Sökning: "sociology of critique"
Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 51 avhandlingar innehållade orden sociology of critique.
21. Reading Rap : Feminist Interventions in Men and Masculinity Research
Sammanfattning : The present thesis explores how masculinity is constructed and negotiated in relation to race, class and sexuality in hip hop in Sweden. Theoretically, the study contributes to the increasing use of contemporary feminist theory in men and masculinity research. LÄS MER
22. Innerlighetens tid : En sociologisk undersökning av intimitet och senmodernitet
Sammanfattning : Due to a recent increase in usage of the concept of intimacy within social scientific research, the overarching aim of this work is to investigate its meaning and significance in contemporary social life. The first part of the thesis reviews research on intimacy. LÄS MER
23. Conditional Progress: Technical Rationality and Wicked Problems in Nuclear Waste Management
Sammanfattning : While various states and enterprises have produced nuclear power for decades, that is, demonstrated the functionality of the nuclear fuel cycle from uranium mining to power production, the waste that is simultaneously produced has been provisionally stored awaiting a safe solution. Still, no country has implemented such a solution. LÄS MER
24. Creating spaces for action. ANC-women politicians' views on bridewealth and gender-related power
Sammanfattning : The first aim of this work has been to analyse and understand the ways in which a group of ANC-women politicians reason about bridewealth/lobola – an institution about which they express differing views, in particular about whether or not it is oppressive to women. The main body of the empirical material is based on 27 interviews conducted in South Africa in the period 1996-1998. LÄS MER
25. Free software to open hardware: Critical theory on the frontiers of hacking
Sammanfattning : Starting from the experiences of hackers developing free software and open hardware, this thesis addresses some key and recurrent themes in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). It poses the question: how are technologies conceptualised, constructed and used in ways that render some aspects of them transparent, while leaving others opaque? This question is complicated by the fact that what is visible and transparent to some will remain opaque to others, depending on the level of technical expertise commanded. LÄS MER