Sökning: "Erland Mårald"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden Erland Mårald.
1. Jordens kretslopp : lantbruket, staden och den kemiska vetenskapen 1840-1910
Sammanfattning : This study of the institutionalization and professionalization of agricultural chemistry during the second half of the nineteenth century analyses the relationship between chemical theories and social issues, ideas and experience of recycling, the development of fertilizers, and industrialization of agriculture. The study mainly takes a history of science and environmental history perspective with focus on the Swedish case. LÄS MER
2. Making Place for Space : a History of 'Space Town' Kiruna 1943-2000
Sammanfattning : Science and technology have a tendency to clump together in places where they spawn other forms of societal activities. Sometimes these places become famous through processes known as place-making, or the social construction of place. LÄS MER
3. Att släcka ljungeldar : Medikaliseringen av eklampsi i Sverige 1840-1930
Sammanfattning : This dissertation investigates the treatment of eclampsia in Sweden at the turn of the 20th century, paying particular attention to two treatments, the “Active treatment” and “Stroganoff’s treatment”. The aim is to investigate the evolving medicalization of eclampsia in Sweden by analyzing the interdisciplinary discussion on eclampsia in the Swedish medical journals. LÄS MER
4. En andlig terra incognita : spiritismen i det sena 1800-talets Stockholm
Sammanfattning : This dissertation analyses the role that spiritism played in Stockholm, Sweden, during the late 19th century, more specifically between the years 1887–1902. Spiritism was an international movement grounded in the belief that spirits of dead people existed and that it was possible to communicate with them. LÄS MER
5. Sju miljarder för sju minuter? : Planering, politik och hybrida geografier i tunnelbygget genom Hallandsås
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the ontologies of planning, science, and politics underlying the tunnel project at Hallandsås. Four such foundational (universal) views are identified – absolute conceptions of space, linear notions of time, binary logic and anthropocentrism. LÄS MER