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  1. 16. Tal om terror : säkerhetspolitisk retorik i Sverige och Ryssland hösten 2001

    Författare :Maria Dahlin; Rolf Hedquist; Lennart Hellspong; Sven-Göran Malmgren; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; rhetorical criticism; securitisation; agency; identification; democratic rhetoric; rhetoric of security politics; Swedish and Russian rhetoric of counter-terrorism; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk;

    Sammanfattning : Aiming to facilitate the description and evaluation of rhetorical responses to security issues, a framework was developed for comparative analysis of oral and written presentations. The framework was applied on three speeches held by the Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson and three speeches by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in the wake of the terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11 and the subsequent military operation in Afghanistan. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Bad Guys, Good Life : An Ethnography of Morality and Change in Kisekka Market (Kampala, Uganda)

    Författare :Anna Baral; Sverker Finnström; Filip De Boeck; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Morality; Ethics; Urban planning; Informality; Bayaaye; Everyday life; Agency; Masculinity; Uganda; Buganda; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : Based on ethnographic data gathered over a period of almost three years, this dissertation scrutinizes the everyday lives of informal workers selling auto parts in Kisekka Market, central Kampala. Its ambition is to understand how the workers navigated a highly moralized environment in today’s Uganda, where the supposed moral deterioration of society is passionately discussed in public and in private. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Ordinary people, meaningful pasts – Negotiating narratives in public pedagogical spaces of family history research

    Författare :Karen Ann Blom; Tobias Samuelsson; Carl-Johan Svensson; Åsa Nilsson Dahlström; Jerome De Groot; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; family history; public pedagogy; public history; historical consciousness; significance; narrative; banal; use of history; participant perspectives; Sweden; släktforskning; public pedagogy; pedagogik; offentlig historia; historiemedvetande; betydelse; narrativ; banal; historiebruk; deltagarperspektiv; Sverige;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines three family history research experiences as public pedagogical spaces, analysing the narratives presented and participants’ negotiations with these. In the context of enhanced digitalisation and rapidly developing technologies, disturbances in the form of pandemics, hackers, and wars remind us of the instability of the present, raising existential questions and reinforcing the desire to anchor oneself in the past. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Inside the Guru's Gate : Ritual Uses of Texts among the Sikhs in Varanasi

    Författare :Kristina Myrvold; Tord Olsson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; anthropomorfism; personification; liturgies; ritual practices; religious worship; sacred places; gurdwara; migration; counter-narrative; emic historiography; speech act theory; ritual studies; oral tradition; performance studies; guru; holy scriptures; Adi Granth; Guru Granth; Benares; Varanasi; Punjab; Sikhism; Sikhs; Religious Studies and Theology; Religion och teologi; social agency; Övriga religioner; Humanities; Humaniora; rites of passage; festivals; rites of affliction; Other Religions; religious education; Religionsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Summary: For religious Sikhs, the Guru Granth Sahib is a holy scripture which enshrines ontologically divine words and the teaching and revelatory experiences of historical human Gurus. Simultaneously the Sikhs have taken the concept of a sacred scripture much further than any other religious community by treating the Guru Granth Sahib as a living Guru invested with spiritual authority and agency to guide humans and establish relationships to the divine. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Influential Moments in City Planning Meetings : A Study of Decision-Making Situations in a Jordanian Municipality

    Författare :Marwa Al Khalidi; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; decision-making; planning culture; city planning meetings; Jordan; destabilizations; heterogeneity; participant observation; controversy; actor-network theory; influential moments; narrative;

    Sammanfattning : The shaping of a city and its future relates to official decisions made in city planning meetings, where daily planning matters and decision-making processes adapt to changing societal circumstances. The interest of this research lies in how planning is officially established, managed and practiced in the setting of a Jordanian city, and its local districts. LÄS MER