Sökning: "reflexivity"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 112 avhandlingar innehållade ordet reflexivity.

1. 16. Power, Person, and Place : Tradition, Modernity, and Environment in the United Arab Emirates

   Författare :Pernilla Ouis; Humanekologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ecological modernization; environmentalism; phenomenology; Bedouin identity; camel pastoralism; dependency; theories of value; unequal exchange; extractive economy; oil; pearls; social constructionism; Islam; modernization; United Arab Emirates; Human Ecology; glocalization; reflexivity.; Social geography; Socialgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis investigates human-environmental relations in the rapidly modernizing United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven Arabian Gulf sheikhdoms. Since its establishment in 1971, the UAE has been transformed from a subsistence society based mainly on pastoralism and maritime activities (fishing, pearling, and trade) into an ultramodern society, with an economy based on the export of fossil fuels. LÄS MER

3. 17. Descriptive Set Theory and Applications

   Författare :Joao Pedro Paulos; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sets of Uniqueness; Operator U-sets; Thin Sets; Descriptive Set Theory; ; Operator U0-sets; Point Spectrum; Reflexivity; Fourier Algebra; Jamison sequences; Harmonic Analysis;

   Sammanfattning : The systematic study of Polish spaces within the scope of Descriptive Set Theory furnishes the working mathematician with powerful techniques and illuminating insights. In this thesis, we start with a concise recapitulation of some classical aspects of Descriptive Set Theory which is followed by a succint review of topological groups, measures and some of their associated algebras. LÄS MER

4. 18. Med kroppen som instrument : en studie av new age med fokus på hälsa, kroppslighet och genus

   Författare :Lena Löwendahl; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Teologi; Theology; life story.; qualitative interviews; reflexivity; relativism; individualism; gender; alternative methods; body physicality; New Age; health; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : In this thesis New Age is studied from a sociological perspective, with a focus on health, body, and gender. One purpose is to examine how people within New Age view and relate to these problem areas. LÄS MER

5. 19. Organizational approaches to greening : technocentrism and beyond

   Författare :Johan Sandström; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; organizational greening; organizational approach; technocentrism; ecocentrism; anthropocentrism; reflexivity; postmodernism; environmental management; sustainable development; symbolic agora satisfiers;

   Sammanfattning : How and why do organizations approach greening? How can we conceptualize approaches and how can we encourage reflexive dialogues on them? These are the main questions addressed in this qualitative study on organizational greening. The study sets off by discussing matters of research philosophy, arguing that our trust in science ought to be revised and that a more postmodern and constructionist philosophy might be a way to go. LÄS MER

7. 20. Boundaries, believers and bodies : a cultural analysis of a multidisciplinary research community

   Författare :Helena Pettersson; Britta Lundgren; Erik Stolterman; David Hakken; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Culture; ethnographic method; research; technology; boundary object work; symbolic capital; technoromanticism; future; speed; creativity; reality; dystopia; focal things; trading; multidisciplinary; gender; reflexivity; Ethnology; Etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to analyze the construction of research culture and collaboration within the research studio Tools for Creativity, one node in the larger Interactive Institute. This studio is an arena that in today’s society is associated with boundary crossing, dynamics and variability: An environment with high-tech equipment, a staff equipped with diverse skills, and a flexible approach with the ambition of developing innovative tools based on ICT to strengthen human creativity. LÄS MER