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1. Vithetens koagulerade hjärta. Om avkoloniserande läsningars möjlighet : The Congealed Heart of Whiteness. On the Possibility of Decolonial Readings
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this dissertation is to read three Swedish-language works of literary fiction from the 20th century in a decolonising way in order to provide insights into what the development of such a reading style entails. With this goal in mind, I make use of theoretical and methodological perspectives taken from decolonial studies, indigenous studies, neomaterialism and critical race- and whiteness studies. LÄS MER
2. Studies of the S-type AGB star W Aquilae : The circumstellar envelope and the fain companion
Sammanfattning : Low- and intermediate-mass stars will all eventually enter the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phase. AGB stars experience intense mass-loss, generating a significant fraction of the dust and molecular matter that enrichesthe ISM. AGB stars are also responsible for a the production of about half of all elements heavier than iron. LÄS MER
3. Vart tog behaviorismen vägen? : Social responsivitet mellan barn och vuxen, hund och människa
Sammanfattning : This thesis studies how humans and other social responsive animals can meet and get together as companion species and what role radical behaviorist B F Skinner’s learning theory and operant conditioning possibly can play in this. Drawing from theories of discourse and discourse analysis, social responsivity and companion species, the thesis analyzes what happens with Skinner’s learning theory when it migrates from one educative context to another. LÄS MER
4. Stone Age Companions: Humans and animals in hunter-gatherer burials in north-eastern Europe
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the relationships between humans and animals in their mutual environment and how these relationships were expressed in the burial practices of northern foragers. The empirical research material consists of animal remains, particularly animal tooth pendants, deposited in graves at Zvejnieki (Latvia), Skateholm I and II (Sweden) and Sakhtysh II and IIa (Russia) cemeteries. LÄS MER
5. Consequences of the Domestication of Man’s Best Friend, The Dog
Sammanfattning : The dog was the first animal to be domesticated and the process started at least 15 000 years ago. Today it is the most morphologically diverse mammal, with a huge variation in size and shape. LÄS MER