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1. 11. Personas and Scenarios in Use

   Författare :Rosa Gudjonsdottir; Yngve Sundblad; Henrik Artman; Jonathan Grudin; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ethnographic fieldwork; multi-sited fieldwork; participant observation; user-centered design; user research; personas; scenarios; Computer science; Datalogi; Social anthropology ethnography; Socialantrolopologi etnografi;

   Sammanfattning : Personas are fictitious characters that represent the needs of the intended users, and scenarios complementing the personas describe how their needs can be met. The present doctoral thesis considers the usage of personas and scenarios and how they are used in system development projects. LÄS MER

3. 12. From Children of the Garbage Bins to Citizens : A reflexive ethnographic study on the care of “street children”

   Författare :Wanjiku Kaime-Atterhög; Beth Maina Ahlberg; Gillian Ann Lewando Hundt; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health care seeking behaviour; Child participation; Re habilitation ; Street children; Caregiver; Reflexive ethnography; Transformative learning; Kenya; Africa; Southeast Asia;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of the study on which this thesis is based was to gain an understanding of the life situation of street children in Kenya and to investigate how caring institutions care for these children.  A reflexive ethnographic approach was used to facilitate entry into the children’s sub-culture and the work contexts of the caregivers to better understand how the children live on the streets and how the caregivers work with the children. LÄS MER

4. 13. ”Sketch and Talk”, Drawing lines between incarcerated humans, the interior, and “stuff”. Design methodologies for (well)-being in prisons, youth homes and psychiatric hospitals

   Författare :Franz James; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Design methods; Design methodology; Field drawing; Ethnographic drawing; Carceral design; Prison design; Youth homes; Forensic psychiatric hospitals; Sketching;

   Sammanfattning : With increasing global and local incarceration, the demand for prison beds is rapidly growing. The Swedish government’s plans for implementing youth prisons and amending laws regarding young people’s sentences risk increasing the already high numbers of mental health problems. LÄS MER

5. 14. Byggeriets produktion af svigt i et strukturationssperspektiv - et studie af reaktive og proaktive problemlosningspraksisser

   Författare :Casper Siebken Schultz; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; building defects; problem solving; structuration; unintended consequences; Abductive method; social practices; quality; construction management; reflexive qualitative methodology;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis is the result of an Industrial PhD project conducted in NCC Construction Denmark addressing quality issues. The study examines how failures and defects are produced in the social practices of construction projects and the role of problem solving. The approach to failures and defects is open-minded and empirically oriented. LÄS MER

7. 15. Creative voices of the city : Articulating media, space and cultural identities by creative collectives in Southeast Asia

   Författare :Zaki Habibi; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; articulation; creativity; creative city; cultural identity; cultural memory; cultural resistance; media practice; space; visual method; artikulation; kreativitet; kreativ stad; kulturell identitet; kulturellt minne; kulturellt motstånd; medieutövning; visuell metod;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the lived cultures of the individuals within collectives who are part of creative cities in Southeast Asia. Such individuals and their creative collectives are all too often rendered silent and unnoticed within the official narratives of creative city branding. LÄS MER