is to study the search for things and how it influences individuals and their relations to objects and the places in which they search. LÄS MER
3. Cross-boundary knowledge work in innovation : Understanding the role of space and objects
Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies the topic of cross-boundary knowledge work from the perspective of sociomateriality. Cross-boundary knowledge work refers to the collaboration of actors belonging to different social worlds to achieve shared knowledge outcomes. LÄS MER
4. Sakernas sammanhang : Om ting, människor och materiella relationer hos Henry Parland, James Joyce och Virginia Woolf
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the ways in which the writings of Henry Parland, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf works to foreground things and decenter humans. While the exploration of human inner life is a well established theme within Modernist literature, the period’s fascination with the material and non-human remains underexplored. LÄS MER
5. Managing the flows? Furthering a socio-material flow methodology for industrial ecology
Sammanfattning : This dissertation defends the thesis that application of the socio-material methodology that I present can assist environmentally more effective decision-making. The methodology provides a recipe for a systematic and accurate understanding of how human actions determine environmental impacts via material (tangible) flows. LÄS MER