Sökning: "technology criticism"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 43 avhandlingar innehållade orden technology criticism.
1. Arbetslösa i rörelse : Organisationssträvanden och politisk kamp inom arbetslöshetsrörelsen i Sverige, 1920-34
Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis sets out to analyse the development of the unemployed movement in Sweden during the period 1920–34. The study is divided into two parts. The first is empirical and descriptive while the second is interpretive and explanatory, and seeks to examine why this phenomenon developed in the way it did. LÄS MER
2. Arkitektur och konsumtion : Reyner Banham och utbytbarhetens estetik
Sammanfattning : The dissertation analyses the relation between architecture, design and consumption according to Peter Reyner Banham’s notion of an “aesthetics of expendability”. This issue is studied through such source materials as texts, buildings, competition entries and exhibitions produced from the early fifties to the early sixties. LÄS MER
3. Förnuftets brytpunkt : om teknikkritiken i P C Jersilds författarskap
Sammanfattning : Modern technology has enabled us to realise objectives our forebearers could only dream of. Our capacity to do both good and evil has grown dramatically. With these new capacities ensue extremely weighty moral responsibilities.P C Jersild is a Swedish author who has dedicated his work to the investigation of morality in the technological society. LÄS MER
4. Tekniker i människans tjänst : En feministisk analys av återskapande och förändring inom forskning på inflytelserik teknik
Sammanfattning : This thesis takes its starting point in the massive attention paid to artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years, especially the reporting on how AI maintains and reinforces power imbalances linked to gender and other categories. The aim is to examine and problematize relations between influential technology and gender from a feminist perspective. LÄS MER
5. Risk-based ship security analysis – an approach based on civilian and military methods
Sammanfattning : The demands on maritime operations today are increasingly higher in terms of control, efficiency and cost. The margins for accidents and security incidents are therefore decreasing. In the area of ship safety the regulations, guidelines and methods have a history and culture of systematic research, development and implementation. LÄS MER