Sökning: "Togetherness"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 59 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Togetherness.

  1. 1. Islands of Togetherness : Rewriting Context Analysis

    Författare :Minna Räsänen; Ann Lantz; Per-Anders Forstorp; James M. Nyce; Paul Dourish; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Human-Computer Interaction; call-centre organization; ethnography; togetherness; socio-cultural context; Technology and culture; Teknik och kultur;

    Sammanfattning : A continuing debate within Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research is how to elucidate, improve, and optimize the relationship between social context and technology use. Social context is conventionally understood as immediate use context while an understanding informed by social science suggests a wider scope, involving actors and structures. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Harnessing togetherness : perceptions of loneliness and promotion of social participation in the home care context

    Författare :Therese Nordin; Ingeborg Nilsson; Per E. Gustafsson; Sofi Fristedt; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Loneliness; Older adults; Home care services; Home care delivery; Social participation; Occupational therapy; arbetsterapi;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction: It is well known that older adults have a higher risk for loneliness, which is detrimental to health. Home care in Sweden has a responsibility to address social needs, but systematic approaches are lacking and there is a know–do gap. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Playing for Togetherness - Designing for Interaction Rituals through Gaming

    Författare :Karl Bergström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; game research; interaction design; interaction ritual; togetherness; gamer groups;

    Sammanfattning : Can design facilitate togetherness through games? Seeing the outcomes of a successful interaction ritual – positive emotional energy and a sense of group solidarity – as the main components of the togetherness of games, this thesis seeks to shed light on how design can improve the use of games as vehicles of interaction. The thesis combines six different articles on games, gaming and gamers; the articles illuminate the different ingredients of the interaction ritual afforded by playing games and covers digital-, board- and tabletop role-playing games. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Online Together : A Sociological Study of the Concept of Togetherness and the Contemporary Conditions for Social Interaction

    Författare :Lovisa Eriksson; Michael Allvin; Bo Lewin; Simon Lindgren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Togetherness; Social Presence; Computer-Mediated Communication; Microsociology; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : The recent advances in digital communication technologies have altered the way in which people socialize on a day-to-day basis. A question that has arisen in relation to this is what being somewhere together actually means at a time when our interactions are no longer confined to shared physical places. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Togetherness in everyday occupations : how participation in on-going life with others enables change

    Författare :Anneli Nyman; Lena-Karin Erlandsson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Occupational Therapy; Arbetsterapi;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to provide knowledge of how everyday occupations with others can be understood as an on-going and evolving process in people’s lives. This thesis includes four papers, all with a qualitative approach and a focus on everyday occupations with others from the perspective of people in different life situations. LÄS MER