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1. 6. In transit : aspects of transculturalism in Janice Kulyk Keefer's travels

   Författare :Elisabeth Mårald; Sven-Johan Spånberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; transculturalism; ethnicity; the postcolonial discourse; travels; tourism; imagology; Imagined Communities; environment; Bakhtin s dialogic theories; cultural studies;

   Sammanfattning : Transculturalism refers to how cultural barriers are transcended and how cultures meet. Because the transcultural perspective reflects hitherto unrepresented spaces, it revises and innovates literary canons. This study investigates aspects of transculturalism in texts dealing with travel by the Canadian writer Janice Kulyk Keefer. LÄS MER

3. 7. Teknikens befäl : En etnologisk studie av teknikuppfattning och civilingenjörer : [an ethnological study of the understandings of technology and engineers]

   Författare :Katarina Ek-Nilsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; Technology; Masters of Engineering; Modernity; Class; Gender; Life- History scripts; Women s Strategies; Knowledge; Education; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Etnologi; Ethnology;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this Thesis is to analyse technology as a domain for knowledge and cultural experience among Swedish engineers during the 20th century. The aim is to examine how the concept of technology and the engineering profession are related in literature and films as well as in biographies, written by engineers themselves. LÄS MER

4. 8. Vänskap, värden, vandel: Avvikelser och återhämtningsstrategier hos Göteborgs första generation ungdomsnarkomaner

   Författare :Christer Ahlman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pioneering drug delinquents; delinquency career; local drug community; internalised ethics; psychotic breakdown; exit from drugs; close relations; self-recovery; deep roles;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to investigate how and why a sample of young people who were criminals and drug addicts in the 1960s – Gothenburg’s first generation of young drug junkies – could get up on their feet and then sustain an orderly life. The empirical material consists of recorded and transcribed life history interviews with 15 individuals, 10 of whom had rather central positions within Gothenburg’s first generation of young drug addicts. LÄS MER

5. 9. TILLBLIVELSER : En trasslig berättelse om design som normkritisk praktik

   Författare :Karin Ehrnberger; Sara Ilstedt; Minna Räsänen; Ylva Gislén; Erling Björgvinsson; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Machine Design; Maskinkonstruktion;

   Sammanfattning : The increasing awareness of norm-critical perspectives (in society, academia and industry) brings with it the need to develop methods to ensure they can be implemented in practice. This thesis discusses how the role of design contributes to and maintains norms, and shows how design as a norm critical practice has great potential to bridge the gap between theory and practice in norm-critical work. LÄS MER

7. 10. Imitation och omtolkning : Entreprenörers identifieringsprocesser ur ett genusperspektiv

   Författare :Jaana Kurvinen; Svante Brunåker; Kerstin Nilsson; Malin Tillmar; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Identification; Social Construction; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This study deals with the issue of entrepreneurship and gender. A central part is to understand how entrepreneurial opportunities and identities are constructed and linked to each other. The aim is to increase our understanding about entrepreneurial processes, identification and role creation. LÄS MER