Sökning: "pattern relations"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 127 avhandlingar innehållade orden pattern relations.

1. 1. Surface patterns, spatiality and pattern relations in textile design

   Författare :Tonje Kristensen Johnstone; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Surface patterns; textile design; spatiality; spatial definers; design variables; pattern relations; conceptual spatial determinations; Textiles and Fashion Design ; Textil och mode konstnärlig ;

   Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis focuses on surface patterns, spatiality, and pattern relations in textile design, and aims to explore surface patterns as spatial definers and what they mean in the context of surface patterns. A secondary focus relates to applying conceptual spatial determinations as alternative design variables in design processes, and exploring how these could be used to define and analyse pattern relations. LÄS MER

3. 2. Structural Violence as a Constraint to African Policy Formation in the 1990s : Respositioning Education in International Relations

   Författare :Catherine A Odora Hoppers; Birgit Brock-Utne; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Structural violence; policy formation; power relations; aid; discourses; geo-politics; education; knowledge; neo-liberalism; Structural Adjustment Programmes; reflexivity; transdisciplinarity; Public Policy Dialogue.; internationell pedagogik; International Education;

   Sammanfattning : This study is a meta-analysis of the manner in which global relations impact on national level policy spaces and policy formation. As the International Financial Institutions tighten their grip through the Structural Adjustment Programmes over African countries, and donors steadily shift their ground and push conditionality beyond economic policy into institutional arrangements, the issue of political sovereignty of African countries, and of indirect rule through aid becomes a key concern. LÄS MER

4. 3. Socio-Economic Transformation and Gender Relations in Lao PDR

   Författare :Damdouane Khouangvichit; Aina Tollefsen; Gunnar Malmberg; Jonathan Rigg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; socio-economic transformation; gender relations; Lao PDR; globalization; livelihoods; tourism; mining; economic liberalization; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to examine socio-economic transformation and gender relations in Lao PDR after the adoption of economic liberalization by the Lao government in the late 1980s. Against a background of general socio-economic transformation in Laos the main focus of the study is on the local level, with emphasis on how people in their everyday lives have engaged with and handled the changes. LÄS MER

5. 4. Fokus ålder : betydelserelationer och betydelseförändring i användning

   Författare :Jenny Magnusson; Jan Anward; Angelika Linke; Jan Svensson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Age; year; newspapers; corpus linguistic; semantics; meaning; language; collocation; attribute; lexical relations; Ålder; år; åring; årig; dagstidningar; korpuslingvistik; semantik; betydelse; språk; kollokation; attribut; lexikala relationer; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to study how words denoting age are used in newspaper texts. I have chosen mainly to study the following Swedish focus words for females and males of different ages (flicka, kvinna, tjej, dam; pojke, man, kille and herre) as they relate to age. LÄS MER

7. 5. Building study-related relationships : How student relationships and readiness affect academic outcome in higher education

   Författare :Annika Maria Fjelkner Pihl; Centre for Engineering Education CEE; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Academic outcome; commuter; readiness; higher education; social network analysis; multiplex relations; Academic outcome; Multiplex relations; Commuters; Higher education; Social network analysis; Readiness;

   Sammanfattning : The present dissertation explores students’ perception of their own readiness for higher education and students’ study related relations and the effect on academic outcome. The complexity of student engagement and academic success means that it is relevant to conduct in-depth studies of particular student populations, to explore how certain factors play out in that specific context. LÄS MER