Sökning: "agency hierarchy"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden agency hierarchy.

  1. 1. Agency and Artefacts : A cognitive semiotic exploration of design

    Författare :Juan Mendoza-Collazos; Kognitiv semiotik; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Agency; enhanced agency; agency hierarchy; derived agency; material agency; intentionality; prior intentions; intentions in action; pictorial representations; artefacts; tool-making; design theory; design semiotics; design research; phenomenology; cognitive semiotics; agentive semiotics; semiotic hierarchy; 4E cognition; bio-cultural evolution; philosophy of design; philosophy of technology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the role of artefacts in relation to human agency and design within a cognitive semiotics framework. It deals with questions such as What is agency? What are artefacts and how does agency relate to them? What kind of intentions are involved in the activity of designing? What is human-specific with respect to agency and design? How can the origins and evolution of design be explained? Addressing these questions, the thesis proposes a layered model of agency for explaining the relations between different grades of agentive complexity. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Genmat i fokus : Analyser av fokusgruppssamtal om genförändrade livsmedel

    Författare :Victoria Wibeck; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gene technology; genetically modified food; focus groups; dialogism; social representations; risk; trust; agency; genmodifierade livsmedel; risk; livsmedel; genteknik; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : This study focuses on social representations of genetically modified food (GMF). Drawing on data from eleven focus groups including lay people and decision-makers within the food industry, it aims to analyse how people talk about and try to comprehend and anchor the issue of GMF. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Dialectics of Negotiagency : Micro Mechanisms in Children’s Negotiation in Play Activity

    Författare :Mimmi Waermö; Inger Eriksson; Ylva Ståhle; Viveca Lindberg; Bert van Oers; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; activity theory; agency; breaktime; children; collectividual; cultural historical activity theory; demands; development; double stimulation; enculturation; motives; negotiagency; negotiation; play; transformation; Didactics; didaktik;

    Sammanfattning : This study is about the children in a fourth and fifth grade Swedish primary school class and their play during breaktimes. The study takes the theoretical point of departure in seeing children’s breaktime play as a cultural historical activity. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Att göra sig gällande : Mångfald i förskolebarns kamratkulturer

    Författare :Anna Olausson; Gun-Marie Frånberg; Katarina Norberg; Gunilla Halldén; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interpretive reproduction; peer cultures; diversity; preschool; agency; sociology of childhood; tolkande reproduktion; kamratkulturer; mångfald; förskola; aktörskap; barndomssociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to describe, analyse and understand how children in preschool construct cultural diversity in their interaction. A wide definition of culture is being used, thereby stressing the cultural background of all children. The study is based on observations and conversations with children in three Swedish preschools. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Vocational Students’ Agency in Identity Formation as Industrial Workers

    Författare :Lisa Ferm; Maria Gustavsson; Daniel Persson Thunqvist; Louise Svensson; Nina Kilbrink; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Vocational education; Vocational identity; Industrial programme; Workplace- based learning; Yrkesidentitet; Yrkesutbildning; Industriprogrammet; Arbetsplatsförlagt lärande;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute knowledge about vocational identity formation among students within the industrial programme in Swedish upper secondary education, with a particular focus on their workplace-based learning. To break down the aim, three research questions have been formulated and each is addressed in one or two specific articles. LÄS MER