Sökning: "Alternate history"

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  1. 1. Teaching and Learning Historical Explanation : Teacher and Student Cases from Lower and Upper Secondary History

    Författare :Joakim Wendell; Johan Samuelsson; Martin Stolare; Thomas Nygren; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; history education; historical explanation; causation; cause and consequence; explanatory progression; historical thinking; use of history; History; Historia;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and analyse how teachers and students understand the concept of historical explanation in the context of classroom teaching practices. The thesis is made up of four studies that investigate different aspects of understanding, focusing on either teacher or student understanding as expressed in words and actions. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Carl Fredrik Scheffer : Lettres particulières à Carl Gustaf Tessin 1744-1752

    Författare :Jan Heidner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Carl Fredrik Scheffer 1715-1786; Carl Gustaf Tessin 1695-1770;

    Sammanfattning : C. Fr. Scheffer (1715-1786) is best known in his capacity as Councillor of the Realm and as head-tutor to the future Gustavus III. He was devoted to French culture and a convinced physiocrat. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Portraits of Automated Facial Recognition : On Machinic Ways of Seeing the Face

    Författare :Lila Lee-Morrison; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Sammanfattning : This book offers a unique analysis of the use of the automated facial recognition algorithms that are increasingly intervening in our society from a critical visual culture studies perspective. The discussion focuses on the visuality of automated facial recognition and its designed algorithms as a case study in machinic vision and its concurrent modes of perception. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Conflicting Times : Multiple Temporalities in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction

    Författare :Erik Mo Welin; Joakim Enwall; Hua Li; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Science fiction; Chinese literature; Temporality; Time travel; Alternate history; Apocalypse; Chronopolitics; Sinologi; Sinology;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the intersection of temporality and politics in contemporary Chinese science fiction. Building on previous research on Chinese science fiction, science fiction studies, as well as narrative theory and historical theory, the investigation focuses on eight key texts written by the writers Han Song, Liu Cixin, and Baoshu. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Essays on the Political Economics of China's Development

    Författare :Ruixue Jia; Torsten Persson; Gérard Roland; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political incentvies; promotion; collusion; public bads; economic history; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Complementary Roles of Connections and Performance in Political Selection in ChinaWho becomes a top politician in China? We focus on provincial leaders and examine how their chance of being promoted depends on performance and connections with top politicians. We find a positive correlation between promotion and growth that is robustly stronger for connected provincial leaders than for unconnected ones. LÄS MER