Search for dissertations about: "Andreas Lund"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the words Andreas Lund.
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1. Massification of the Intangible : An investigation into embodied meaning and information visualization
Abstract : The thesis addresses two related problems. It is argued that the materiality of physical artifacts serves the purpose of expressing abstract information. In contrast, the intangibility of IT is of such a kind that it poses different conditions for expressing abstract information. READ MORE
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2. Working out work : from personal informatics to redesigning work
Abstract : "Personal Informatics" (PI) and "Quantified Self" (QS) are two contemporary notions in the field of Human–Computer Interaction. Such hardware and software systems gather personalized quantified data and visualize them for the purpose of supporting self-reflection. READ MORE
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3. Learning to be at a distance : structural and educational change in the digitalization of medical education
Abstract : As an expression of current challenges faced by contemporary societies, past decades have witnessed heavy demands for higher education to change and transform. One key question here has been the increased digitalization of higher education. READ MORE
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4. Faster. Stronger. Better? : designing for enhanced engagement of extreme sports
Abstract : The human body is capable of very rich and complex movements and gestures which we use in everyday life to manipulate, navigate and negotiate the world around us—it is our interface for human experience. However, as technology advances it simultaneously shrinks, moving closer to our bodies, intertwining with the many facets of our lives and positions itself between our experiences of the physical environments around us. READ MORE
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5. Information, Networks and Trust in the Global Economy - Essays on International Trade and Migration
Abstract : This thesis investigates the role of migration in international trade within the framework of behind-the-border trade barriers and firm behavior. In addition to the introduction, which provides a context to the analysis, it consists of four essays. READ MORE