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6. Trees of Knowledge : Science and the Shape of Genealogy
Sammanfattning : This study investigates early employments of family trees in the modern sciences, in order to historicise their iconic status and now established uses, notably in evolutionary biology and linguistics. Moving beyond disciplinary accounts to consider the wider cultural background, it examines how early uses within the sciences transformed family trees as a format of visual representation, as well as the meanings invested in them. LÄS MER
7. Torpets transformationer : Materialitet, representation och praktik från år 1850 till 2010
Sammanfattning : The concept of the croft (Sw. torp) is complex. From the 17th century crofts were small tenant holdings on a farm or estate. Along with changes in society since c. LÄS MER
8. The Propaganda of Progress : The Case of Swedish Housing Exhibitions
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this research is to analyse what progress is made of in terms of meanings in order to confirm and explain its presence as representational principle of change. The material used for the research consists of texts produced in relation to four housing exhibitions, which together cover a 70-years period. LÄS MER
9. A Field of Veiled Continuities : Studies in the Methodology and Theory of Educational Research
Sammanfattning : Empirical educational research enjoys a methodological and theoretical debate that is characterized by a number of unresolved and lively debated controversies. This compilation thesis is an attempt to contribute to this debate using the toolbox of philosophy of science.The thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four essays. LÄS MER
10. Beyond the Witness : Holocaust Representations and the Testimony of Images
Sammanfattning : In a time when the very last Holocaust witnesses will soon be gone, a possible route for commemoration is to ask what testimony images can give. This book seeks to answer the question of how images can bear witness by examining them as multifaceted entities produced, reproduced, and resituated in conflicting political and historical situations. LÄS MER