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  1. 1. “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” : Activist Practices in an Era of Mediatized Surveillance

    Författare :Ilkin Mehrabov; Miyase Christensen; John Sören Pettersson; Andreas Kassler; Emiliano Treré; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Azerbaijan; mediatized activism; mediatized surveillance; surveillative apparatuses; rhizomated subactivism; Turkey; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : One of the defining features of contemporary zeitgeist is that we live in an era of mediatization – a metaprocess, through (and by) which all everyday relations increasingly depend on networked media technologies and online communication channels.Due to rapid developments in digital electronics, all these Internet- or mobile-enabled platforms, and devices, are prone to the processes of quantification and datafication, and as such, surveillance is a principal dimension that lies at the core of mediatization. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Counted - and then? : trends in child mortality within an Ethiopian demographic surveillance site

    Författare :Anders Emmelin; Stig Wall; Peter Byass; Tord Kjellström; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; child mortality; developing countries; demographic surveillance; equity; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

    Sammanfattning : Background Knowledge of the state of health of a population is necessary for planning for health services for that population. It is  a paradox that the health of populations is most commonly measured by mortality and cause of death patterns, but the absence of medical services available to a majority of the world population has made it unavoidable to equate “state of health” with “cause of death pattern”. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Kretslopp av data : Miljö, befolkning, förvaltning och den tidiga digitaliseringens kulturtekniker

    Författare :Johan Fredrikzon; Staffan Bergwik; Thomas Götselius; Anders Ekström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; archive; digital; data; cartography; census; cultural technique; cybernetics; delete; ecology; environment; erase; infrastructure; linking; magnetic; modelling; monitoring; office; paper; recycling; reuse; surveillance; system; tape; UNEP; waste; arkiv; databas; datahantering; datalag; datasäkerhet; Earthwatch; ekologi; Forrester; Foucault; integritet; kontor; länkning; materialitet; modellering; Odum; ordbehandling; radera; SCB; skräp; statskontoret; tidsgeografi; återanvändning; övervakning; History of Ideas; idéhistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the early digitalization in Sweden. As host to the first summit on the environment in Stockholm 1972 (UNCHE), as leading procurer of computer equipment as well as initiator to the world's first national Data Act of 1973, Sweden pioneered domains that have since emerged as critical to our age: environmental challenges and digital technology. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Needed by Nobody : Homelessness, Humiliation, and Homelessness in Post-Socialist Russia

    Författare :Tova Höjdestrand; Karin Norman; Galina Lindquist; Bruce Grant; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Russia; post-socialist society; homelessness; housing; state surveillance; informal economy; urban space; intimate social relationships; gender; identity; ; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi;

    Sammanfattning : Homelessness became a conspicuous facet of Russian metropolitan cityscapes only in the 1990s, when the Soviet criminalization of ‘vagrancy’ and similar offences was abolished. This study investigates homelessness as a sociostructural phenomenon as well as an individually experienced life condition, with a focus on homeless people in St. LÄS MER

  7. 5. How to model temporal changes in epidemiological data : Treatment trajectories in men with prostate cancer

    Författare :Eugenio Ventimiglia; Pär Stattin; Paul C. Lambert; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; prostate cancer; state transition model; life expectancy; active surveillance; watchful waiting;

    Sammanfattning : Owing to the improvements in detection, diagnostics, and treatment, many men currently diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa) have a low risk of PCa death. For many men PCa has become a chronic disease with a small risk of progression that remains even decades after date of diag-nosis. LÄS MER