Sökning: "popular science"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 573 avhandlingar innehållade orden popular science.

  1. 11. Från någon som vet till andra som inte vet : en studie av Alf Henrikson som folkbildare

    Författare :Jesper Ducander; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Popular education; popular educator; Alf Henrikson 1905–1995 ; popular lectures; radio; television; popular history; personality formation; Alf Henriksson; folkbildning; Library and information science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : In this study the overarching question is in what way the Swedishauthor Alf Henrikson has acted as a popular educator and if he as such hasbeen a part of a popular educational context. The different popular educationalactivities he associated with could be considered as verification thathe did act as a popular educator. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Genetiska föreställningar : Mellan genus och gener i populär/vetenskapens visuella kulturer

    Författare :Cecilia Åsberg; Nina Lykke; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; popular science; visual culture; edutainment; the new genetics; genes; genres; gender; ethnicity; sexuality; the genetic imaginary; feminist cultural studies; science as culture; performativity; science and literature studies; naturvetenskap; genetik; massmedia; genus; reproduktion; etnicitet; populärvetenskap; humangenetik; genusaspekter; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates how representations of genes and genetics have given rise to new kinds of cultural imageries created and reflected in popular science media. The concept of popular/science is used here in order to circumvent the traditional diffusion model of science communication, and to focus instead on how popular science media taps into scientific discourse just as scientific representations draw on popular imagery. LÄS MER

  4. 13. The Rise and Fall of the Submarine Threat : Threat Politics and Submarine Intrusions in Sweden 1980-2002

    Författare :Fredrik Bynander; Walter Carlsnaes; Bengt Sundelius; Adrian Hyde-Price; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Security; submarine incidents; crisis management; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation analyzes the submarine problem in Sweden as an object of security politicization. It investigates how politicians and military officers dealt with the submarine incidents of the 1980s and 1990s, and how their actions were portrayed in the media. LÄS MER

  5. 14. The "Other" Recreated : A Relational Approach to East-West Negotiations

    Författare :Erika Svedberg; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political and administrative sciences; East-West; Cooperation; negotiation; mirror image; sovietology; objectivity; relational; feminist IR; masculinities; self-reflection; intercultural communication; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Political science; Gender Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This study proposes the relational approach to negotiations to further our understanding of the negotiation relationship. At the center is negotiators' outlook on the other and themselves in East-West cooperation projects. This approach to negotiations is pluralist. Consequently, a number of theories have been utilized. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Den godtyckliga demokratin : En studie av olika metoder att tillgodose kravet på proportionell rättvisa

    Författare :Sverker Härd; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Social choice; proportional representation; electoral systems; plurality rule; approval voting; borda count; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses the electoral systems, one of the most important instruments in theconstitutional toolbox of democratic institutions. Theories of collective decisionmaking offer several ways to reach collective decisions and there are various ways of distributing seats in parliament. LÄS MER