Search for dissertations about: "Tell societies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Tell societies.

2. 1. Global and local in late bronze age central Macedonia. Economy, mobility and identity

   Author : Ole Christian Aslaksen; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Forging Identities; Mobility; Identity; Economy; Central Macedonia; Bronze Age World; Mycenaean Greece; Balkans; Central Europe; Tell societies; Travelers; Ethnicity; Networks; Kastanas; Axiochori; Limnotopos; Tsautsitsa; Kilindir; Toumba Thessaloniki; Assiros; GIS; Pottery; Contextual Archaeology; Resources; Power; Trade;

   Abstract : What impact did expanding Bronze Age networks have on regions located between the great centers in the period 1700-1100 BC? Where the Aegean meets the Balkans, Central Macedonia lies between well-known cultures connected by veins of communication such as the Axios River. In this doctoral dissertation the impact of increased communication is investigated through a new synthesis of artifacts, landscapes and settlement materials from Central Macedonia. READ MORE

4. 2. Shared understandings transformed : A field-level analysis of changing state-civil society relations

   Author : Erik Sjöstrand; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
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   Abstract : The relationship between state and civil society organizations is often debated in contemporary societies and it has also been the subject for scholarly attention for a long time. Deeply enbedded in the popular movement  tradition and the corporative model in Sweden, the proximity between government and civil society has at times been so close, that it has been difficult to tell the two spheres apart. READ MORE

5. 3. A Battle over Children : Nonformal Education in Norwegian Uniformed Children's Organisations, 1910-1960

   Author : Tuva Skjelbred Nodeland; Anne Berg; Esbjörn Larsson; Janne Holmén; Mary Hilson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Youth and childhood; youth movements; social and cultural history; 20th century; civic education; political socialisation; Norway.; Utbildningssociologi; Sociology of Education; Historia; History;

   Abstract : A Battle over Children investigates how children became targets of political education in different uniformed children’s organisations in Norway between 1910 and 1960. Following the introduction of the Scout movement to Norway in 1910, a range of competing uniformed children’s organisations developed. READ MORE

6. 4. Communicative challenges : A comparative study of mother-child interaction

   Author : Claes Nilholm; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mother-child interaction; Activity· theory; Problem-solving; Communicative development; Discourse; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : A fundamental assumption behind the present investigation is that children's appropriation of linguistic and conceptual repertoires are intrinsically linked to the communicative challenges that they meet in their interactions with adults. It is furthermore assumed that these challenges vary between different groups in complex societies. READ MORE

7. 5. Significant history and historical orientation : Ugandan students narrate their historical pasts

   Author : Ulrik Holmberg; Martin Stolare; Kenneth Nordgren; Paul Zanazanian; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historical learning; history education; History education in Uganda; historical consciousness; historical orientation; upper secondary school; narrative; national narrative; History; Historia;

   Abstract : In 2012, Uganda celebrated 50 years of independence. The postcolonial era in the country has been marked by political turmoil and civil wars. Uganda, like many other postcolonial states in Africa, cannot be described as an ethnically or culturally homogenous state. READ MORE