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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 43 avhandlingar innehållade orden technology criticism.

1. 11. Forhåbninger og skuffelser i kvindeerhvervene : kvinders møde med ny teknologi og organisatorisk forandring

   Författare :Trine Schreiber; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Female-occupations; organizational change; computer technology; working life; gender; rational action; institutional order; library work; office-work; Kvinnor-- arbete och arbetsmarknad; Kvinnor och teknik;

   Sammanfattning : In the meeting between women from office- and library work and the computer technology and organizational changes, different actions were found. The purpose of the thesis is to analyse this meeting to consider the situation of the employed when computer technology and new organization are implemented, to discuss the importance of prior social and working life with regard to the understanding of the meeting and to address the working conditions in the 1980s with special attention to women. LÄS MER

3. 12. Teknik och politiskt handlande : Rationalitet och kritik i den samällsorienterande undervisningen

   Författare :Anders Westlin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Social studies Education; technology; rationality; political action; discourse analysis; critical pragmatism; post-structuralism; curriculum theory; Pedagogik; Education; Pedagogik; Pedagogik; Education;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a content analysis of discursive meanings of technology in the Swedish comprehensive school, with a specific focus on social science. The primary aim is to analyse moral and political aspects of the relation between individual and technology in interpretations of the content of teaching. LÄS MER

4. 13. Perspectives on Cooperative Design

   Författare :Sinna Lindquist; Yngve Sundblad; Ann Lantz; Toni Roberstson; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :Cooperative design; design process; culture; individual; intersectionality; power structure; triangulation; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

   Sammanfattning : The cooperative design approach, which research and practice have proven to be successful in several ways, is based on understanding users and their contexts through a variety of methods. This approach of working closely together with the users, however, is not the same thing as letting the users decide themselves what to design. LÄS MER

5. 14. Corporate Social Responsibility practice in the mining industry

   Författare :Helena Ranängen; Annik Magerholm Fet; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Environmental Management; Miljöledning;

   Sammanfattning : Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has frequently been discussed throughout the years. However, in the 1990s criticism of multinational companies and their production in developing countries resulted in new and more demanding requirements from society. LÄS MER

7. 15. Assessment of media and communication from a sustainability perspective

   Författare :Åsa Moberg; Göran Finnveden; Maria Enroth; Roland Clift; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; electronic media; e-reading device; print media; newspaper; book; invoice; information and communication technology ICT ; environmental assessment; life cycle assessment LCA ; social life cycle assessment S-LCA ; sector analysis; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; Environmental engineering; Miljöteknik; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to assess potential environmental impacts of media and communication and to contribute to the development of methods for sustainability assessment. Although the main focus is on printed and electronic media products and environmental impacts, a broader sector analysis is also included and social aspects are discussed. LÄS MER