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1. Hur blir djur mat? : En kritisk studie av den etiska djurproduktionen i svenska ekologiska organisationer
Sammanfattning : Modern Western society is characterized by an increased consumption of animals, which has led to consequences in the form of an intensified exploitation of animals and the environment. The purpose of the dissertation is to examine the processes by which certain animals are made into food, and how power structures between humans and animals are maintained or challenged in Swedish organic organizations. LÄS MER
2. 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
3. Arkitekturens territorialitet : till en diskussion om territoriell makt och gestaltning i stadens offentliga rum
Sammanfattning : The point of departure of this dissertation is a consideration of the problems in the field of architecture, of conceptualizing and addressing aspects of the complex relationship between architectural form and use. The aim of the thesis is to create conditions for a discussion on architectural design and territorial power relations within the context of everyday life, and more specifically to investigate what role architectural design plays in these territorial power relations. LÄS MER
4. An animal without an animal within : investigating the identities of pet keeping
Sammanfattning : If the human is an animal without an animal within—a creature that has transcended the animal condition—what is a pet? This creature balancing on the border between nature and culture, simultaneously included in and excluded from a human “we”, is the focus of this thesis. The thesis analyzes the discourses and normative frameworks structuring the meaning of pets in people’s lives. LÄS MER
5. Embodying Openness: A Pragmatist Exploration into the Aesthetic Experience of Design Form-Giving
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the tension between a reflective view of design and design as an embodied, aesthetic experience. Most research exploring the nature of design follows a tradition of practice-based design research, which aims to empirically establish what constitutes design by studying what designers do and say. LÄS MER
