Sökning: "Do-it-yourself"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Do-it-yourself.

1. 1. Do-It-Yourself Learning in Kenya : Exploring mobile technologies for merging non-formal and informal learning

   Författare :William Jobe; Henrik Hansson; Harald Kjellin; Evoda Mukama; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; ICT4D; mobile learning; M4D; informal learning; non-formal learning; MOOCs; digital incentives; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap; Informatics;

   Sammanfattning : The educational landscape is changing and a variety of technologies and techniques are blurring the lines between traditional and non-traditional learning. This change is substantial in low-income countries: individuals in developing countries have a great desire to educate themselves and improve their quality of life. LÄS MER

3. 2. Redesigning Together : Relearning Roles and the Value of Materials in the Overproduction of Fashion

   Författare :Amanda Curtis; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Nyckelord :community of practice; do-it-yourself; do-it-together; participatory design; social production; sustainable fashion; value creation; Textil och mode generell ; Textiles and Fashion General ;

   Sammanfattning : What could cause greater upheaval in any system of trade than the consumer becoming the producer? Even though there is a vast amount of information concerning the negative environmental and social impact that the overproduction of fashion contributes to, the industry still manages to attract and make more people into consumers as they are playing on the human need and desire for renewal. The purpose of this study is to learn more about collaborative approaches on a grassroots level that could contribute to reducing the growing mountain of second-hand garments created by this overproduction. LÄS MER

4. 3. Fashion-able. Hacktivism and engaged fashion design

   Författare :Otto Von Busch; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Fashion Design; Hacktivism; Hacking; Heresy; Small Change; Professional-Amateurs; Do-it-yourself; Action Spaces; Artistic Research; Practice-based research;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of a series of extensive projects which aim to explore a new designer role for fashion. It is a role that experiments with how fashion can be reverse engineered, hacked, tuned and shared among many participants as a form of social activism. This social design practice can be called the hacktivism of fashion. LÄS MER

5. 4. Bakom den gröna lacken : Den estetiska ekonomins perverterande kärna

   Författare :David Sköld; Alf Rehn; Claes Gustafsson; Alexander Styhre; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; industrial management; innovation theory; aesthetic economy; industrial organization; Industriell ekonomi; innovationsteori; estetisk ekonomi; estetik och ekonomi; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : To better understand the forces propelling the excess which characterizes much of Western society and culture, management scholars increasingly appear to be addressing notions such as play and playfulness. Through a number of narratives, homing in on a do-it-yourself movement within the heavy trucks industry in which users are displaying a keen interest in aesthetic aspects of their work tools, this book attempts to further and complement such discussions. LÄS MER

7. 5. Product-service systems: Panacea or myth?

   Författare :Oksana Mont; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Production technology; Produktionsteknik; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; communal washing centres.; car sharing; systems for sharing power tools and garden-care equipment; product policy; drivers and barriers for companies; servicising; life cycle thinking; Product-service systems; functional thinking;

   Sammanfattning : Life cycle environmental problems have been addressed by a number of strategies. However, the results are mostly lamentable because solutions are searched for within the same paradigms that give rise to the problems. LÄS MER