Search for dissertations about: "commodity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 134 swedish dissertations containing the word commodity.

  2. 1. Travelling objects : modernity and materiality in British Colonial travel literature about Africa

    Author : Nicklas Hållen; Heidi Hansson; Stefan Helgesson; Tim Youngs; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; travel literature; Africa; modernity; materiality; material objects; things; commodity form; commodity culture; postcolonialism; Homi Bhabha; museums; exhibitions; colonialism; geography; space; trade; ethnography; the book; ambivalence; subject-object relations; fetishism; John Speke; Verney Cameron; Henry Stanley; Mary Kingsley; Ewart Grogan; Constance Larymore; Mary Hall; English language; Engelska språket; Literature; litteraturvetenskap; English literature; Comparative literature; Historia;

    Abstract : This study examines the functions of objects in a selection of British colonial travel accounts about Africa. The works discussed were published between 1863 and 1908 and include travelogues by John Hanning Speke, Verney Lovett Cameron, Henry Morton Stanley, Mary Henrietta Kingsley, Ewart Scott Grogan, Mary Hall and Constance Larymore. READ MORE

  4. 2. Realizing Low-Latency Packet Processing on Multi-Hundred-Gigabit-Per-Second Commodity Hardware : Exploit Caching to Improve Performance

    Author : Alireza Farshin; Dejan Kostic; Gerald Q. Maguire Jr.; Mark Silberstein; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Low-Latency Internet Services; Packet Processing; Network Functions Virtualization; Middle Boxes; Commodity Hardware; Multi-Hundred-Gigabit-Per-Second; Low-Level Optimization; Internettjänster med Låg Fördröjning; Paketbearbetning; Virtualisering av Nätverksfunktioner; Mellanutrustning; Tillgänglig Datorhårdvara; Flera-Hundra-Gigabit-Per-Sekund; Lågnivå-Optimering; Datalogi; Computer Science; Informations- och kommunikationsteknik; Information and Communication Technology;

    Abstract : By virtue of the recent technological developments in cloud computing, more applications are deployed in the cloud. Among these modern cloud-based applications, many societal applications require bounded and predictable low-latency responses. READ MORE

  5. 3. From Rural Gift to Urban Commodity : Traditional Medicinal Knowledge and Socio-spatial Transformation in the Eastern Lake Victoria Region

    Author : Ouma Anne; Gunnar Malmberg; Aina Tollefsen; Linda Helgesson; Stacey Langwick; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Eastern Lake Victoria Region; Traditional Medicinal knowledge; Traditional Healers; Youth; Inter-generational learning processes; commodification and commercialization; gift; Socio-spatial transformation; rural-urban; gender; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : As we celebrate all the dynamic and dramatic improvements in human health care in the 21st century, life in much of Africa begins with and is sustained with the support of traditional medicinal knowledge. Research on traditional medicinal knowledge (TMK) is extensive, but rather few studies have been written about Traditional Healers' (THs') own perceptions about TMK and practices in relation to changing societal dynamics. READ MORE

  6. 4. From Colonial Expression to Export Commodity : English-Canadian Literature in Canada and Sweden 1945–1999

    Author : Katarina Leandoer; David Staines; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

    Abstract : This dissertation follows the trajectory of English-Canadian literature in post-WWII Canada and Sweden. Taking the 1951 publication of the Massey Report as its starting-point, this study explores a succession of events in Canada after the Second World War, which contributed to creating a fruitful environment for the development of a national literature in English Canada. READ MORE

  7. 5. Two Essays on Commodity Taxation and Distribution

    Author : Douglas Lundin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

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