Sökning: "laboratory ethnography"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden laboratory ethnography.
1. Making Death Matter : A Feminist Technoscience Study of Alzheimer's Sciences in the Laboratory
Sammanfattning : This thesis is a contribution to feminist laboratory studies and a critical engagement with the natural sciences, or more precisely research on the biochemical workings and deadly relations of Alzheimer’s disease emanating from a year of field work in a Drosophila fly lab. The natural sciences have been a point of fascination within the field of gender studies for decades. LÄS MER
2. The Making of Valid Data : People and Machines in Genetic Research Practice
Sammanfattning : Avhandlingen undersöker ett centralt steg inom vetenskapliga praktiker: hur laboratorieprov översätts till data som anses giltiga och användbara av forskargemenskapen. Baserat på ett multilokalt fältarbete bestående av observationer och intervjuer i laboratorier för genetisk forskning, visas i avhandlingen hur laboratoriepersonalens yrkesskicklighet, samt normer och ideal om vetenskaplig forskning, formade deras praktiker av att producera giltiga data. LÄS MER
3. Den levda läroplanen : en studie av naturorienterande undervisningspraktiker i grundskolan
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to develop knowledge about what students actually learn in lower secondary school science, regardless of intentions and policies. This is conceptualized as a study of the lived curriculum. During the last decades, new ways of organizing classroom work have evolved in Sweden. LÄS MER
4. Bordering through genetics : DNA testing, family reunification and Swedish migration control
Sammanfattning : After people flee to Sweden and are granted asylum, their family members must apply to the Swedish migration authorities in order to be reunited with their loved ones in Sweden. As part of this process, some applicants must prove their relationships through DNA analysis. LÄS MER
5. Accounting the Future : An Ethnography of the European Spallation Source
Sammanfattning : The thesis investigates the social processes involved in the practices of futuring. It addresses the question of how social practices contribute to the production and maintenance of robust versions of the future. It asks how best we should study futurity, including expectations, imaginations, promises and visions. LÄS MER