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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 540 avhandlingar innehållade orden Everyday Practice.
11. Cultivating the Sacred : Ritual Creativity and Practice among Women in Contemporary Europe
Sammanfattning : Ritual creativity may seem like a contradiction in terms, yet the religious landscape in contemporary Euro-America is permeate with experimentation of ritual forms, different modalities of action, imagination and play as routes to authenticity. The present study examines different settings in Europe involved in such ritual creativity, which would commonly be classified as postmodern spirituality, new age or Paganism. LÄS MER
12. Meta-managing: A Study on How Superiors and Subordinates Manage Their Relationship in Everyday Work
Sammanfattning : In virtually every organization we find formally appointed managers, but nevertheless we tend to condemn the idea of formal hierarchy and celebrate alternative modes of governance that better respect the discretion of employees. This tension, that seemingly surrounds the vertical dimension of contemporary organizations, forms the backdrop of this study which examines how superiors and subordinates in a Swedish bank manage their relationship in everyday work. LÄS MER
13. Projektledning i praktiken : Observationer av arbete i korta projekt
Sammanfattning : Project management used to be described as rational and well structured - a notion that builds on a traditional view that project management is about planning, budgeting and controlling. Nevertheless, it has been questioned if this is a full description. LÄS MER
14. Making travel sustainable with ICT? : The social practice of travel planning and travel information use in everyday life
Sammanfattning : Adopting the perspective of the traveller, this thesis examines how travel plans are actually made in the everyday situation and how information is used and drawn on when planning the many, often unremarkable, trips of ordinary urban life. Ethnographical field studies in southern Stockholm, Sweden, employing a practice theory perspective showed that people use a vast mixture of different types of information when planning and making trips. LÄS MER
15. Intercreativity in Surgical Practice : A Dialogical Approach to Interaction & Technology
Sammanfattning : Based on dialogical theory and empirical exploration of surgical operations in a Swedish hospital, this text contributes to the study of critical work practice. In empirical detail, ethnographic investigation and video analysis show that ‘everyday interactivity’, i.e. LÄS MER
