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  1. 21. Vernacular Buildings and Urban Social Practice - Wood and people in Early Modern Swedish Society

    Författare :Andrine Nilsen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historical archaeology; early modern; city scape; urbanity; Swedish building practices; building stock; log timber construction; timber-framing technique; post and plank construction; storeyed buildings; mixed techniques; the production of space; social dimensions; centre; periphery; marginality;

    Sammanfattning : Wooden houses were major components of the early modern Swedish townscape. Yet, today these buildings have largely disappeared due to fires, demolition and modernity. The main themes of the thesis are the study of what kind of wooden building techniques were used within the urban environment. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Pressen i provinsen : Från medborgerliga samtal till modern opinionsbildning 1750–1850

    Författare :Patrik Lundell; Broberg Gunnar; Dag Nordmark; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; History of philosophy; Sweden; Östergötland; 19th century; 18th century; professionalization; politicisation; conservatism; liberalism; Enlightenment; provinces; public sphere; press history; history of concepts; history of ideas; Filosofins historia; idéhistoria; Press and communication sciences; Journalistik; media; kommunikation; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History Of Sciences and Ideas; History of philosophy; Sweden; Östergötland; 19th century; 18th century; professionalization; politicisation; conservatism; liberalism; Enlightenment; provinces; public sphere; press history; history of concepts; history of ideas; Press and communication sciences; media; Filosofins historia; idéhistoria; Journalistik; kommunikation;

    Sammanfattning : Att vara kritisk till våra dagars medier är en självklarhet, medan 1800-talets presspionjärer däremot har fått behålla hjältestatusen. I "Pressen i provinsen" tecknas den moderna pressens genombrott dock som en utdragen och långtifrån entydig process. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Beastly Lessons: Natural Utopias in Seventeenth-Century England

    Författare :Sandra Iren Kottum; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; theriophily; animals; nature; utopias; emblems; empiricism; anthropocentrism; language of nature; beast literature; malleability; politics; animal exemplarity; animal language; colonialism; vegetarianism; early modern zoology; Leviticus; Royal Society; bestiaries; fables; The Parly of Beasts; The Blazing World; The Way to Health; James Howell; Margaret Cavendish; Thomas Tryon; early modern England; Golden Age; paradise; misanthropy; ecocriticism; self-fashioning;

    Sammanfattning : The present study investigates the motif of virtuous animal instructors in three selected English texts from the second half of the seventeenth century: James Howell’s The Parly of Beasts (1660), Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World (1666), and Thomas Tryon’s The Way to Health (1683). These authors proposed solutions to the challenges facing early modern England, most notably the Civil War, the emerging empirical science, and the incipient colonization of the Americas. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Överflöd och ofullbordan : Essä om det moderna

    Författare :Bo Isenberg; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; abstraction; abundance; classical modernity; contingency; crisis; modernity; oblivion; postmodernity; the principle of insufficient reason; religion; society; sociology; structivity; Sociology; tradition; cultural sociology; historical anthropology; Sociologi; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : The problem which the present study discusses is modernity. The study interprets modernity’s cultural and anthropological dispositions as historical appearances. Consequently, it is situated at the intersection of cultural sociology and historical anthropology. The aim is to generate insight and understanding rather than a coherent theory. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Samhällskunskap i ett föränderligt samhälle : Medborgarkompetenser och didaktiska utmaningar

    Författare :Emmy Jonasson Ring; Hans Lödén; Agneta Bronäs; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; autonomy; citizenship education; civic skills; civic competences; civics; critical thinking; perspective-taking; reflexivitiy; social studies teaching; students experience and initiative; Samhällskunskap; Samhällskunskap;

    Sammanfattning : Citizens of today’s society are expected to be able to evaluate, make choices, take responsibility and act independently locally, nationally and globally in order to participate in both formal and informal political systems. This study contributes to the research on Civics Education (Social Studies) by examining how teachers, working in the grades 7-9, meet contemporary society in their civics teaching. LÄS MER