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1. 1. Människa, text, teknik : Tekniska handböcker som kommunikationsmedel

   Författare :Karin Mårdsjö Blume; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Technical Manuals; Instruction; Technology Description; Motivation for Using Technology; Technical Writers; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : Technical manuals are often analyzed as purely instructional artifacts. In this thesis, however, they are analyzed as texts with multiple aims; instructional, descriptive and motivationaL They are also analyzed as texts written within a specific communicational context and regarded as an important part of the technology introduction as a whole. LÄS MER

3. 2. Förmedling av mönsterförlagor för stickning och virkning : Medierna, marknaden och målgruppen i Sverige vid 1800-talets mitt

   Författare :Hanna Bäckström; Eva Lindqvist Sandgren; Cecilia Aneer; Anneli Palmsköld; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Knitting; crochet; needlework patterns; manuals; handbooks; fashion journals; 19th century; textile studies; book history; textile history; media history; urban culture; material culture; tactile knowledge; discourse theory.; Stickning; virkning; handarbetsmönster; mönsterförlagor; manualer; handböcker; modejournaler; artonhundratal; 1800-tal; textilvetenskap; textilhistoria; mediehistoria; bokhistoria; urban kultur; materiell kultur; praktisk kunskap; diskursteori; Textile Studies; Textilvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the publication, design, dissemination and use of patterns for knitting and crochet in Sweden in the mid-nineteenth century. It investigates why the mediation of patterns for knitting and crochet changed during this period and what these changes reveal about the handicraft skills of the target group and the social context for which the patterns were produced. LÄS MER

4. 3. Shaping thought through action : A study of the use and design of technical information

   Författare :Jonatan Lundin; Yvonne Eriksson; Carina Söderlund; Inger Orre; Harald Schaub; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with the design of technical information, such as a user manual for an industrial device, based on the searching and reading behaviour of process operators and maintenance technicians. Such industrial professionals, who use tools like measuring equipment, are sometimes unable to get the support they need from searching and reading in a text- and image-based tool manual in order to perform work tasks. LÄS MER

5. 4. Looking at the Future : Divination and Astrology in Ancient Egypt

   Författare :Andreas Winkler; Lana Troy; Kasia Szpakowska; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ancient Egypt; Graeco-Roman Egypt; Demotic; Coptic; divination; astrology; dream interpretation; calendar; pun; allegory; sages.; Egyptology; Egyptologi; Egyptology; Egyptologi;

   Sammanfattning : This study discusses divination in ancient Egypt, from the New Kingdom onwards in order to highlight the Egyptian elements in later astrological practices in Graeco-Roman Egypt. The first chapter treats divination and its study in general terms. LÄS MER

7. 5. Early Discourses on Colour and Cinema : Origins, Functions, Meanings

   Författare :Eirik Frisvold Hanssen; Astrid Söderbergh Widding; Eva Jørholt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; colour film; film history; film theory; film technology; film aesthetics; indexicality; intermediality; colour and sound; catalogue; Kinemacolor; Sergei M. Eisenstein; Film; Filmvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a historical and theoretical study of a number of discourses examining colour and cinema during the period 1909 to 1935 (trade press, film reviews, publications on film technology, manuals, catalogues and theoretical texts from the era). In this study, colour in cinema is considered as producing a number of aesthetic and representational questions which are contextualised historically; problems and qualities specifically associated with colour film are examined in terms of an interrelationship between historical, technical, industrial, and stylistic factors, as well as specific contemporary conceptions of cinema. LÄS MER