Search for dissertations about: "Symbols"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 186 swedish dissertations containing the word Symbols.

  2. 1. Symbols of law : a contextual analysis of legal symbolic acts in the Old Testament

    Author : Åke Viberg; Teologiska institutionen Lunds universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sedvanerätt Judisk rätt Symboler Gester – juridik och lagstiftning;

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  4. 2. Symbols and emotions in Swedish crime policy discourse

    Author : Klara Hermansson; Anita Heber; Felipe Estrada; Peter Scharff Smith; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Crime policy; Sweden; symbols; emotions; Nordic exceptionalism; welfare state; elections; political parties; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Abstract : The general public has assumed an increasingly prominent position in crime policy discourse, both in Sweden and internationally. Nowadays crime policy initiatives often acknowledge and respond to the presumed concerns of the general public, for instance through the promise of safety. READ MORE

  5. 3. Navajo Indian sandpainting : the construction of symbols

    Author : Caroline Bower Olin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

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  6. 4. Anchoring symbols to sensory data

    Author : Silvia Coradeschi; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : Intelligent agents embedded in physical environments need the ability to connect, or anchor, the symbols used to perform abstract reasoning to the physical entities which these symbols refer to. Anchoring must deal with indexical and objective references, definite and indefinite identifiers, and a temporary impossibility to perceive physical entities. READ MORE

  7. 5. Ship and Society : Maritime Ideology in Late Iron Age Sweden

    Author : Gunilla Larsson; Ola Kyhlberg; Mats G. Larsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Ships; Seafaring; Society; Late Iron Age; shipbuilding methods; symbols; sacrifices; boat burials; ideology; leiðangr; long distance journeys; river routes.; Arkeologi; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the relation between ship and society against a background of ideological and technological changes in Late Iron Age Sweden. It discusses the factors behind the development of ‘a maritime society’, why ships and seafaring came to play an important role that was also reflected in the use of the ship as a symbol and a metaphor in a military context, as well as in religion, administration, jurisdiction and social life. READ MORE