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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 485 avhandlingar innehållade ordet hierarchy.

1. 11. Järnålderns Skåne : samhälle, centra och regioner

   Författare :Bertil Helgesson; Arkeologi; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iron Age; Ancient history; centrality; Antikens och forntidens historia; communication; defence; long-distance trade; specialized craft; king; elite; cheiftain; social structure; central place; region; power; Scania; hierarchy; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Sammanfattning : The first purpose of this dissertation is to describe and discuss the development of the Iron Age society in Scania. The second purpose is to discuss the relations between Scania and the neighbouring areas. The Iron Age society was hierarchical and ruled by different types of leaders, usually cheiftains or kings. LÄS MER

3. 12. Uniformella förhandlingar : Hierarkier och genusrelationer i Postens kläder 1636-2008

   Författare :Marianne Larsson; Birgitta Svensson; Lisa Öberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; civilian uniform; steering mechanisms; hierarchy; classification; gender; identity; masculinity; negotiations; disciplinary power; cultural history; clothes; Post Office; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : The postal uniform represents a state authority while simultaneously clothing the body of an individual. Via discussions about breakpoints, events, and negotiations, the study highlights cultural and social patterns in civilian uniform practice. A basic theme is how society classifies and hierarchizes people, above all, masculinity, via uniform. LÄS MER

4. 13. Spatial analysis and modeling of urban transportation networks

   Författare :Jingyi Lin; Yifang Ban; Sten Henning Hansen; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Complex networks; transportation systems; network growth; Evolving networks; centrality; urban systems; topology; space syntax; spatial networks; distance effects; gravity laws; planarity; street network patterns; US airline system; China’s aviation system; network efficiency; cellular structure; hierarchy; network representations; Geodesy and Geoinformatics; Geodesi och geoinformatik;

   Sammanfattning : Transport systems in general, and urban transportation systems in particular, are the backbone of a country or a city, therefore play an intrinsic role in the socio-economic development. There have been numerous studies on real transportation systems from multiple fileds, including geography, urban planning, and engineering. LÄS MER

5. 14. Heterosexual Havana : Ideals and hierarchies of gender and sexuality in contemporary Cuba

   Författare :Silje Lundgren; Mona Rosendahl; Britt-Marie Thurén; Hugh Beach; Nadine Fernandez; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Havana; Vedado; Cuba; heterosexuality; gender; sexuality; eroticism; masculinity; homosociality; hierarchy; hierarchization; ‘cultural level’; sexual politics; sexual education; piropos; reggaetón; body; soap opera; Habana; Vedado; Cuba; heterosexualidad; género; sexualidad; erotismo; masculinidad; homosocialidad; jerarquía; jerarquización; ‘nivel cultural’; política sexual; educación sexual; piropos; reguetón; cuerpo; telenovela; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Sammanfattning : Drawing on two periods of ethnographic fieldwork in Vedado, Havana, in 2004–2007, this dissertation analyses the interconnections between gender, sexuality, and heterosexuality. With theoretical inspiration from the works of Stevi Jackson and Beverley Skeggs, it discusses how the logics underlying heterosexual relations also regulate hierarchical gendered ideals. LÄS MER

7. 15. 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; 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