Search for dissertations about: "maritime anthropology"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words maritime anthropology.

  2. 1. Shell Age Economics : Marine Gathering in the Kingdom of Tonga, Polynesia

    Author : Thomas Malm; Humanekologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; chieftainship; cosmology; demography; marine tenure systems; tragedy of the commons ; seaweeds; marine invertebrates; gender roles; indigenous knowledge; maritime anthropology; Tongans; Tonga; Oceania; Polynesia; totemism; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

    Abstract : This monograph analyses marine gathering in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga from ecological, social and cognitive perspectives. The overarching issues explored are (1) the significance of marine gathering in the past and present, (2) how seaweeds and marine invertebrates have been perceived, classified, named and used, (3) how they have been implicated in social relations, and (4) how the integration of the islands into the modern world system has affected the marine environment and the exploitation of its resources. READ MORE

  4. 2. Deep sea sailors : a study in maritime ethnology

    Author : Knut Weibust; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sjömän; Sjömansliv; Grupper; Sjöfartshistoria;

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  5. 3. User Centered Design Methods must also be User Centered: A Single Voice from the Field. A Study of User Centered Design in Practice

    Author : Erik Styhr Petersen; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; User Centered Design; Reflective Practice; Usability; Validity; Autoethnography;

    Abstract : The present study concerns itself with the usability of the user centered design methodology, as this is defined by ISO 9241-210 (ISO9241-210, 2009) and other international standards: “[usability is the] extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use” (authors emphasis) (ISO9241-11, 1998; ISO9241-210, 2009, p. 3; ISO13407, 1999, p. READ MORE