Search for dissertations about: "Actor-Network Theory"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the words Actor-Network Theory.
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1. Breakdowns, overlaps and ambivalence an Actor-network theory study of the Swedish preschool curriculum
University dissertation from Stockholm University : Department of Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm UniversityAbstract : Within the discipline of early childhood education research, the present study will focus on the Swedish preschool curriculum text, using a sociomaterial approach offered by Actor-network theory (ANT). The study adopts ethnographic methods, foremost participant observations in a preschool, to generate knowledge of how the curriculum text comes to act through moments in the everyday preschool work. READ MORE
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2. Actors in Collaboration Sociotechnical Influence on Practice-Research Collaboration
University dissertation from Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap/Bibliotekshögskolan Högskolan i Borås och Göteborgs universitetAbstract : There has long been a concern about the research-practice gap within Library and Information Science (LIS). Several authors have highlighted the disconnection between the world of professional practice, interested in service and information system development, and the world of the academy, focused on the development of theory and the progress of the discipline. READ MORE
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3. Pluripotent Circulations: Analyzing Articulations of Stem Cells in the USA, prior to 2001
University dissertation from Göteborg : Göteborg UniversityAbstract : In this thesis, stem cell research and politics in the USA are analyzed by using actor-network theory (ANT). Here ANT is put to work on largely textual materials, often directly from US political settings, such as Congressional debates and national panels. READ MORE
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4. A Field of Veiled Continuities Studies in the Methodology and Theory of Educational Research
University dissertation from Stockholm : Department of Education, Stockholm UniversityAbstract : Empirical educational research enjoys a methodological and theoretical debate that is characterized by a number of unresolved and lively debated controversies. This compilation thesis is an attempt to contribute to this debate using the toolbox of philosophy of science.The thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four essays. READ MORE
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5. The Quantification of Society. A Study of a Swedish Research Institute and Survey-Based Social Science
University dissertation from Göteborg : University of GothenburgAbstract : This thesis is concerned with the contemporary history of quantitative surveys in Sweden. The core epistemic practice of constructing surveys is examined empirically through a case study of the SOM Institute (Samhälle, Opinion, Medier) at University of Gothenburg. The SOM Institute has performed surveys in Sweden since 1986. READ MORE
