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1. Den ojämlika dödligheten : Hjärtdödlighet och samhällsutveckling i två städer
Sammanfattning : Den ojämlika dödligheten är en studie av främst hjärt–kärldödlighet avseende perioden 1950–2010 i tvillingstäderna Linköping och Norrköping och konsekvenserna av ojämlikhet. Skillnaderna mellan städerna i dödlighet är stora. Under 1970-talet, då jämlikheten stod i focus, minskade dessa. LÄS MER
2. Vad vilja vegetarianerna? : En undersökning av den svenska vegetarismen 1900–1935
Sammanfattning : Throughout human history, some people have chosen to abstain from eating meat – for ethical or religious reasons. But beginning in the mid-19th century, groups and organizations were formed in the West who identified themselves as “vegetarian”. LÄS MER
3. Hope Rites : An Ethnographic Study of Mechanical Help-Heart Implantation Treatment
Sammanfattning : This thesis is about cultural aspects of advanced medical technology for treating end-stage heart failure. New medical technologies like mechanical help-hearts save lives, but they also bring new uncertainties, risks, and challenges. LÄS MER
4. Support for the conceptual design stage of effective and resource-efficient offerings : A pragmatic and cross-disciplinary approach
Sammanfattning : Human activities in the form of production and consumption have increased to an all-time high. In many cases, this increase has resulted in environmental problems such as waste and pollution that, in turn, affect our health and way of living. Societies have proposed different measures to address such environmental problems. LÄS MER
5. Making Reindeer : The Negotiation of an Arctic Animal in Modern Swedish Sápmi, 1920-2020
Sammanfattning : The Arctic has long been perceived as a static, timeless place of shielded wilderness. This perception extended to the reindeer as both part of the Arctic environment and of traditional Indigenous livelihoods. LÄS MER
