Sökning: "critical constructivism"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden critical constructivism.

  1. 1. Free software to open hardware: Critical theory on the frontiers of hacking

    Författare :Johan Söderberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hackers; constructivism; innovation; free software; critical theory; immanent critique; technology; lay expertise; open hardware;

    Sammanfattning : Starting from the experiences of hackers developing free software and open hardware, this thesis addresses some key and recurrent themes in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). It poses the question: how are technologies conceptualised, constructed and used in ways that render some aspects of them transparent, while leaving others opaque? This question is complicated by the fact that what is visible and transparent to some will remain opaque to others, depending on the level of technical expertise commanded. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Collective Archives of Mind : An Exploration of Reasons from Metaethics to Social Ontology

    Författare :Gloria Mähringer; Praktisk filosofi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Reasons Fundamentalism; constitutivism; constructivism; realism; error theory; domain of reasons; self-determination; normative harmony; normative instability; disruption of thought; normative transformation; social ontology; critical realism; affordances of thought; reason relations; collective archive;

    Sammanfattning : This monograph discusses the question of what it is to be a reason – mainly in practical ethics – and proposes an original contribution to metaethics.It critically examines theories of metaethical realism, constructivism and error theory and identifies several misunderstandings or unclarities in contemporary debates. LÄS MER

  4. 3. What Can Nature Withstand? : Science, Politics and Discourses in Transboundary Air Pollution Diplomacy

    Författare :Karin Bäckstrand; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political and administrative sciences; discourse analysis; constructivism; science–policy interface; critical loads; international environmental politics; transboundary air pollution; Environmental law; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Miljörätt;

    Sammanfattning : Long-range transboundary air pollution generates pressing environmental problems such as the acidification of lakes and soils, forest decline and loss of biodiversity as well as threats to human health across Europe. The overall aim of this study is to explore the role of scientific expertise in environmental diplomacy by analyzing recent international agreements in the transboundary air pollution (LRTAP) regime. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Constructivism, Essentialism, and the Between : Human Being and Vulnerability in Judith Butler, Steven Pinker and Colin Gunton

    Författare :Joseph Sverker; Mattias Martinson; Katarina Westerlund; Stephen R. Holmes; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Judith Butler; Steven Pinker; Colin Gunton; theological anthropology; social constructivism; social constructionism; biologism; essentialism; biologist essentialism; evolution; school; differentiation; christology; doctrine of the Trinity; interpellation; evolutionary psychology; nature nurture; vulnerability; body; individual; person; individualism; personalism; kenosis; self-giving; recognition; feminism; relational ontology; weak ontology; relations; relationality; time; freedom; performativity; culture; environment; dependence; independence; Systematisk teologi med livsåskådningsforskning; Systematic Theology and Studies in Worldviews;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the division between biology and the social by means of Christian theology. The question is approached by reading and interacting critical theorist Judith Butler, psycholinguist Steven Pinker and theologian Colin Gunton.With Gunton the author argues that a relational, but ‘weak’, ontology is needed. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Att forma tillvaron : Konstruktivism som konstnärligt yrkesarbete hos Geraldo de Barros, Lygia Pape och Lygia Clark

    Författare :Oscar Svanelid; Dan Karlholm; Linda Fagerström; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Constructivism; Biopolitics; Labour; Brazilian Art; Artistic Translations; Anthropophagy; Multiple Modernisms; Pedagogical turn; Art and Community; Art and Therapy; Geraldo de Barros; Lygia Pape; Lygia Clark; Michel Foucault; konstruktivism; biopolitik; arbete; brasiliansk konst; konstnärlig översättning; antropofagi; modernism; pedagogisk vändning; konst och gemenskap; konst och terapi; Geraldo de Barros; Lygia Pape; Lygia Clark; Michel Foucault; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines artistic translations of constructivism by the Brazilian artists Geraldo de Barros (1923-1998), Lygia Pape (1927-2004) and Lygia Clark (1920-1988) using the theoretical perspectives of anthropophagy and biopolitics. Previous research has addressed artworks of Brazilian constructivism, a movement which over the last few decades has been canonised as part of a multiple, global modernism. LÄS MER