Sökning: "meaning production"

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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 :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. On the Visual (Re)production of ‘Refugeeness’ : Images, production sites and oppositional gazes

    Författare :Jelena Jovičić; Vanessa Barker; Anna Lund; Nicole Doerr; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; visual sociology; visual discourse analysis; visual production; visual participatory methods; coloniality; racial capitalism; decolonial thought; feminist epistemologies; epistemic disobedience; refugees; refugee crisis; migration studies; critical border studies; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores ways in which images disseminate specific kinds of knowledge and shape the way we understand issues of migration and flight today. In the wake of the 2015/2016 ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe, there has been a vast proliferation of photography depicting flight and people fleeing. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Meaning and Action in Sustainability Science : Interpretive approaches for social-ecological systems research

    Författare :Simon West; Lisen Schultz; Lorrae van Kerkhoff; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Meaning; interpretive; social-ecological system; complexity; science-policy interface; transformation; sustainability science methodology; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Sammanfattning : Social-ecological systems research is interventionist by nature. As a subset of sustainability science, social-ecological systems research aims to generate knowledge and introduce concepts that will bring about transformation. Yet scientific concepts diverge in innumerable ways when they are put to work in the world. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Kaikaku in production toward creating unique production systems

    Författare :Yuji Yamamoto; Monica Bellgran; Mats Johansson; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

    Sammanfattning : In the business environment characterized by the severe global competition and the fast-paced changes, production functions of manufacturing companies must have a capacity of undertaking not only incremental improvement, Kaizen, but also large-scale improvement that is of a radial and innovative nature here called “Kaikaku” (Kaikaku is a Japanese word meaning change or reformation).Moreover, production functions especially those located in high-wage countries must be proficient in radical innovation in production to maintain their competitive advantages. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Knowing in practice : a tool in the production of intensive care

    Författare :Ann-Charlott Wikström; Högskolan Väst; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; accounting practices; competence; ethnography; human-human-machine; interaction; intensive care; meaning; morality; technology; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing science; accounting practices; competence; ethnography; human-human-machine; interaction; intensive care; meaning; morality; technology;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim with the the present thesisi was to find out how intensive care is produced by focusing on the ICU staffs interaction with each other and the technological tools they use. Theoretical perspective draws on socio cultural theory and the concepts accounting practices, moralöity in discourse and workplace research. LÄS MER