Sökning: "epistemic practices"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 43 avhandlingar innehållade orden epistemic practices.

  1. 1. Paranormal Sweden? : Paranormal beliefs and practices in contemporary Sweden

    Författare :Cristoffer Tidelius; Maria Klingenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Paranormal; Paranormal beliefs; Paranormal practices; Mediumship; Ghost hunts; Cryptozoology; Parapsychology; Ufology; Occulture; Epistemic authority; Epistemic capital; Boundary-work; Sociology of Religion; Religionssociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation aims to study the contemporary occurrence of paranormal beliefs, activities and experiences in Sweden as well as a paraculture of practices dedicated to these issues, with a particular focus on issues of knowledge and authority. The study is placed against the backdrop of academic and popular claims that paranormal beliefs, activities and experiences are not only common but are also on the rise. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Flyktiga möten : Fågelskådning, epistemisk gemenskap och icke-mänsklig karisma

    Författare :Elin Lundquist; Lars Kaijser; Willim Robert; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Epistemic community; epistemic practice; nonhuman charisma; birdwatching; ethnography; Ethnology; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates birdwatching and focuses on the knowledges, skills and ideas that are obtained and acknowledged among birdwatchers. The aim is to explore how these ways of relating to birds are constituted. Birdwatching is considered as an epistemic practice, which produce and maintain knowledge. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Languages and Linguistic Exchanges in Swedish Academia : Practices, Processes, and Globalizing Markets

    Författare :Linus Salö; Kenneth Hyltenstam; Christopher Stroud; Monica Heller; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English in Sweden; language planning and policy; epistemic reflexivity; language ideology; entextualization; Bourdieu; habitus; field; Bilingualism; tvåspråkighet;

    Sammanfattning : Based on four separate studies, this thesis deals with Swedish academia and its dwellers, with an eye toward accounting for matters of languages and linguistic exchanges. The perspectives and thinking-tools of Pierre Bourdieu form the basis of the main leitmotif, albeit extended with insights from linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Epistemic encounters: Intra- and interdisciplinary analyses of human action, planning practices and technological change

    Författare :Henrik Bruun; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; planning practices; technological change;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  7. 5. Making Possible by Making Visible : Learning through Visual Representations in Social Science

    Författare :Ann-Sofie Jägerskog; Cecilia Lundholm; Peter Davies; Magnus Hultén; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social science teaching; visual representation; pricing; causal relationships; teaching and learning; phenomenography; variation theory; practice theory; teaching-learning practice; epistemic practices; upper secondary school; design research; graphs; economics; social studies; ämnesdidaktik med inriktning mot de samhällsvetenskapliga ämnenas didaktik; Teaching and Learning with Specialisation in the Social Sciences Education;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses upon the relationship between teaching and learning of dynamic phenomena and processes in social science and the use of visual representations in social science teaching. Teaching in social science uses many visual representations, such as models, flowcharts and diagrams, in order to help students to grasp phenomena, structures and processes in society. LÄS MER