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1. Losing the plot : architecture and narrativity in fin-de siècle media cultures
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the role of the term plot in mediating relations between architecture and narrativity. Examining organisational strategies in the creation of real and virtual spaces, it identifies literary works by novelists who have resisted, or subverted, plot conventions in fiction (Joris-Karl Huysmans, Edmond de Goncourt, Xavier de Maistre and Neal Stephenson), and introduces architectural spaces such as Thomas Edison’s film-studio Black Maria, and the plotless productions of early cinematography, to juxtapose concepts of plot and spatiality in a study of the production and consumption of pre-digital virtual spaces. LÄS MER
2. Plot, Spectacle, and Experience : Contributions to the Design and Evaluation of Interactive Storytelling
Sammanfattning : Interactive storytelling is a new form of storytelling emerging in the crossroads of many scholarly, artistic, and industrial traditions. In interactive stories the reader/spectator moves from being a receiver of a story to an active participant. LÄS MER
3. Novel writing and moral philosophy as aspects of a single struggle : Iris Murdoch's hybrid novels
Sammanfattning : This investigation pursues a thesis, namely that moral philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch was a writer of hybrid novels. Murdoch’s novels are hybrid constructions where she tries to make reflections on moral intuitions discernible and experienced within the novels’ own “system”. LÄS MER
4. Spectroscopic data and multivariate analysis : tools to study genetic perturbations in poplar trees
Sammanfattning : In our society in the 21st century one of the greatest challenges is to provide raw materials to the industry in a sustainable way. This requires increased use of renewable raw materials such as wood. Wood is widely used in pulp, paper and textile industries and ongoing research efforts aim to extend the use of wood in e.g. LÄS MER
5. Livet som berättelse : Om biografi och åldrande
Sammanfattning : This dissertation’s objective is twofold: (1) to show how the life lived is reflected in old age (the articles), and (2) to analyze how life-stories are presented and interpreted from the social constructivist perspective (the comprehensive summary). Article I is a critical discussion of two biographical methods of data collection: the “freely-told” life-story and the semistructured biographical interview. LÄS MER