Sökning: "Jenny Beckman"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Jenny Beckman.
1. Trängsel i välfärdsstaten : Expertis, politik och rumslig planering i 1960- och 1970-talets Sverige
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is concerned with knowledge production and governance of land-use. Its main focus is the development of the National Land-use Plan (fysisk riksplanering) in Sweden between 1965 and 1979. LÄS MER
2. Naturens palats
Sammanfattning : This study considers the institutional identities of theSwedish Museum of Natural History (SMNH) from a spatialperspective. The focus is on the decision, in 1904, to move themuseum from its old inner-city building in Stockholm to a newsite in Frescati, north-east of the city. LÄS MER
3. Den gränslösa hälsan : Signe och Axel Höjer, folkhälsan och expertisen
Sammanfattning : This dissertation investigates the mutual life project of Signe (1896-1988) and Axel Höjer (1890-1974), a married couple who were key actors in the construction of the Swedish welfare state. It emphasises the ways in which they went about asserting a special public health expertise in different contexts. LÄS MER
4. Trees of Knowledge : Science and the Shape of Genealogy
Sammanfattning : This study investigates early employments of family trees in the modern sciences, in order to historicise their iconic status and now established uses, notably in evolutionary biology and linguistics. Moving beyond disciplinary accounts to consider the wider cultural background, it examines how early uses within the sciences transformed family trees as a format of visual representation, as well as the meanings invested in them. LÄS MER
5. Samtidens gränser : Om språkreformer och historisk tid runt sekelskiftet 1900
Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines two extensive language reforms that caused controversy and discord in late 19th century Sweden: a comprehensive spelling reform and a formally authorised Bible translation. Among the numerous disagreements and entanglements that afflicted the projects, one issue persisted more than any other: the question of historical time. LÄS MER