Search for dissertations about: "Changing"

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2. 1. Changing Landscapes : An Environmental History of Chibuene, Southern Mozambique

   Author : Anneli Ekblom; Paul Sinclair; Louis Scott; João Morais; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; environmental history; archaeology; archaeobotany; paleoecology; vegetation history; pollen analysis; environmental management; environmental insecurity; resource utilisation; landscape; paleclimatology; trade; oral tradition; Mozambique; Vilanculos; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the dynamics of environmental change and its embeddedness in the long term interactions of social history and rainfall variability through the building of an environmental history of the Chibuene locality, the coastal plain of southern Mozambique, 5 km south of the town Vilanculos, from 400 AD to present day. Land-use practices over time are discussed on the basis of vegetation and land-use history based pollen analysis, charcoal influx and diatom analysis. READ MORE

4. 2. Changing preferences : A study in preferentialism

   Author : Krister Bykvist; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; preference utilitarianism; preferences; consequentialism; intrinsic value; timepartiality; contingent preferences; population ethics; actualism; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with preferentialism, a family of theories claiming that moral considerationsshould be based entirely on preferences. The emphasis is on preference utilitarianism,according to which preferences determine the values of outcomes and these values determinewhat we should do. READ MORE

5. 3. Changing Identities : Language Variation on Czech Television

   Author : Tora Hedin; Barbro Nilsson; Karel Šebesta; Karel Kučera; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Czech discourse analysis; Czech language; Czech linguistics; codification; television discourse; linguistic norm; linguistic variation; code-switching; post-Communist media; Slavic languages; Slaviska språk;

   Abstract : This study examines different aspects of language variation in contemporary Czech television discourse. The modern Czech language is characterised by a specific linguistic situation in which speakers must choose between two varieties – Standard Czech (SC) and Common Czech (CC). READ MORE

6. 4. Transforming the City of Kiruna : Stabilizing Change and Changing Stability

   Author : Chelsey Jo Huisman; Anna Bengtson; Susanne Åberg; Wendy Smith; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Change; Changing; Dialectical Process; Duality; Interaction; Interdependent Contradiction; Interorganizational Projects; Interorganizational Relationships; Process Perspective; Stability; Stabilizing; Transformation; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : With so much focus on change and transformation in the organizing of projects, stability is commonly separated from change and relegated to be a static characteristic. This gives the impression that stability is not even a part of the process of organizing a project. READ MORE

7. 5. A Changing Experience : communication and meaning-making in web-based teacher training

   Author : Linda Reneland-Forsman; Per Gerrevall; Monica E Nilsson; Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen; Växjö universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; course design; higher education pedagogy; mediated discourse analysis; meaning-making; mediation; teacher training; web-based learning; web-based teaching; widened participation; Education; Pedagogik; Pedagogik; Pedagogics;

   Abstract : This is a study of students’ meaning making in web-based higher education courses. Conditions for students meaning-making change when interaction technology is used to support educational practices. Widened Participation policy activities often use web-based programs to attract “new” groups of more experienced students. READ MORE