Sökning: "Katarina Gidlund"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden Katarina Gidlund.

  1. 11. Being-human in the world of digital artifacts: holistic rethinking of design practices

    Författare :Nathan Lakew; Katarina L. Gidlund; Karin Hedström; Ojelanki Ngwenyama; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Aligned existentiality; the design role; belonginess; novelty; being-human; holism; dualism; digital technologies;

    Sammanfattning : This  thesis  conducts  a  philosophical,  theoretical, and  practical  exploration  of digital technology design to examine how digital technologies can fulfill our two-facet of existentiality – identified in the thesis as belonginess and novelty. By belonginess, I identify human’s innate need for a feeling of connectedness and harmony with the self, others, and the natural world. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Från demokrati till e-demokrati : En jämförande studie av demokratiutveckling i det moderna samhället

    Författare :Gustav Lidén; Marie-Louise von Bergmann-Winberg; Katarina Lindblad-Gidlund; Elin Wihlborg; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; e-democracy; democracy; modernization theory; social sustainability; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This mainly deductive study examines what factors explain the variation of e-democracy and if, why a causal pathway exists. The deductive feature is carried out through examining the predictions of the modernization theory, testing hypotheses concerning the link between economic development and wealth in relation to e-democracy. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Sitting on the Fence – Critical Explorations of Participatory Practices in IT Design

    Författare :Johanna Sefyrin; Christina Mörtberg; Katarina Lindblad Gidlund; Karl W Sandberg; Helena Karasti; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; IT design; Participatory Design; feminist technoscience; participation; gender; power and knowledge relations; entanglements; Informatics; computer and systems science; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about participation in IT design. The problem background that I have outlined is that information technologies have far reaching consequences for societies and for individuals, and that the design of information technologies is one among many practices that shape the world in which we live. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Public Values and Decision Making in the Swedish e-Government Context

    Författare :Leif Sundberg; Katarina L Gidlund; Aron Larsson; Elin Wihlborg; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; decision making; public values; e-Government; beslutsteori; värdeteori; nyttorealisering; digitalisering; e-förvaltning; offentlig sektor;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses topics of public values and decision making in relation to the use of technology in the public sector. The research is conducted in the Swedish government context. A range of values that is specific to the public sector has been defined and classified in prior research. LÄS MER

  7. 15. The Relation Between Digital Technology and Values : Thinking Through Multiple Technologies

    Författare :Leif Sundberg; Katarina L Gidlund; Aron Larsson; Jeremy Rose; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; digitalization; digital government; technique; technics; technology; philosophy of technology; paradigms; megamachines; polytechnics; monotechnics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses two topics: technology and values. More specifically, the studied technology is an ensemble of digital technologies that is often referred to as “digitalization,” and the values are gathered from empirical material from the Swedish (digital) government. LÄS MER