Sökning: "material objects"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 358 avhandlingar innehållade orden material objects.

  1. 1. Travelling objects : modernity and materiality in British Colonial travel literature about Africa

    Författare :Nicklas Hållen; Heidi Hansson; Stefan Helgesson; Tim Youngs; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; travel literature; Africa; modernity; materiality; material objects; things; commodity form; commodity culture; postcolonialism; Homi Bhabha; museums; exhibitions; colonialism; geography; space; trade; ethnography; the book; ambivalence; subject-object relations; fetishism; John Speke; Verney Cameron; Henry Stanley; Mary Kingsley; Ewart Grogan; Constance Larymore; Mary Hall; English language; Engelska språket; Literature; litteraturvetenskap; English literature; Comparative literature; Historia;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines the functions of objects in a selection of British colonial travel accounts about Africa. The works discussed were published between 1863 and 1908 and include travelogues by John Hanning Speke, Verney Lovett Cameron, Henry Morton Stanley, Mary Henrietta Kingsley, Ewart Scott Grogan, Mary Hall and Constance Larymore. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Söka sitt : Om möten mellan människor och föremål

    Författare :Erik Ottoson; Gösta Arvastson; Orvar Löfgren; Lynn Åkesson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; Ethnology; Searching; Consumption; Material Culture; Phenomenology; Spatiality; Objects; Divestment; Emotions; Emptiness; Etnologi; Etnologi; Ethnology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis brings into focus how individuals search for objects. It follows people through flea markets, refuse skips, shopping streets and malls. The aim of the thesis is to study the search for things and how it influences individuals and their relations to objects and the places in which they search. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Cross-boundary knowledge work in innovation : Understanding the role of space and objects

    Författare :Marta Caccamo; Karin Hellerstedt; Daniel Pittino; Sara Beckman; Robin Teigland; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cross-boundary knowledge work; knowledge management; knowledge sharing; knowledge integration; sociomateriality; boundary objects; affordances; material scaffolding; collaborative innovation; open innovation; business studios; corporate hackathons; startup accelerators;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies the topic of cross-boundary knowledge work from the perspective of sociomateriality. Cross-boundary knowledge work refers to the collaboration of actors belonging to different social worlds to achieve shared knowledge outcomes. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Sakernas sammanhang : Om ting, människor och materiella relationer hos Henry Parland, James Joyce och Virginia Woolf

    Författare :Ellen Frödin; Elina Druker; Ingemar Haag; Anders E. Johansson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Henry Parland; James Joyce; Virginia Woolf; thing; object; artefact; nature; new materialism; material culture; the material turn; posthumanism; materiality; process philosophy; Gilbert Simondon; Elizabeth Grosz; Tim Ingold; modernism; 1920’s; modernity; Henry Parland; James Joyce; Virginia Woolf; ting; föremål; artefakt; natur; nymaterialism; materiell kultur; den materiella vändningen; posthumanism; materialitet; processfilosofi; Gilbert Simondon; Elizabeth Grosz; Tim Ingold; modernism; 1920-tal; modernitet; litteraturvetenskap; Literature;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the ways in which the writings of Henry Parland, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf works to foreground things and decenter humans. While the exploration of human inner life is a well established theme within Modernist literature, the period’s fascination with the material and non-human remains underexplored. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Managing the flows? Furthering a socio-material flow methodology for industrial ecology

    Författare :Mathias Lindkvist; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; industrial ecology; actor-network-theory ANT ; methodology; action nets; socio-material; field studies; conceptualisation; material flow; review; life cycle assessment LCA ;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation defends the thesis that application of the socio-material methodology that I present can assist environmentally more effective decision-making. The methodology provides a recipe for a systematic and accurate understanding of how human actions determine environmental impacts via material (tangible) flows. LÄS MER