Sökning: "sociology of culture"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 226 avhandlingar innehållade orden sociology of culture.

  1. 1. The Social Roles of Buildings : An Account of Materiality and Meaning in Urban Outcomes

    Författare :Lauren Dean; Jens Rydgren; Charlotta Stern; Harvey Molotch; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Buildings; Building Types; Urban Studies; Materiality; Culture; Urban Forms; Urban Space; Reuse; Neighborhoods; Sociology of Buildings; Theory; Visual Methods; Historical Analysis; Santiago; Chile; Cités; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation explores the roles of buildings in urban social life. Buildings, as both a methodological tool and a research site, are valuable for understanding society. As a method, buildings allow access to various urban contexts. LÄS MER

  3. 2. På AI-teknikens axlar : om kunskapssociologin och stark artificiell intelligens

    Författare :Peter Kåhre; Gunnar Andersson; Tom Ziemke; Lunds universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gregory Bateson; James Wertsch.; Yrjö Engeström; Katherine N. Hayles; Lucy Suchman; Hubert Dreyfus; John Searle; David Bloor; Lev Vygotsky; Niklas Luhmann; Chinese room; Turing test; socionics; darwinism; emergence; relativism; posthumanism; environmentalism; situationism; social communication; second order cybernetics; systems theory; sociology of knowledge; connectionism; Strong artificial intelligence; distributed artificial intelligence; Sociology; Sociologi; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; Filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is concerned with Sociology’s stance in the debate on Strong Artificial Intelligence, i.e. such AI that is able to shape new knowledge without human interference. There is a need for sociologists to realize the difference between two approaches to constructing AI systems: Symbolic AI (or Classic AI) and Distributed AI – DAI. LÄS MER

  4. 3. I naturens teater : Kultur- och miljösociologiska analyser av naturhistoriska utställningar och filmer

    Författare :Anna Samuelsson; Hedvig Ekerwald; Nina Lykke; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; exhibitions; nature culture-dualism; museums of natural history; cultural environmental studies; museology; environmental sociology; deconstruction; human-animal-relations; andro- and anthropocentric stereotyping; semiotics; discourse analysis; rhetoric; display; representation; climate change.; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociologi; Sociology; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a study of constructions of reality in visual and textual representations in current exhibitions in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm with comparisons to the Natural History Museum in Gothenburg and minor excursions to other museums. The study also includes seven giant screen films in Cosmonova: an IMAX theatre which is part of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Symbolisk organisering : En studie av organisatorisk förändring och meningsproduktion i fyra industriföretag

    Författare :Bengt-Åke Gustafsson; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology of labour; change; Organizational design; symbolism; rhetoric; management of meaning; organizational culture; information; flow-oriented work-organizations.; processes; sociology of enterprise; Arbetslivssociologi; företagssociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The focus of this dissertation is on organizational change in four industrial corporations. A special emphasisis placed upon the symbolic and rhetorical aspects when changing organizations. Main concepts in the study are symbolic management and management of meaning. Two main areas are discussed in the dissertation. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Mellan scen och salong : En kultursociologisk analys av ungdomsteater

    Författare :Anna Lund; Göran Ahrne; Växjö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cultural sociology; cultural policy; cultural capital; youth theatre; social contract; sociology of theatre; audiences; youth culture; division of labor; social and cultural hierarchies; regional theatre; field work; triangulation; artistic process.; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation analyzes youth theatre and how it fares in the interplay between three worlds: the audience of young students and their experiences, interests and values; the theatre as an institution with its ideals and modes of operation; and the school, with its selection and sorting mechanisms. It focuses on what happens when different conditions, relations, tensions and conflicts create meaning and significance. LÄS MER