Sökning: "Technological Culture"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 84 avhandlingar innehållade orden Technological Culture.
16. Tools and technology : Lithic technological analysis of Neolithic axe morphology
Sammanfattning : Through practical experiments, edge-wear analysis, and the study of archaeological collections, the dissertation explores the complex relationship between style and function in a specific class of artifacts: the Neolithic axe. The results of the three-part approach described above, when applied for instance to thin-butted axes from the Funnel Beaker Culture, indicated that there was no clear-cut cass of unusable prestige axes, but rather that axe length more likely reflected practical rather than stylistic considerations. LÄS MER
17. Digital technocultures in Nature-based tourism
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the influences of digital technologies on nature-based tourism (NBT) experiences. I acknowledge that the holistic digitalization of human lives increasingly impacts nature-based tourism. LÄS MER
18. Offentlighetens nya rum : teknik och politik i Sverige 1969-1999
Sammanfattning : This study in contemporary history describes the transformation of the public sphere in Sweden during the period 1969-1999, and analyses the role of information technology and politics in the process. The overall aim of the study is to explain how, and why, the public sphere in Jürgen Habermas sense has deteriorated during a period of rapid technological and political change, when increasing attention has been given to information technology as a new tool for improving democracy and empowering citizens. LÄS MER
19. The liberalisation of telecommunications in Sweden : Technology and regime change from the 1960s to 1993
Sammanfattning : This study describes the liberalisation of telecommunications in Sweden and analyses the role of technology in this process. The stable and largely successful traditional monopoly regime was challenged in the 1980s by the development of new technologies and the general trend towards market orientation and competition. LÄS MER
20. Från kungaporträtt till läsketikett : en domänanalytisk studie över Kungl. bibliotekets bildsamling med särskild inriktning mot katalogiserings- och indexeringsfrågor
Sammanfattning : A prerequisite for pictures to be studied and used as sources of knowledge is that they are collected, organised, and made accessible. The aim of this thesis has been to analyse these processes within a specific cultural heritage institution – the National Library of Sweden’s picture collection. LÄS MER