Sökning: "cultural labor"

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1. 21. Unwrapping Cobol : Lessons in Crisis Computing

   Författare :Linda Hilfling Ritasdatter; Susan Kozel; Maria Hellström Reimer; Florian Cramer; Nishant Shah; Malmö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Crisis; Execution; Maintenance; Cobol; Automation; Global Flows; Y2K; Human Factor; Outsourcing; Development; Legacy Systems; Programming Languages; History of Computing; HCI; Software Wrapping; Postcolonial Studies; Diffraction; Broken world thinking; Grace Hopper; Media Archaeology; Debugging; Zombie Media; Obsolescence; Technological Development; Unsettling Ontologies; Fourth Industrial Revolution; Artificial Intelligence; Interaktionsdesign; Interaktionsdesign;

   Sammanfattning : By engaging with COBOL, a detested and would-be obsolete programming language, the dark sides of automation are examined in this thesis: hidden workforces and computational infrastructures that are, in reality, central to the execution and maintenance of global economic and informational flows. Frictions within these flows are made more visible in moments of crisis when asymmetrical power structures are surfaced, as demonstrated in an analysis of the infamous Y2K Bug, its connection to the outsourcing boom in India and the legacy of COBOL. LÄS MER

3. 22. Den allrakäraste fienden : Svenska stereotyper i finländsk press 1918-1939

   Författare :Ainur Elmgren; Historia; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; västerlandets bålverk; främling; frände; mellankrigstiden; media; kulturelit; bildning; press; bilden av; identifikation; den andra; fiende; nationell identitet; svenskhet; finskhet; Finland; Sverige; stereotyping; stereotyp; nationalism; historia; autoexotism; självexotism; antisemitism; xenofobi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis studies stereotypes of Sweden and Swedishness in the Finnish press 1918–1939. It maps the genealogy of the images and analyzes the use of stereotypes. In newly independent Finland, the press conveyed debates about national values and political goals. LÄS MER

4. 23. Filmkultur och nöjesliv i Örebro 1897-1908

   Författare :Åsa Jernudd; Jan Olsson; Pelle Snickars; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Filmhistoria; Sverige; Örebro; sekelskiftet; 1900; 1900-talet; nöjesliv; biografer; resande filmvisare; Film; Filmvetenskap; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; Film studies; Filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies;

   Sammanfattning : Åsa Jernudd: Movies and Entertainment in Örebro 1897-1908This dissertation is a historical study of film exhibition in the context of emerging popular entertainment in Örebro, a medium-sized town in Sweden, 1897 to 1908. It argues that since 80% of the population resided in towns and rural areas around 1900, studying the impact of film culture in a town setting is essential for an understanding of early film culture in Sweden. LÄS MER

5. 24. Local government expenditures and regional growth in Sweden

   Författare :Johan Lundberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Deficit shocks; local authorities; local public expenditures; tax base; externalities; spatial econometrics; regional growth; migration; Kommunal ekonomi; Sverige;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five papers, which concern expenditure decisions and economic growth within Swedish local government.Paper [1] explores the hypothesis that local fiscal shocks have short run effects on revenue and expenditure decisions made within local government. LÄS MER

7. 25. Levebröd eller entreprenörskap? : Om utlandsfödda personers företagande i Sverige

   Författare :Erik Ljungar; Göran Ahrne; Matti Similä; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethnicity; self-employment; entrepreneurship; discrimination; integration; social networks; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : Why are so many persons with an immigrant background self-employed in Sweden? To just say that it is discrimination in the labor market or that some immigrant groups have a “cultural inclination” that makes them fit to run a business does not provide for a full explanation.I first give an overview of the research of immigrant- and minority business in sociology. LÄS MER