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16. Rehabilitation in light of different theories of health : Outcome for patients with low-back complaints - a theoretical discussion
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to investigate if the outcome of rehabilitation efforts is depending on what view health care has in relation to what need of care people have and if the outcome for different groups of patients with low-back complaints (specific versus non-specific complaints) is various successful. The outcome is measured in length of sick leave, number of spells and granted sickness and disability pensions. LÄS MER
17. Det högkänsliga subjektets tillblivelse : Diskursiva praktiker om identitet, förmåga och funktionsvariation
Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines discursive practices about the highly sensitive person (HSP) from the perspective of knowledge production, categorization and community formation. In contemporary Sweden it has become increasingly common to talk about oneself in terms of being constituted in a particular way, e.g. LÄS MER
18. Digitala pionjärer : Datorkonstens introduktion i Sverige
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to study Computer Art in Sweden from 1966 to 1986. The first Swedish artists who used computers in their work appeared during this period and the art arena was technically transposed into something new and infrequently scrutinised. LÄS MER
19. Blodets och rötternas logik : Internationell adoption i välfärdens diskursiva praktik
Sammanfattning : In this thesis, transnational adoption is used as an illustrative example to address the tension between caring and differentiating aspects of the discursive practice of Swedish welfare. Drawing mainly upon postcolonial conceptualizations of nation and family, the discursive constitution of transnational adoption, transnational adoptees, and transnational adoptive families as objects of knowledge is explored. LÄS MER
20. Working out work : from personal informatics to redesigning work
Sammanfattning : "Personal Informatics" (PI) and "Quantified Self" (QS) are two contemporary notions in the field of Human–Computer Interaction. Such hardware and software systems gather personalized quantified data and visualize them for the purpose of supporting self-reflection. LÄS MER