Search for dissertations about: "views on science"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 204 swedish dissertations containing the words views on science.
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1. Picturing Dissolving Views : August Strindberg and the Visual Media of His Age
Abstract : The subject of this study is August Strindberg’s interaction with the visual media of his day. Its dual aim is to examine Strindberg’s work in the light of media history and to allow Strindberg’s work in turn to illuminate the media history of the fin de siècle. READ MORE
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2. Redistributive regionalism : Narratives on regionalisation in the Nordic periphery
Abstract : During the last decades a stronger role for the regions has developed in many West European countries. To a significant degree this regionalisation trend has coincided with European integration. The key change in the role of the regional level has been with regard to its status as an agent of regional development. READ MORE
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3. Science Enacted in Everyday Life: Studies of On-line and Classroom Practice
Abstract : This thesis contributes to the field of science education with two studies investigating science literacy in its practice in everyday life. The approach embrace a view on science learning as embedded in the context of situation, resulting in the study of two practices: on-line communication and science classroom. READ MORE
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4. The code of Concord : Emerson's search for universal laws
Abstract : The purpose of this work is to detect a pattern: the concordance of Ethics and Aesthetics, Poetics and Politics in the most influential American thinker of the nineteenth century. It is an attempt to trace a basic concept of the Emersonian transcendentalist doctrine, its development, its philosophical meaning and practical implications. READ MORE
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5. Unleashing Science Popularisation: Studies on Science as Popular Culture
Abstract : This thesis aims to broaden the concept of science popularisation. It argues that the conventional view of popularisation as the public communication of appropriately simplified versions of established facts to lay audiences fails to capture the multifaceted nature of popularisation practices through which science and popular culture are recombined. READ MORE