Search for dissertations about: "Rhetorical community"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words Rhetorical community.

2. 1. The Social Construction of Green Building: Diachronic and Synchronic Perspectives

   Author : Ann-Charlotte Stenberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Travel of ideas; Rhetorical community; Social construction; Framing; Community of practice and action; Sensemaking; Green building;

   Abstract : AbstractAlthough environmental issues have been on the agendas of governments, businesses and scientists for at least three decades, there still remain conceptual difficulties concerning what environment or green actually encompass. The concepts are in constant flux, shifting as actors who represent different social relevant groups struggle to find support for their specific interests. READ MORE

4. 2. Growing up in a bilingual Quichua Community : Play, language and socializing practices

   Author : Camilla Rindstedt; Karin Aronsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Quichua culture; sibling caretaking; language socialization; children s play; bilingualism;

   Abstract : This thesis is a study of sibling play and language sociaIization. The concept of language socialization is defined as socialization through language as well as socialization to use language (Schieffelin and Ochs 1986). READ MORE

5. 3. Quichua children and language shift in an Andean community : School, play and sibling caretaking

   Author : Camilla Rindstedt; Karin Aronsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Quichua-Spanish bilingualism; language practices; language ideology; sibling care-taking; play; gender; tvåspråkighet; Ecuador; språk och identitet; indianer; språk; barnspråk; spanska; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : In Ecuador, there is an ongoing ethnic revitalization among indigenous peoples. Yet, in San Antonio, a 'zona roja' in the Andes, the comuneros do not speak Quichua to their children, even though the Quichua language is seen as an extremely important aspect of Indian identity. READ MORE

6. 4. The Mahdi Wears Armani: An Analysis of the Harun Yahya enterprise

   Author : Anne Ross Solberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Harun Yahya; Adnan Oktar; Said Nursi; Turkish Islam; creationism; da‘wa; Mahdi; Islamic messianism; apocalypticism; neo-Ottomanism; conspiracy theories; anti-Semitism; market Islam; social movement theory; rhetorical analysis;

   Abstract : The prolific Turkish author and preacher Adnan Oktar has built up a large Islamic publishing enterprise under the name of Harun Yahya, and has attracted international attention in particular for his campaign against the theory of evolution. The aim of this dissertation is to shed light on the Harun Yahya enterprise by describing, analyzing and contextualizing four key themes in the works of Harun Yahya, namely conspiracy theories, nationalism/neo-Ottomanism, creationism and apocalypticism/Mahdism. READ MORE

7. 5. The holocaust and genocide in history and politics. A study of the discrepancy between human rights law and international politics

   Author : Malin Isaksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; The Holocaust; Genocide; Genocide Convention International Law; International Politics; United Nations;

   Abstract : The focus of the dissertation is on the role of the Holocaust in interpreting genocide in international politics. The Holocaust by becoming one of the main influences on morality and ethics in the post-world war world is often seen as a standard to measure good and evil. READ MORE