Sökning: "processes of cultural change"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 127 avhandlingar innehållade orden processes of cultural change.

  1. 16. Excessive Seas : Waste Ecologies of Eutrophication

    Författare :Jesse Peterson; Sabine Höhler; Kate Rigby; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; algal bloom; Baltic Sea; cultural eutrophication; dead zone; waste ecology; environmental degradation; environmental humanities; critical ocean studies; environmental imaginary; environmental value; more-than- human; textual analysis; visual analysis; storytelling; algblomning; Östersjön; kulturell övergödning; bottendöd; avfallsekologi; miljöförstöring; miljövetenskap; kritiska havsstudier; miljömyndighet; miljövärde; mer-än-mänsklig; textanalys; visuell analys; berättande; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation researches how perspectives in western industrial societies communicate about and give meaning to environmental degradation through case studies on the causes and effects of cultural eutrophication—namely nutrient pollution, algal blooms, and dead zones—in the Baltic Sea. Utilizing this approach, this dissertation addresses the ecological problems of cultural eutrophication in marine ecosystems by exposing normative claims humans make about the Baltic Sea and its contents as well as detailing how seas that exceed human expectations may offer insights into negotiating differing perspectives, discrepancies in power, and ways of being among humans and non-humans in marine environments. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Helgonbruk i moderniseringstider : Bruket av Birgitta- och Olavstraditionerna i samband med minnesfiranden i Sverige och Norge 1891–2005

    Författare :Ingemar Lindaräng; Peter Aronsson; Kalle Bäck; Torbjörn Nilsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Use of history; commemorations; Norway; Sweden; S. Bridget; S. Olav; modernization; secularization; identity; Historiebruk; minnesfiranden; Norge; Sverige; heliga Birgitta; hellig Olav; modernisering; sekularisering; identitet.; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : Avhandlingen syftar till att jämföra och förstå variationen av historiebruk i samband med minnesfiranden av heliga Birgitta i Sverige och hellig Olav i Norge med fokus på olika aktörers motiv, resurser, budskap och identitetsskapande processer i en tid av modernisering och sekularisering.Under den katolska medeltiden var helgonfiranden vanliga, men de förbjöds i samband med reformationen. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Att göra vänskap : En kultursociologisk analys av högstadieelevers sociala relationer

    Författare :Lina Lundström; Anna Lund; David Cardell; David Wästerfors; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Upper secondary school students; doing friendship; peer relations; children s perspectives; childhood; inclusion exclusion; social power; popularity; cultural sociology; meaning making; social boundaries; cultural elements; video ethnography; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Child and Youth Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis explores how secondary school students perform friendship in a Swedish school. The thesis aims to describe and explain how cultural elements, such as an audience of peers, stages for friendship performances (e.g. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Gå på bio : rum för drömmar i folkhemmets Sverige

    Författare :Carina Sjöholm; Avdelningen för etnologi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; 1940s and 1950s; social movement; materiality; youth cultur; complexity; cultural competence; cultural identity; modernity; Cinema-going; picture palace; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Biogående; kulturell identitet; modernitet; ungdomskultur; kulturell kompetens; social rörelse; 1940- och 50-tal; biografer;

    Sammanfattning : Going to the Pictures The Cinema as a Meeting Place in the 1940s and 1950s Summary At the end of the 1950s, at roughly the same time as television became established, Sweden had the largest number of cinemas of any country in Europe. People went to the cinema in unprecedented numbers. In 1956 ticket sales in Swedish cinemas reached 80 million. LÄS MER

  7. 20. From Vision to Transition : Exploring the Potential for Public Information Services to Facilitate Sustainable Urban Transport

    Författare :Carlos Cano-Viktorsson; Anders Gullberg; Arne Kaijser; Mattias Höjer; Oskar Juhlin; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Collective intelligence; Peer to peer based production; Social media networking; Public information systems; Information and communication technology ICT ; Organizational responsiveness; Historical analysis; History of technology; Sustainable urban transport; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment; Informations- och kommunikationsteknik; Information and Communication Technology;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Policy initiatives to promote sustainable travel through the use of Internet based public information systems have increased during the last decade. Stockholm, in being one of the first cities in Europe to implement an Internet based service for facilitating sustainable travel is believed to be a good candidate for an analysis of key issues for developing sustainable travel planning services to the public. LÄS MER