Sökning: "civilisation"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 40 avhandlingar innehållade ordet civilisation.

1. 6. Energi som kunskapsområde : Om praktik och diskurser i skolan

   Författare :Per Gyberg; Lars Ingelstam; Kerstin Bergqvist; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Discourse; knowledge; practice; meaning formation; points of correlation; inclusion and exclusion; meaning relationships; school; energy; supply; user; science; civilisation-critic; Energi; studier; undervisning; grundskolan; gymnasieskolan; Sverige; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : This study concerns how energy is treated as an area of knowledge in the Swedish school. Energy is encountered in traditional subjects such as history, physics and social studies. Energy also has another entry due to its constant relevance in the world outside school, thereby obligating school to address and discuss energy within its curriculum. LÄS MER

3. 7. Nybyggarbarn : Barnuppfostran bland nybyggare i Frostvikens, Vilhelmina och Tärna socknar 1850-1920

   Författare :Marianne Liliequist; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Education of children; child care; history of childhood; settlers; values; life stories; history of civilisation; Ethnology; Etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : The investigation concerns childrearing among settlers in the northern part of Sweden between 1850-1920. What were the attitudes of the adults towards children and what ideals were there for children's behaviour? By investigating childrearing I also intended to find which general values and norms there were in the settlers' society. LÄS MER

4. 8. "Who are you to tell us our history?" : kultur och religion i hawaiianers möte med amerikansk mission

   Författare :Kristina Hellner Taylor; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; de-colonization; conflict; colonial; Hawaiian medicine; culture; hula; resistance; Hawaii; knowledge; education; sexuality; social relationships; dress; body; civilization; behavior; civilizational colonialists; Hawaiian culture; Hawaiian history; American missionaries; de-familiarization; Hawaiian Movement; history of religions; anthropology; history; comparative religion;

   Sammanfattning : The life and history of the Hawaiians has been documented ever since the contact with Western adventurers at the end of the 18th century. In connection with the arrival of American missionaries in 1820, these missionaries introduced and established a puritanical doctrine and method of communicating knowledge by way of the written word. LÄS MER

5. 9. Electrooxidation of glycerol and methanol on gold

   Författare :Mikael Valter; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; van der Waals; electrochemistry; methanol; gold; glycerol; DFT;

   Sammanfattning : Burning of fossil fuels leads to excess CO2 in the atmosphere, causing global warming, threatening civilisation and ecosystems worldwide. As a step in making the society fossil-independent, we need to replace oil, coal, and gas in the transportation sector with fuels originating from sustainable energy. LÄS MER

7. 10. The "New Negro" in the Old World : culture and performance in James Weldon Johnson, Jessie Fauset, and Nella Larsen

   Författare :Lena Ahlin; Engelska; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language and literature; Europe in African-American literature; Nella Larsen; Jessie Fauset; James Weldon Johnson; minstrelsy; whiteness; performance; cultural authenticity; New Negro; Harlem Renaissance; African Americans in Europe;

   Sammanfattning : I denna avhandling studeras europaskildringarna i James Weldon Johnsons The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912), Jessie Fausets There Is Confusion (1924) och Nella Larsens Quicksand (1928) och hur dessa speglar afrikansk-amerikanernas roll i den västerländska civilisationen. I 1800-talets afrikansk-amerikanska litteratur figurerar Europa ofta som symbol för frihet och kultur. LÄS MER