Sökning: "gift-giving"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade ordet gift-giving.

  1. 1. Att hjälpa andra : gåvans, rättvisans och medkänslans aporier i frivilligarbete

    Författare :Hanna Bäckström; Linda Berg; Sara Edenheim; Helen Andersson; Lisa Folkmarson Käll; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil society; critical social work; empathy; ethics of care; feminist ethics; gifts; gift-giving; moral perception; poststructuralist ethics; solidarity; street-begging; voluntary social work; civilsamhälle; kritiskt socialt arbete; empati; omsorgsetik; feministisk etik; gåvor; moralisk perception; poststrukturalistisk etik; solidaritet; tiggeri; frivilligt socialt arbete; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis addresses the issue of social work in Swedish civil society, focusing on the ambition and practice of helping others as an existential as well as a social, political and cultural phenomenon. The aim is to study the ambiguities and aporetic conflicts that imbue helping activities and the desire to help others, using ethnographic as well as philosophical method. LÄS MER

  3. 2. In the name of research : Essays on the ethical treatment of human research subjects

    Författare :Sara Belfrage; Sven Ove Hansson; John Cantwell; Matti Häyry; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Research ethics; informed consent; traffic research; exploitation; coercive offer; compensation; gift-giving; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : Essay 1: Traffic research shares a fundamental dilemma with other areas of empirical research in which humans are potentially put at risk. Research is justified because it can improve safety in the long run. Nevertheless, people can be harmed in the research situation. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Public and Non-Public Gifting on the Internet

    Författare :Jörgen Skågeby; Sture Hägglund; Kevin McGee; Daniel Pargman; Magnus Bergquist; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Communities; End-user content; file-sharing; online methodology; gift-giving; Informatics; Informatik;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to the knowledge of how computer-mediated communication and information sharing works in large groups and networks. In more detail, the research question put forward is: in large sharing networks, what concerns do end-users have regarding to whom to provide material? A theoretical framework of gift-giving was applied to identify, label and classify qualitative end-user concerns with provision. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Medal in Early Modern Sweden : Significances and Practices

    Författare :Ylva Haidenthaller; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medals; medal art; Sweden; early modern period; visual culture; materiality; art anthropology; visual media; gift giving; memoria; numismatics; self-fashioning; uses of art; emblem;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses medals issued between 1560 and 1792 in Sweden and studies the practices and roles related to these objects. It aims to contribute to the understanding of the varying uses and functions of early modern medals by applying a long-term perspective that connects Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical medals. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Luxury as the opposite of vulgarity : a trio of perspectives on luxury brands

    Författare :Mignon Reyneke; Sharyn Rundle-Thiele; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industriell marknadsföring; Industrial Marketing;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis, entitled “Luxury as the opposite of vulgarity: A trio of perspectives on luxury brands” considers luxury brands in a trio of contemporary contexts. Despite the academic research surrounding luxury brands being limited, the existent research most often studies luxury brands in a traditional retail context. LÄS MER