Sökning: "enhanced agency"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 27 avhandlingar innehållade orden enhanced agency.

  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; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANITIES; HUMANITIES; 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. Removal of natural organic matter by enhanced coagulation in Nicaragua

    Författare :Indiana García; Luis Moreno; Olle Wahlberg; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; drinking water; surrogate parameters; enhanced coagulation; natural organic matter; Environmental chemistry; Miljökemi;

    Sammanfattning : The existence of trihalomethanes (THMs) in a drinking water plant of Nicaragua has been investigated in order to see whether the concentration exceeded the maximum contaminant level recommended by the environmental protection agency of the United States (USEPA) and the Nicaragua guidelines. The influence of pH, temperature, chlorine dose and contact time on the formation of THMs were studied. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Lärare i en ny tid : Om grundskollärares förhandlingar av professionella identiteter

    Författare :Niklas Gustafson; Malmö högskola; []
    Nyckelord :compulsory school; teacher; professional identities; reform; change; extended assignment; teaching profession; negotiated experience; professional development; social constructionism; agency; structure; co-researcher; interactive research; communities of practice; complexity; broker; fragmentation; teacher-researcher;

    Sammanfattning : Den svenska grundskolan har under de två senaste årtiondena genomgått omfattande reform- och förändringsprocesser. Från en strukturell nivå har dessa drivit fram en ny tid med ett i grunden förändrat uppdrag för skolan och dess lärare. I denna avhandling antas emellertid att lärare som aktörer kan forma förändringar och strukturer. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Lärare i en ny tid : Om grundskollärares förhandlingar av professionella identiteter

    Författare :Niklas Gustafson; Sven Persson; Karin Rönnerman; Lars Holmstrand; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; compulsory school; teacher; professional identities; reform; change; extended assignment; teaching profession; negotiated experience; professional development; social constructionism; agency; structure; co-researcher; interactive research; communities of practice; complexity; broker; fragmentation; teacher-researcher; Pedgogical work; Pedagogiskt arbete; Education; pedagogik;

    Sammanfattning : In the past two decades the Swedish compulsory school for students aged 7 to 16 has undergone major processes of reform and change. On a structural level these have ushered in a new era with a fundamentally changed assignment for the schools and its teachers. LÄS MER

  7. 5. User involvement in housing recovery : Cases from Haiyan affected areas in the Philippines

    Författare :Ivette Arroyo; Boende och Bostadsutveckling; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; HUMANIORA; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANITIES; User involvement; housing recovery; Capability Approach; Capability space; evolutionary housing; Critical Realism; vulnerability; resilience; causal mechanisms; opportunities; choices; capacities; agency; typhoon Haiyan; social structures; National Housing Authority; Gawad Kalinga; We Effect; types of involvement; levels of involvement;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to develop a better understanding of the relation between housing recovery and user involvement from a capability perspective. The thesis studies housing recovery in areas affected by typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines on 8th November 2013. LÄS MER