Sökning: "actor network theory history"
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16. Funding Matters : Archaeology and the Political Economy of the Past in the EU
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to show how Europe is constructed at the intersection between archaeology, money and politics within EU cultural actions. Ever since the 1970s, the European Community has invested money and prestige in the idea of a common cultural heritage for Europe. LÄS MER
17. Samla samtid : Insamlingspraktiker och temporalitet på kulturhistoriska museer i Sverige
Sammanfattning : This thesis is a study of contemporary collecting practices at museums of cultural history in Sweden. The study takes off from two questions: How is this practice of collecting understood at museums of cultural history today, and how are these modes of collecting effected when museums explicitly collect the “present” rather than the “past”? The aim is to examine how the present day has been collected, what modes of ordering were activated, as well as what relational effects contemporary collecting has had on the knowledge-building processes within the practice. LÄS MER
18. Making Meteorology : Social Relations and Scientific Practice
Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the production of knowledge in meteorological research. Meteorology is an interesting case because of its crucial role in defining the climate change problem, but also because of its reliance on simulation modeling, a comparatively little studied scientific practice. LÄS MER
19. Flytande identitet
Sammanfattning : In June 2004, a curious story appeared in the Swedish business press. One could read that ecommerce had "recovered" and was "taking revenge". A few years earlier the media spoke of nothing but the dotcom-burst, broken expectations and bankruptcies. It seemed that by 2004, ecommerce was established in its own right as a retail form. LÄS MER
