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1. 21. Sports of culture : Writing the resistant subject in South Africa (readings of Ndebele, Gordimer, Coetzee)

   Författare :Stefan Helgesson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Literature; African literature; Homi Bhabha; catachresis; ethics; Frantz Fanon; Emmanuel Lévinas; mimicry; post-colonial theory; South African literature; Gayatri Spivak; subaltern; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis interrogates the post-colonial and ethical implications of three works of fiction published in South Africa between 1983 and 1987, namely Fools and Other Stories by Njabulo S. Ndebele, A Sport of Nature by Nadine Gordimer and Life & Times of Michael K by J. M. Coetzee. LÄS MER

3. 22. Sakernas sammanhang : Om ting, människor och materiella relationer hos Henry Parland, James Joyce och Virginia Woolf

   Författare :Ellen Frödin; Elina Druker; Ingemar Haag; Anders E. Johansson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Henry Parland; James Joyce; Virginia Woolf; thing; object; artefact; nature; new materialism; material culture; the material turn; posthumanism; materiality; process philosophy; Gilbert Simondon; Elizabeth Grosz; Tim Ingold; modernism; 1920’s; modernity; Henry Parland; James Joyce; Virginia Woolf; ting; föremål; artefakt; natur; nymaterialism; materiell kultur; den materiella vändningen; posthumanism; materialitet; processfilosofi; Gilbert Simondon; Elizabeth Grosz; Tim Ingold; modernism; 1920-tal; modernitet; litteraturvetenskap; Literature;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the ways in which the writings of Henry Parland, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf works to foreground things and decenter humans. While the exploration of human inner life is a well established theme within Modernist literature, the period’s fascination with the material and non-human remains underexplored. LÄS MER

4. 23. The Ethics of Workspace Surveillance

   Författare :Elin Palm; Sven Ove Hansson; Jeroen van den Hoven; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; asymmetric relations; autonomy; consent; contract theory; contractualism; employment; ethical technology assessment; ethics; monitoring; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Sammanfattning : The general framework of this thesis is that of ethical Technology Assessment (eTA). Whereas the first essay proposes an inclusive approach to technology assessment by delineating an ethical checklist, the following essays focus on two of the checklist points, i.e. LÄS MER

5. 24. Modeling the covariance matrix of financial asset returns

   Författare :Gustav Alfelt; Joanna Tyrcha; Taras Bodnar; Vasyl Golosnoy; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Realized covariance; Autoregressive time-series; Goodness-of-fit test; Matrix singularity; Portfolio theory; Wishart distribution; Matrix-variate gamma distribution; Parameter estimation; High-dimensional data; Moore-Penrose inverse; matematisk statistik; Mathematical Statistics;

   Sammanfattning : The covariance matrix of asset returns, which describes the fluctuation of asset prices, plays a crucial role in understanding and predicting financial markets and economic systems. In recent years, the concept of realized covariance measures has become a popular way to accurately estimate return covariance matrices using high-frequency data. LÄS MER

7. 25. Liberté de création littéraire ou violation de la vie privée ? : Aspects littéraires et juridiques

   Författare :Nathalie Hauksson-Tresch; Sweden University of Gothenburg; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Novel; fictional; referential; character; freedom of creation; literary theory; author; genre; balance of rights; law; jurisprudence; court; privacy; private life; damage; Humaniora; Humanities;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis sets out to explore the clash between two rights. On the one hand the right of every person to protect his or her private life and reputation, on the other the right of an artist to create freely. LÄS MER