Sökning: "meaning making"

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  1. 1. Making Mobile Meaning : expectations and experiences of mobile computing usefulness in construction site management practice

    Författare :Alexander Löfgren; Örjan Wikforss; Ola Henfridsson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Mobile computing; Construction site management practice; ICT development; Usefulness; User acceptance; Learning; Meaning; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : During the last decade, anticipated and realized benefits of mobile and wireless information and communication technology (ICT) for different business purposes have been widely explored and evaluated. Also, the significance of ‘user acceptance’ mechanisms through ‘perceived usefulness’ of ICT applications has gained broad recognition among business organizations in developing and adopting new ICT capabilities. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Gymnasieelevers diskussioner utifrån hållbar utveckling : meningsskapande, naturkunskapande, demokratiskapande

    Författare :Katarina Ottander; Eva Silfver; Anders Berg; Shirley Simon; Leif Östman; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; science education; environmental- and sustainability education; ESE; education for sustainable development; ESD; scientific literacy; socioscientific issues; upper secondary school students. meaning-making; democracy; discursive psychology; naturvetenskaplig utbildning; miljö- och hållbarhetsutbildning; utbildning för hållbar utveckling; scientific literacy; sociovetenskapliga frågor; sociovetenskapliga dilemman; gymnasieelever; meningsskapande; demokrati; naturkunskapande; diskurspsykologi;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis the focus is on upper secondary school students’ meaning-making in sustainability in science civic education. The aim is to study how meaning is created, if/how natural science is used and how democratic participation is constructed in students’ group discussions. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Making Preciousness : Interaction Design Through Studio Crafts

    Författare :Vasiliki Tsaknaki; Ylva Fernaeus; Ron Wakkary; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :Interaction design; materials; making preciousness; studio crafts; resourceful composition; material sensuality; mattering artefacts; impermanence; incompleteness; imperfection; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores value-creation in interaction design through practical collaborations with studio craftspersons. A focus is on the meaning of “preciousness” from a design perspective – what I refer to as Making Preciousness –  which highlights aspects of material properties, design processes, and the attitude to the design space. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Tid och existentiellt meningsskapande : Kvinnors berättelser om sitt liv med allvarlig sjukdom

    Författare :Lisbeth Claeson; Sonja Olin Lauritzen; Eva Jeppsson Grassman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; serious illness; women; meaning-making; narrative; narrative time; hermeneutics; existential learning; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : Being affected by a serious or life-threatening illness implies an existentially changed situation that is accompanied by a number of questions about the illness itself, consequences of the illness in an everyday context and implications for the future. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine people’s meaning-making when they are affected by a serious illness and to determine how the illness acquires meaning in the context of their lives. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Fragile identities, patched-up worlds : Dementia and meaning-making in social interaction

    Författare :Linda Örulv; Lars-Christer Hydén; Nina Nikku; Staffan Josephsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Alzheimer’s disease; communication; confabulation; context; continuity; dignity; disorientation; ethnographic methods; ethnography; identity; life history; life story; meaning; microethics; narrative; progressive dementia diseases; sense-making; social interaction; storytelling; vascular dementia; Alzheimers sjukdom; berättande; desorientering; etnografiska metoder; identitet; kommunikation; konfabulering; kontext; kontinuitet; livsberättelse; mening; mikroetik; narrativ; progressiva demenssjukdomar; samspel; social interaktion; vaskulärdemens; värdighet; Human communication; Kommunikation mellan människor;

    Sammanfattning : Denna avhandling fokuserar på det meningsskapande och begripliggörande som fortgår vid tilltagande demenssjukdom, i det sociala samspelet, och de utmaningar för demens-omsorgen som detta innebär. Studien är aktörsorienterad och adresserar frågan om hur personer med åldersrelaterade progressiva demenssjukdomar i den vardagliga kommuni-kationen söker förstå sina situationer, omgivningen och sina liv – alltsammans inom ra-men för det dagliga samspelet på ett demensboende. LÄS MER