Search for dissertations about: "Actor-Network Theory"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 68 swedish dissertations containing the words Actor-Network Theory.
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6. Pluripotent Circulations: Analyzing Articulations of Stem Cells in the USA, prior to 2001
Abstract : 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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7. Angels in Unstable Sociomaterial Relations : Stories of Information Technology
Abstract : I have explored spaces, where negotiations of border transgressions take place and where issues of technology and politics mingle. We meet a diversity of actors in the world of information technology (IT): political texts, people and technology participating in numerous sociomaterial relations. READ MORE
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8. ORGANIZING REFUGEES
Abstract : Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Sweden, Finland, Greece, and Bulgaria during 2015-2019, this study examines one of the greatest challenges of our time—refugees. Refugee flows are not only something chaotic but also something that is organized. READ MORE
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9. Lost in Translation : A case of BIM implementation at a large public client
Abstract : The technology of Building Information Modelling (BIM) is being introduced to the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. This industry is generally perceived as being fragmented, having low productivity and with a low rate of innovation. READ MORE
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10. The Movement of a Musical Work : Ernst Krenek’s Opus 20 in the Interwar Years
Abstract : The dissertation studies how one ‘modern’ piece of music from the early 20th century became conceptualised as an idealised musical work: the Third String Quartet, opus 20 (op. 20) by Austrian composer Ernst Krenek (1900–1991). READ MORE