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1. The Social Roles of Buildings : An Account of Materiality and Meaning in Urban Outcomes
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
2. Adapting Cities : Ecosystem-based approaches and citizen engagement in municipal climate adaptation in Scania, Sweden
Sammanfattning : Even if current attempts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions would succeed, society-wide adjustment to the harmful effects of climate change is urgently needed. This process is known as climate adaptation. LÄS MER
3. Mystical experiences and scientific method : a study of the possibility of identifying a "mystical" experience by a scientific method, with special reference to the theory of Walter T Stace
Sammanfattning : A necessary condition for being able to identify a mystical experience by a scientific method is to solve the following problems:(a) We must explicitly present and argue for a theory of meaning that allows us to draw conclusions from mystical sentences about the experience in question. No such theory exists today. LÄS MER
4. Storming the Sadeian Citadel : Disturbing Gender in Angela Carter's Fiction of Transition
Sammanfattning : This study demonstrates how Angela Carter’s textual contention with the works of the Marquis de Sade forms an interstice, chronologically, thematically and narratively, between the early and late works in Carter’s oeuvre. This period of fictional transition and unrest is exemplified byThe Sadeian phase in Carter’s writing can be seen as part of a feminist project. LÄS MER
5. Skrivsamarbete i högre utbildning : Tre studenters skribentprofiler i kollaborativa skrivargrupper
Sammanfattning : The overarching aim of this thesis is to probe more deeply into how collaborative writing can help to socialise students in a writing practice. More specifically, the thesis deals with lab report writing and the relationship of three students with different backgrounds to the educational practices of a university department. LÄS MER