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6. Making sense of contested illness : Talk and narratives about chronic fatigue
Sammanfattning : The primary aim of this thesis is to study how people suffering from chronic fatigue (usually Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, CFS) make sense of their medically unexplained and invisible illness. Due to the vagueness and indefinable character of this illness, it becomes disputed and doubted in many contexts. Thus, I call it a contested illness. LÄS MER
7. Att skapa mening i en komplex praktik : Föreställningar om brottspreventiva samverkansformer mellan omsorg och kontroll
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with individual-oriented crime prevention interaction (ICPI) aimed at young people who commit - or are deemed to be at risk of committing - offences. Youth crime prevention is always topical, and a great deal of attention has been paid to such initiatives in recent years. LÄS MER
8. Making sense of usability : Organizational change and sensemaking when introducing user-centred systems design in public authorities
Sammanfattning : Computers have become an everyday encounter, not at least in work settings. These computers must support the user in order for her to work in an effective and efficient manner. LÄS MER
9. Well, that makes sense! : Investigating opportunity development in a technology start-up
Sammanfattning : Digital technologies have profoundly reshaped many industries in the past years and we are continuously witnessing the creation of new ventures designing and serving entirely new markets. At the heart of these initiatives lies decisions to act, take risk and pursue ideas in the form of entrepreneurial opportunities. LÄS MER
10. Ambivalent Ambiguity? : A study of how women with 'atypical' sex development make sense of female embodiment
Sammanfattning : Against a backdrop of feminist and social scientific research on sex, female embodiment, and normality this thesis aims to discern how young women, who in adolescence have learned that their bodies are developing in ways considered ‘atypical’ for the female sex, make sense of their bodies and their situation. In focus are the ways in which the women make sense of and negotiate female embodiment; how they, particularly in stories about their interactions with others, position their embodied selves; and how norms and beliefs about sexed embodiment, heterosexual practice, and in/fertility are strengthened and challenged in the interviewees’ sense-making. LÄS MER